Freeze Screens, crash to reboot and some Bsods

Hi Everyone! I have a Windows 7 Home basic running on 32-bit and I keep getting some very dismaying system crashes. Sometimes the whole screen just freezes and the computer wont respond to anything. Other times this freeze screen turns into a Bsod after
a couple of seconds. Other times the computer just suddenly reboots. The crash sometimes also prevents my computer from rebooting properly. I think it has something to do with my internet browser google chrome, because majority of the crashes happen when I
use it and surf the net but I am not so sure. I ran WinDbg on MEMORY.dmp and here's what I got so far:
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.2.8229.0 X86
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Summary Dump File: Only kernel address space is available
Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\SymCache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7600 MP (4 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 7600.16917.x86fre.win7_gdr.111118-2330
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0x82e4a000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x82f92810
Debug session time: Fri Mar 23 17:53:58.979 2012 (UTC + 8:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:03:22.540
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading User Symbols
PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 7ffdf00c). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details
Loading unloaded module list
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x86\triage\oca.ini, error 2
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x86\winxp\triage.ini, error 2
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x86\triage\user.ini, error 2
* Bugcheck Analysis *
Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck A, {200, ff, 1, 82e9005a}
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x86\triage\modclass.ini, error 2
Probably caused by : hardware ( nt!KiTrap0D+18e )
Followup: MachineOwner
3: kd> !analyze -v
* Bugcheck Analysis *
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000200, memory referenced
Arg2: 000000ff, IRQL
Arg3: 00000001, bitfield :
bit 0 : value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
bit 3 : value 0 = not an execute operation, 1 = execute operation (only on chips which support this level of status)
Arg4: 82e9005a, address which referenced memory
Debugging Details:
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x86\triage\modclass.ini, error 2
WRITE_ADDRESS: 00000200
CURRENT_IRQL: 0
FAULTING_IP:
nt!KiTrap0D+18e
82e9005a df0f fisttp word ptr [edi]
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA
PROCESS_NAME: chrome.exe
TRAP_FRAME: a7de7708 -- (.trap 0xffffffffa7de7708)
ErrCode = 00000002
eax=00000023 ebx=a7de7d0c ecx=879cf550 edx=a7de77fc esi=86715000 edi=00000200
eip=82e9005a esp=a7de777c ebp=a7de777c iopl=0 nv up di pl nz na po nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00010002
nt!KiTrap0D+0x18e:
82e9005a df0f fisttp word ptr [edi] ds:0023:00000200=????
Resetting default scope
MISALIGNED_IP:
nt!KiTrap0D+18e
82e9005a df0f fisttp word ptr [edi]
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 82e9005a to 82e9086b
STACK_TEXT:
a7de7708 82e9005a badb0d00 a7de77fc 00000000 nt!KiTrap0E+0x2cf
a7de777c 82efc50e 00000000 84bffc40 82e18ba9 nt!KiTrap0D+0x18e
a7de7820 82e76714 00000200 08000000 86f67100 nt!MiReleaseConfirmedPageFileSpace+0x52
a7de7c84 82efe1e6 c0021978 87eb0748 85eb20e3 nt!MiDecommitPages+0x3b5
a7de7d1c 82e8d48a ffffffff 01c1f820 01c1f824 nt!NtFreeVirtualMemory+0x882
a7de7d1c 77c86194 ffffffff 01c1f820 01c1f824 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0x12a
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
01c1f814 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x77c86194
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!KiTrap0D+18e
82e9005a df0f fisttp word ptr [edi]
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1
SYMBOL_NAME: nt!KiTrap0D+18e
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
IMAGE_NAME: hardware
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 0
MODULE_NAME: hardware
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: IP_MISALIGNED
BUCKET_ID: IP_MISALIGNED
Followup: MachineOwner
3: kd> kL
ChildEBP RetAddr
a7de7708 82e9005a nt!KiTrap0E+0x2cf
a7de777c 82efc50e nt!KiTrap0D+0x18e
a7de7820 82e76714 nt!MiReleaseConfirmedPageFileSpace+0x52
a7de7c84 82efe1e6 nt!MiDecommitPages+0x3b5
a7de7d1c 82e8d48a nt!NtFreeVirtualMemory+0x882
a7de7d1c 77c86194 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0x12a
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
01c1f814 00000000 0x77c86194
3: kd> r
eax=82f8117c ebx=a7de7700 ecx=0000000c edx=00000000 esi=8af38120 edi=00000000
eip=82e9086b esp=a7de76f0 ebp=a7de7708 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00000202
nt!KiTrap0E+0x2cf:
82e9086b 833dc4dafa8200 cmp dword ptr [nt!KiFreezeFlag (82fadac4)],0 ds:0023:82fadac4=00000000
Here's sample from Event Viewer of the log of one of the crashes which turns out to be of a Kernel-Power source:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider
Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated
SystemTime="2012-03-24T01:47:01.724410900Z" />
<EventRecordID>40601</EventRecordID>
<Correlation
/>
<Execution
ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Lorenzo-PC</Computer>
<Security
UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I am really stupid when it comes to crash dump analysis and I just can't figure out from the WinDbg what really is causing my problem. I really would appreciate some help. Please tell me if I need to post more information about the crashes or perhaps
some more details from WinDbg. Thanks everyone!

memtest86+ is more reliable for testing memory,
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/11/troubleshooting-memory-errors.html
The fault bucket is saying the instruction pointer is misaligned, indicating more of a software issue. Does the error occur if chrome is shut down and you use another browser like Firefox or IE?
Mike Burr
Enterprise High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity Planning
Learn to Troubleshoot Windows BSODs

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*Report Version: 6*
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Virtual Machine version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_13-119) for macosx-ppc, built on Sep 28 2007 23:55:48 by root with gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)
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0 libjvm.dylib 0x08fa6558 0x8ed3000 + 865624
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3 ??? 0x0b9e8160 0 + 194937184
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5 libjvm.dylib 0x08f176d0 0x8ed3000 + 280272
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7 libjvm.dylib 0x08f1754c 0x8ed3000 + 279884
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9 libjvm.dylib 0x091a18e0 JVM_RaiseSignal + 481824
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95b3be88 pthreadbody + 36
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*OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)*
*Report Version: 6*
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3 ...romedia.Flash Player.plugin 0x080d8834 Flash_EnforceLocalSecurity + 684968
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15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x956a59ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2968
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*Report Version: 6*
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1 libjvm.dylib 0x09ac628c JVM_RaiseSignal + 447436
2 libjvm.dylib 0x09afd8fc JVM_RaiseSignal + 674364
3 libjvm.dylib 0x09acf97c JVM_RaiseSignal + 486076
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10 libjvm.dylib 0x09ace8e0 JVM_RaiseSignal + 481824
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95b3be88 pthreadbody + 36
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*OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)*
*Report Version: 6*
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Disk Utility: Verified and Repaired Disk Permissions
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I have already booted off internal drive B and ran Disk Utility, then restarted and booted off internal drive A again. No difference.
I have Time Machine backups on an external 1 TB FW drive.
Late last night, I restarted, inserted my original Snow Leopard DVD, launched the MacOSX installer. Recovered a prior system by choosing Utilities > Restore System From Backup, selected a Time Machine backup a few days old (a day or two prior to the problem begining) on the external 1 TB FW drive, and initiated the restore. The estimated restore time was about 5 hours, so I went to bed and let it run. Got up early, and checked: it said the Restore operation was successful. I was relieved. But the same conditions continued - launching or rolling over the items listed above cause the same freeze/crash/hangs. Hangs on shutdown, only way to kill things is the power button. So now I'm disappointed.
I do have multiple backups of my data files across the external hard drives, but this is a large machine with a lot of stuff on it, and I'd really like to recover things wholesale, rather than having to reconstruct accounts and other things. Before I go to bed tonight, I'm going to take another shot at recovering the system from a Time Machine backup - this time, I'll pick a backup that's from a full week before the problems started (the idea being that maybe the backup I picked last time was not far enough back from whatever incident caused all this).
If the week-old Time Machine backup works, great. But if not...any suggestions?
Additional data points...
Nothing new was installed or updated (as far as I know, and I generally pay attention) in the days prior to the problem.
The last thing I recall doing on the computer before the problem began, was burning a DVD (using Toast) - something I do all the time. After that operation, I tried to shut down, and it froze.
The primary internal hard drive partition (internal drive A) seems to be the only one that's having trouble: if I reboot off of internal drive B, the problems do NOT occur - no hang on quit, etc.
That suggests it's not a hardware problem (logic board, etc.) but is something about the System on drive A.
It *could* be bad sectors on drive A - but I have some questions about that...
When I did the full system recovery via the MacOS installer (pulling the old system from Time machine), does the destination drive get reformatted? I don't recall being asked the usual partition/formatting questions.
When the installer does a system restore, does it do any integrity checking on the target drive, or does it just blindly lay down bits?
Does this "freeze on shutdown" (and related behaviors) sound familiar?
Any tips/suggestions to fix this?
Thanks in advance.

More info and a question...
Did another full restore (from a Time machine backup on an external drive) last night - picked a backup from from 10 days ago, long before things became problematic. Still having the same issues.
So, I'm thinking the next thing to try is a low-level reformat of the internal drive(s) and then restore again. I have a couple questions about the finer points of that...
I'm following the instructions in this KB document: Mac OS X 10.6: Recovering your entire system.
Inserting my original Snow Leopard DVD, launching the MacOS installer, restarting, in the installer choosing Restore System from Backup. It appears that there is no re-formatting of the target drive in this case - it just over-writes.
My questions...
The contents of the target drive are going to get wiped and overwritten anyway. Do I have anything to lose/to risk by reformatting FIRST (using Disk Utility), then booting off the install DVD and restoring then?
My 1 TB internal drive is partitioned into the primary 750 GB partition (which is the problematic one) and a secondary 250 GB partition (which boots and runs fine). The secondary partition has some data I would prefer not to lose. I assume that if want to do a full reformat of the internal drive, that means the whole drive - both partitions - will be wiped (that is, I cant reformat just one partition on a single physical drive without reformatting the second partition). Correct?
I suppose I can back up the data that resides on the second partition to an additional external drive (I have extras) if needed - not a huge deal.
Do my new partition sizes need to exactly match the sizes of the original partitions? Neither is completely full, but I want to make sure that I will be able to restore the system and contents of the primary partition even if the new partition size is not bit-by-bit the exact same size as the old partition (I assume the new partition size just needs to be large enough to hold the backup - correct?).
So....I'm looking at the following sequence:
Back up the data I want off the secondary partition to an external drive
Boot off the Snow Leopard install DVD
Run Disk Utility and reformat (fully erase) the internall 1 TB drive
Partition that 1 TB internal drive to (more or less) the two previous (about) 750 GB + 250 GB partitions
Restore a recent Time Machine backup (from an external FW drive) to partition #1
Reasonable plan? Anything I'm missing here? Any other steps I should take?
Thanks for any help.

Cant update video drivers on my dv6 3124er,often reboots, and also bsod with bugcode usb driver

first, sorry for my bad english
i have native win7 enterprise on my 3124er
also i haven't made any changes in a native disk space (c - system, d - recovery)
when i trying to update videodriver (radeon 5650 mobility), it looks like normal installation, but driver has an old version
also, notebook gets very hot in a small period if a time, so i bought cooling stand, so i can play games
today i have a nice reboot when played battlefield 3, after a loading of new map
after this reboot, i started bf3 one more time, and after chrome opened battlelog - one more reboot
it's absolutely disgusting me
also, sometimes 3124 have an interesting trouble - all usb devices are stopping (i have usb mouse, audiocard and cooling stand) and after few mins i have a BSOD with BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER
also, when i watching flash videos in social network "http://vkontakte.ru", sometimes i have a bug like a blinking first frame of video mixed with green frame, that switching very fast. videobug on youtube like a previous, but there is a freeze of notebook, then display blinks and i have a inscription in tray "videodriver amd stopped to request and was rebooted" (dont know correct in english, so i writed a translation of russian text). after second try to watch something on youtube i got freeze and BSOD of atikmpag.sys. thank to God, there's not all the videos are not working, some of them i can watch
seems thats all troubles, on my first and i think last hp gaming notebook
oh yes, i bought it on the start of 2011, and all the troubles were even then

there's oldest version for radeon under your link
and when i tried to install amd video driver (also from here) i got the message "your system doesn't satisfy minimal requirements" << there was translated from russian, i dont know the original phrase in english
using shaman's methods, i think, i have done something good in my trouble
version in device manager is still old, but videos are playing normally and battlefield 3 dont scold me because my driver version still 10.18

Random Blue Screen Crash with 5S and iOS 8.1

Since upgrading to iOS 8.0 my iPhone 5S randomly gets blue screens and then crashes and goes into a loop of boot up, blue screen, reboot, blue screen, reboot...etc. My 5S did this again today when during my upgrade to iOS 8.1 via USB and I was forced to do a factory restore on it. The blue screen is still occurring after the restore and 8.1 upgrade. Is this a known issue? I was hoping this was going to get fixed with 8.1 but unfortunately, it doesn't look like it has.

Same here,
yesterday i updated my 6 plus 64gb with iTunes.
After the update, my phone crashes (blue screen) in games (Maze Runner) and Safari.
I tried to downgrade to ios 8.0 because i didn't had any problem with 8.0 but iTunes says that the file is not valid "iPhone7,2_8.0_12A365_Restore"
HELP Apple,
iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1, MGAH2ZD/A model

FF4 install freezes win 7 during reboot and can't uninstall or reinstall

I upgraded to FF4 and it requested a reboot. Upon reboot, Windows 7 freezes up and repair or restore is required to get back into windows. If I try to reinstall or uninstall, the install program informs that states that I have to complete the previous install first and request I reboot. If I reboot it freezes windows up again. Therefore, I can't complete the installation or uninstall the FF4 to try a clean install.

I upgraded to FF4 and it requested a reboot. Upon reboot, Windows 7 freezes up and repair or restore is required to get back into windows. If I try to reinstall or uninstall, the install program informs that states that I have to complete the previous install first and request I reboot. If I reboot it freezes windows up again. Therefore, I can't complete the installation or uninstall the FF4 to try a clean install.

Error Message: Reboot and Select proper Boot device.

My HP desktop computer (model p6654y) will not boot directly into Windows.
I can ALWAYS make it boot into Windows by first pressing the F10 key to enter the BIOS. If I then exit the BIOS (without even making any changes), the computer will boot into Windows.
If I don't first enter the BIOS, the computer will USUALLY take me to a black screen that says:
"Reboot and Select proper Boot device. Or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key."
At this point it won't boot any further.
Also, the last message the BIOS displays (before the error) is:
"00 USB mass storage devices found and configured".
After that, all of the lines of text on the screen move up one level and then the screen goes black and soon after I get the Proper Boot Device error.
I do not have anything plugged into USB ports except an ordinary mouse and ordinary keyboard (both of which I changed - in case they were faulty).
My BIOS is set to boot from the Hard Drive first.
I reset my CMOS.
I do not have a CD in the CD drive.
It used to be that this would ALWAYS happen if I (1) Turned off the Computer, (2) Unplugged it for 60 seconds, (3) Plugged it back in, and (4) Turned it on. Now (after trying various things), it only SOMETIMES happens when I do this.
Any ideas?

Hello @GardenGuy1,
I have read your post on how your desktop computer is having a difficult time booting into Windows, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To further diagnose this issue, I recommend testing the health of your system's hard drive by following the steps in this document on Testing for Hardware Failures (Windows 7). If the hard drive is found to be in good working order, I also suggest restoring your BIOS back to factory settings. This can be done by following this document on Recovering the BIOS.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
Regards
MechPilot
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SCEP Update KB2907566 Causing Reboots on Some Servers

This latest SCEP update seems to be causing a reboot on some of our servers. Our client settings are as follows:
Computer Restart Settings are set to:
"Display a temporary notification to the user..." >> 15
"Display a dialog box that the user cannot..." >> 5
No maintenance windows are configured.
Event log is saying the CCMEXEC.exe is sending the reboot request. Am I missing a setting that needs to be set to suppress reboots?

Ok. I think I figured this out. KB2907566 does not always require a reboot. after looking through the WindowsUpdates.log log file on some of my servers, I found that some of them were requiring a reboot and some were not. Notice the difference
in the next 2 lines from different servers:
2014-03-07 13:47:35:027 996 d60 Report REPORT EVENT: {D2A60AAE-BBB7-4FF5-B0D8-43EE95E05D6E} 2014-03-07 13:47:30:019-0600 1 183 [AGENT_INSTALLING_SUCCEEDED] 101 {326E911B-43E4-4E0F-8F4D-7CFF3CD51F46} 201 0 CcmExec Success Content Install Installation Successful: Windows successfully installed the following update: Update for System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 Client - 4.4.304.0 (KB2907566)
2014-03-07 13:10:49:133 912 b58 Report REPORT EVENT: {3ABE4BC6-DDE7-42B8-8E93-6104AFC3DE2D} 2014-03-07 13:10:44:134-0600 1 184 [AGENT_INSTALL_COMPLETE_WITH_REBOOT] 101 {326E911B-43E4-4E0F-8F4D-7CFF3CD51F46} 201 0 CcmExec Success Content Install Installation successful and restart required for the following update: Update for System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 Client - 4.4.304.0 (KB2907566)
Seems to be that different installed components flagged a reboot differently. For example, anything with SQL installed required a reboot. None of our domain controllers required a reboot.
I also found that since it was deploying with the ADR in charge of SCEP definition updates, there was no suppression of reboots configured. So, everything rebooted as they saw fit! Wonderful at 1:30 on a Friday afternoon...
So, I need to reconfigure our ADR to NOT handle anything except definition updates and then turn on "Automatic Client Upgrade" for the SCEP updates.
Thanks for the input all!

Just built, and BAM - BSOD!! Hello, MSI!

Ok, specs.
MSI Neo2 Plat Bios V1.3
Winchester 939 3500+
BFG nVidia 6800 Ultra
Corsair XMS 512x2 3200C2
Win XP, SP2
WD 80g CE + WD 120g CE hds
NEC 2500A
Lite-On DVD 16x
Coolermaster CM Stacker
Got Win XP installed, got SP2 installed, all driver chipsets, and had activated XP on the internet. Installed Zonealarm Pro and BAM! BSOD. 4 reboots and 4 BSOD. Now, it says check Gigabit cable (its onboard, no cable silly computer!) and says SYSTEM BOOT ERROR INSERT SYSTEM DISK.
Dude, this is a brand new board? ? I have checked and double checked avery cord, moltex, fan, you name it. Unplugged IDEs, everything. Help???

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Originally posted by ttreaders
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You think its the ram? OK I will run memtest; I used this ram in another rig for the last year and it was A_OK, but maybe there is incompatibility with this MSI board. Will try. EDIT: FYI, I have the ram in slots 1+3 (green).
I am not positive but on the Neo2 don't you have to run with 1 stick in a green slot and the other one in a purple slot for the memory to run in dual channel mode?
the motherboard manual was a little confusing for me; if its not written for a 2 year old then I can't understand it...
I asked this question not here (I guess I should have come here first lol) but at
[H]ard and Anand forums; if this is the case someone please let me know!!! I would greatly appreciate it!
I currently have it in slot 1 and 3. I installed an xp 90 on th is board and guess I am gonna have to live with the fact I am gonna now have to pull it off and reconnect it to get my ram out...damn!!!
Before I do this, can someone confirm this for me?

Spotlight screen crashes

Hello,
I have troubles with Spotlight search.
After opening the screen and typing first or second character, the screen crashes-falls down and I see the home screen.
I must reopen Spotlight and continue search. The previous characters are stored in the line.
I have the latest iOS version, I tried to reinstal device-as a new, not from backup.
The problem stays.
Thanks for help

Hello, lumiir.
I have the same problem too.
Just wondering if you have managed to sort it out, or somebody helped you with it?
Thanks.

Brand new X1 Carbon - big issue - screen corruption in BIOS/boot, constant rebooting and BSOD

Hi all,
I got a new X1 Carbon mid March and am now having pretty severe problems with it. It first started a few days ago with this within Windows:
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I rebooted it and it came good. Now today, it did it again so I rebooted it and it started not being able to boot. It would get to the first Lenovo screen where it says 'Press enter to interrupt normal startup' the screen would go corrupted and it'd reboot.
So I went into the BIOS to run Lenovo Diagnostics and whenever I press enter on Lenovo Diagnostics it just reboots again. Sometimes when it reboots, the green light on the power button flashes a few times, the keyboard flashes and then it all goes dark and does that for 5-10 times before booting.
Now most times (say 19/20 times) it tries to boot, it does 'Preparing automatic repair' but it is frozen and as you can see below it is broken:
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Out of the 1 of 20 times it manages to get into Windows, I get:
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In terms of specs, this is the highest end X1 Carbon with the i7, 2580x1440 touch screen, 8gb RAM and 512gb ssd if that helps at all?
The model# specifically is: 20A7-A008AU with a S/N of R9-009TXX (last 2 digits truncated).
All I have done so far is managed to update the BIOS before it crashed again. It has the latest version now from the Lenovo website, mid-March build I think. The drivers etc are all standard but it wouldn't be driver related as the reboot/corruption etc happens before Windows as well. I presume the 'preparing automatic repair' is a Windows function, but the same symptoms happen within the BIOS etc. I haven't got a photo of that as it reboots before I have the chance to snap a pic.
I've lodged a job with IBM (for some reason it redirects to IBM when you go to lodge a service call, is this normal?) but am hoping someone else knows of a quicker fix for me because it's difficult for me to be without a laptop due to my work.
If this is a replace job -- which I imagine it is as it seems to be hardware related to me, how often does that typically take in Australia?
Edit: Resized images to keep total under 50kb as per moderator request

I just got told that I have to wait 72 hours before I can lodged the claim because that is how long it takes to reflect that I upgraded the warranty. Even though I only bought the laptop brand new 3 weeks ago!
What a waste of $334 to extend the warranty this morning. Be warned all that if you upgrade it for the hope for a quicker fix you have to wait 72 hours for Lenovo to know you upgraded the warranty to next day onsite fix despite having the invoice etc for it and they won't even lodge a normal warranty claim because there is a new one coming!
I asked for a service number and got told I can't have one because they won't lodge the claim until the warranty database is updated! 3 week old laptop. Sometimes I wish I got a Mac so I could just go into the Apple Store and swap it there on the spot.

Firefox 4.0 freezes, crashes, closes, changes screens, does not respond, and runs 8X SLOWER than 3.6.

Firefox 4.0 is the WORST browser I have ever seen. It freezes, crashes, closes, changes screens, does not respond, and runs 8X SLOWER than 3.6. Tasks I used to do in 30 minutes, now takes me 40 minutes or more. I went back to 3.6 and immediately had a tremendous improvement.
Mozilla needs to get rid of this load of lies about a new crap program, and go back to the 3.6 version. Version 4.0 is WORST than any other program I have ever seen.

The slow / hesitant scrolling problem seems to be an artifact of the database Firefox uses to keep track of where you go, what you do, etc. It uses sqlite databases which get fragmented over time.
There are several fixes:
Some are add-ons and work internally, such as Vacuum Places (search the addons for it).
Some are external. Speedyfox is one I just tried, and found to work quite well. I think it did a better job than Vacuum Places, but requires Firefox to be shut down before it can work properly.
Find Speedyfox using a web search.

Today, randomly my iPhone 5 stopped working. It has been on this black screen with the apple logo and some small white writing at the top of the screen for many hours. I've tried rebooting it and connecting to iTunes but nothing has worked.PLEASEHELP

It has been on this black screen with the apple logo and some small white writing at the top of the screen for many hours. I've tried rebooting it and connecting to iTunes but nothing has worked.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

It likely means there was still water inside it and something has now shorted out and permanently damaged one or more components. THE very worst thing you can do with wet electronics is energize them - even a small drop of water inside on any of the circuitry or electrical contacts can cause catastrophic damage.
Take it to Apple for a free evaluation, but most likely you will need to replace it. For the out of warranty fee ($269.00 USD) you will get a refurbished replacement (like new, with a factory new screen and battery). An out of warranty replacement will also re-instate your remaining warranty, or 90 days warranty, whichever is longer.

Freeze Screens, crash to reboot and some Bsods

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