BIOS Update (Part 2)

[daniela]

Hey remember me? With the BIOS problem (I think!) The blue screen came up again so I took a note of it, it's pretty long so I apologize. Any of you who didn't see the first part, basically I was asking if I needed to update my BIOS. I have a Phoenix tech. LTD 6.00PG Abit IG-80, date 18/08/04. By the way forgot to mention the last time, I have a Serial ATA hard disk. I heard it's pretty new, it's 400GB, could that be part of the problem? Anyway this is the message that came up.

(This is how it starts, dunno what was written before!)
..for any windows updates you might need.

Run the driver verifier against any new drivers. If that doesn't reveal the corrupting driver, try enabling special pool. Both of these features are intended to catch the corruption at an earlier point where the offending driver can be identified.

If you need to use Safe mode to remove or disable components restart press F8... (well you probably know the rest, not important!)

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen (it is certainly not!) restart your computer. If it appears again follow these steps:

Check to make sure any hardware or software is properly installed (Checked, everything's installed properly). If this is a new installation ask your hardware and software manufacturer for windows updates you might need. (Got them all!)

If problems continue disable or remove any newly installed hardware of software. (That would be everything! New computer) Disable BIOS memory such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode (bla bla)

Hope you can help!!

[dodgyshirt]

Sounds as though one of your items of hardware has not been installed correctly, either physically or driver-wise.

Something of this nature would be difficult to diagnose without the PC to hand.

If the PC is as new as you say it is, my advice would be to take it back to the shop you brought it from and let them correct it under the guarantee.

[daniela]

Argh thing is, I bought the parts and my brother built it for me. He reckons it's the hard drive and thinks it'd be better if I sold it and got a normal one. I really should have just bought it from a shop, wouldn't have all these problems!

[dodgyshirt]

SATA Hard Drives will soon be the norm. They do require drivers to be installed separately by means of a floppy disk usually, in order for it to be recognized, unlike an IDE drive.

However if your brother has managed to install the operating system, he must have done this.If so were the drivers supplied by the motherboard manufacturer or has he obtained generic ones from somewhere else

Has the fault occurred from 'new' or has it only just started.I would be loath to discard a Hard Drive as large as 400GB

If I were in your position I would approach a small local PC build/repair shop and have it looked at professionally, the cost would be less than the price of a new HDD probably.

I would then advise your brother to look elsewhere for a hobby, he has obviously exceeded his capabilities on this one.