Also check your memory timings and other settings and DO NOT OVERCLOCK
until after issue is resolved. (Would not do this on a needed machine
anyway.)

"brandonman" wrote in message
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> Hello! I built my system about a year and a half ago, and things have been
> running relatively smoothly, until recently. It has been taking Vista a
> very long time, and many attempts by me at rebooting to get going.
> Yesterday, I was working for at least 2 hours trying to get the thing to
> boot. Finally, I just turned it loose for 30 minutes and came back,
> thankfully, to the login screen. It had been freezing up at the loading
> bar every other time. It ran just fine after that.
>
> Today, I woke up, and went ahead and started booting. It went right
> through the loading, and to the login. "Too easy" I thought. I was right.
> I logged in, and WHAM, BSOD. I've been searching on my laptop, rebooting,
> and booting into safe mode all morning. Thank god I have this laptop,
> otherwise, I'd be stuck. Here are the details I took down from the BSOD:
> STOP: 0x0000003B
> (0x00000000C0000005, 0x0000000000000000, 0xFFFFFA600AE9CEE0,
> 0x0000000000000000)
>
> I noticed that in the tiny amount of time I had before the BSOD, it said
> that the Audio Device was not Installed, and the Audio Service is Not
> Running. I do have my headphones plugged in. I popped them out and plugged
> in my speakers, thinking *maybe* they were the problem with that, but no
> dice. (This is in safe and normal mode)
>
> Thanks for reading! If you need more details, please let me know!
>
> System specs: 150 GB harddrive (I have 4 gigs left... A 1TB should be here
> today or tomorrow)
> 4GB RAM (2x2 sticks)
> 8800GT graphics card
> Q6600 CPU
> Vista 64bit Ultimate
>
>
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