Windows 7 installation BSOD

[karhoe]

Hi, here's the specs

Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Team PC6400 1GB DDR2 800 x 2
WD3200KS 320GB SATA 3GB 16MB
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
Silverstone ST400
HDMI cable
Pioneer SATA DVDRW
Aztech WiFi USB
Genius wireless Keyboard with integrated mouse
XQBOX HTPC 200

Actually I already installed back Windows 7 OS in anticipation of changing the motherboard. I can roll back to Vista easily as I have made a system image in D drive

[DarKSeeD]

Can you remove anything that is not needed at installation (external drives, usb stick, external wifi) and re-install the system (or boot without them), also have you tried with one memory stick at a time?

[karhoe]

Originally Posted by DarKSeeD

Will you be so kind and post your system specs including the PSU? And the complete error code from BSOD! A screenshot would be enough. Also search for a debuglog.txt on your hdd.

Originally Posted by DarKSeeD

Still you're not the only one with the same problem, not that should give you any comfort, and it's not related to the same motherboard/video card. Users with nVidia cards or other motherboards experienced the same problem with Vista and Windows 7. In another way it also should be a manufacturer problem because they stick a Vista or W7 certified logo on their product and that product is a mess!

Originally Posted by DarKSeeD

Can you remove anything that is not needed at installation (external drives, usb stick, external wifi) and re-install the system (or boot without them), also have you tried with one memory stick at a time?

Actually I tried those.

I swapped SATA ports, I swapped SATA cables, I swapped RAM slots, I removed one RAM stick, then tried the other RAM stick, no wifi card, no thumbdrive during installation.

The only left is to swap processor lol

[DarKSeeD]

In that case and after reading the dump files the only way to get rid of this is to replace the board. It's all related to onboard video (drivers and / or faulty chip).

Little extras from debuglog I've managed to dump from your files:
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116) - an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4a5d4155
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x116_IMAGE_atikmdag.sys
BUCKET_ID: 0x116_IMAGE_atikmdag.sys

I'm sorry we couldn't help you solve the problem

[karhoe]

No prob, thanks all of you.

I'll just make a short trip back to the distributor, it's quite near to my house

I guess I must be the unluckiest customer ever, to have 4 mobos in one year

[Chai]

What motherboard is this?

[karhoe]

Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H

And when you go to the distributor office, it's not like those shops at lowyat, it's self service, you want to replace motherboard? Rip it off from the casing, take out your processors, take out the RAM, give me the board, and I'll test it for you.

My only fear is that when I reached there, they replace a new motherboard and it results in the same BSOD.

That would point finger to the Hard Disk / DVDRW / Processor.

[Chai]

If that's the case, at least they solved part of your problem.

[Lacus]

ooh, been busy lately..i guess that Distributor should be at pj area right? really weird issue though :/...you actually rma the board 4 times?

[karhoe]

At Desa Petaling,

Including this upcoming Tuesday, it would be my 3rd RMA, 4th motherboard la