re: Hardware or software issue?
Monday, April 3, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by AnchorMan
(1465 messages posted)
To Start, I would reseat (unplug and replug) your memory modules. Also, you can boot
into safe mode and try the devices there. USB is usable in safe mode and this will
eliminate most device drivers. It is probably a "watch" program for a particular
device that monitors the USB ports.
AnchorMan
On Monday, April 3, 2006 at 3:28 pm, Paul Hewitt wrote:
>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?
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