BSOD/Switching from Vivaldi to Opera

[douglas9x]

Not sure what i was doing exactly that caused the BSOD....but attempted to open a new tab in Opera 12.x from Vivaldi....Had Winamp and Fiddler running when suddenly got a strange noise and then the BSOD....any suggestions appreciated. From event viewer :


BCCode: 19
BCP1: 0000000000000003
BCP2: FFFFF8000365B940
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: FFFFF8000365B940
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hello Douglas now it seems from a bit of searching that this is probably a driver issue as the dump here

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for [COLOR="Red"]ntoskrnl.exe[/COLOR]
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for [COLOR="red"]ntoskrnl.exe[/COLOR]

is a very common one and could be just about anything.

Now I think it might be worth while running these first just to rule out soemthing simple.
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
Disk Check < if necessary include the /f and /r in the command line as per Option2 (if you are going to use the /r switch there is no need for the /f switch)
Run these in safe mode and the sfc often best run for two to three runs – you can leave out the /r switch in ckdsk if you feel it not necessary

If these come up with nothing then perhaps it might be worth running a memtest see my pre written ditty

Now to make absolutely we are on the same page the memtest linked here is the*only*one we recommend and it MUST be run for at least 8 passes or you may as well not bother. It is rather lengthy and best left for a downtime for that machine - overnight is good. Having said that you can stop the test if errors show up while you are around and then it is a matter of tracking down the bad stick of RAM.* RAM - Test with Memtest86+
This is not aimed at you I did it to save retyping it over and over

Now the noise you mentioned can you pin that down to any particular spot in the machine?? and just what did it sound like and a likely cause might be the hard drive which very often will make quite loud whirring / grating or clicking noises.

 

[douglas9x]

Thank you for the reply and tips....Will start checking and post back.....Hoping it was just a one time fluke......

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yes mate that is a possibility but if not then let us know if things go pear shaped again