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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: jman on September 08, 2004, 20:04

Title: win 2k bsod
Post by: jman on September 08, 2004, 20:04

Hi everyone,

I just installed a 56k modem on my pc. I am running win 2k prof. Now, when I try to connect to the internet this blue screen pops up that says STOP: a bunch of numbers and then physical memory dumping. I then have to restart my computer. Can anyone help?

Title: Re:win 2k bsod
Post by: Camstop on September 08, 2004, 20:44

Hi jman and  :welcome:


I'm not a techie but...


Sounds like it may be a problem with the modem drivers and you would be best to get the latest ones from the manufacturers web site...


Also can you check in: Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager... and see if you have any yellow question marks or red X'es...

And can you tell us what make and model your modem is  :thumb:


That should keep you busy until a real techie turns up  ;)

Title: Re:win 2k bsod
Post by: Simon on September 08, 2004, 20:48

Hi jman and  (https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apax34.dsl.pipex.com%2Fsmileys%2Fwelcome.gif&hash=05644ab4fbfa7c9585f756e9a79aab0a53d0e346)

Is this a replacement modem, or the first time you've connected the PC to the Internet?

Title: Re:win 2k bsod
Post by: Simon on September 08, 2004, 21:37

jman sent me a PM (by mistake?), saying that the PC was given to him, but it didn't come with a modem, so he's put one in.

Jman, do you have a Firewall and Anti Virus protection installed?  If not, you may be getting the Blaster worm, or something similar, when you connect to the Internet.