Re: How do diagnose & report BSoD during XP x64 boot?

Make sure you have the very latest Promise drivers -- if you're using the
same ones you used for the RCs, you may well have problems. Something shifted
in there, and I've seen quite a few issues, including on my own system. Using
the more current driver, however, resolved the problem.

--
Charlie.

@southdown,co,uk" <""jgrieve\"@southdown,co,uk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I installed XP Pro x64 last night on my home PC, but I get a BSoD upon
> first boot, after Setup. Setup was performed by booting from the CD
> in the usual way. The only quirks of this installation are, I used
> F6 to add the Promise RAID controller driver during setup and the HDD
> partitions look something like this:
>
> [<--- XP Pro 32-bit --->][<-- XP Pro x64 -->][<- Old XP ->]
>
> ...i.e. x64 build lives on a partition in the middle of a 160Gb RAID-0
> array. FWIW, this is how it was when I installed the last 2 x64 RCs
> with no problems.
>
> How can I diagnose this? Is there a log file written during boot? If
> so, where?
>
> I get the problem on a regular boot, Safe Mode and Safe Mode Command
> Prompt. In the last two modes, I see a list of drivers being loaded,
> and I (v. v. briefly) see "ASPITABL" as the last entry, although I
> think I remember correctly that this is irrelevant, as it's the next
> driver that'll be causing the problem.
>
> How can I report this problem to MS? Here, in this NG?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

Charlie Russel - MVP

Hi Charlie,

I believe I have the latest driver, although it is a few months old. It
is a driver I found during the Beta, so there may well be a never version.

Do you happen to have any links for these downloads?

Thanks,
Jon






Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

> Make sure you have the very latest Promise drivers -- if you're using the
> same ones you used for the RCs, you may well have problems. Something shifted
> in there, and I've seen quite a few issues, including on my own system. Using
> the more current driver, however, resolved the problem.
>

Jon Grieve wrote:
> Hi Charlie,
>
> I believe I have the latest driver, although it is a few months old. It is
> a driver I found during the Beta, so there may well be a never
> version.
> Do you happen to have any links for these downloads?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>

Hi Jon,

Have a look here: http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?act=downloads
You have to register to access the download part of the site, registration
is free anyway

Cheers
--
Christian Hougardy (MS XP MVP)
Johannesburg - South Africa
http://msmvps.com/xpditif

That's the problem -- those that are a few months old are blowing up now.
BTDTGT.

www.planetamd64.com -- registration required for downloads, but they do not
check your email address.

--
Charlie.

Jon Grieve wrote:
> Hi Charlie,
>
> I believe I have the latest driver, although it is a few months old. It is
> a driver I found during the Beta, so there may well be a never
> version.
> Do you happen to have any links for these downloads?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>
>> Make sure you have the very latest Promise drivers -- if you're
>> using the same ones you used for the RCs, you may well have
>> problems. Something shifted in there, and I've seen quite a few
>> issues, including on my own system. Using the more current driver,
>> however, resolved the problem.

Christian,

Thanks for that... I donwloaded the *decorated* driver from May, 9 by
64bitstuff and that seems to have solved the problem. I updated the
floppy I had from installing and re-ran setup and Repaired the existing
install.

As far as I can tell -- not checked v. closely -- the *decorated* set
actually contains the same drivers (1.0.39?) from before, and the only
difference seemed to be with the .INF file. I guess I need to go read
up about what decorating is and what it achieves... sure someone linked
to a MSKB article on the subject the other day.

Cheers,
Jon






Christian Hougardy (MS MVP XP) wrote:

> Jon Grieve wrote:
>
>>Hi Charlie,
>>
>>I believe I have the latest driver, although it is a few months old. It is
>>a driver I found during the Beta, so there may well be a never
>>version.
>>Do you happen to have any links for these downloads?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jon
>>
>
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> Have a look here: http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?act=downloads
> You have to register to access the download part of the site, registration
> is free anyway
>
> Cheers