Hardware or software issue? Monday, April 3, 2006 at 3:28 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Paul Hewitt (238 messages posted) I keep getting machine_check_exception BSOD's when I plug USB devices into my mobo. Sometimes it happens immediately, sometimes it is a few minutes to an hour later that it happens. I am running XP Pro and the mobo is less than a year old. It is an Asus K8V-SE deluxe board that I thought was pretty good. This problem only started about a month ago and it happens with my digital camera, MP3 player, and external hard drive. The only thing that seems not to trigger the problem is my printer. So how would I determine whether this is hardware or software related? Should I just buy a new mobo and hope that fixes the problem? Responses to this message: re: Hardware or software issue? (Mark: Monday, April 3, 2006 at 8:26 pm) re: Hardware or software issue? (AnchorMan: Monday, April 3, 2006 at 9:28 pm) re: Hardware or software issue? (geek9pm: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 12:18 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Hardware or software issue? (Paul Hewitt: Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 3:28 pm) re: Hardware or software issue? (Mark: Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 8:26 pm) re: Hardware or software issue? (AnchorMan: Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 9:28 pm) re: Hardware or software issue? (geek9pm: Tue, Apr 4, 2006, 12:18 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum