On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Stewie de Young wrote:

> The best way is to eliminate all unknowns by removing all your  
> plugged in gear - PCI cards , peripherals etc and start from a very  
> basic machine.
> Then I would download and run "Memtest ".
> Problems if any with Ram modules will appear so remove the offending  
> sticks.
> Run the test again until all your Ram passes.
> Slowly introduce your PCI cards and peripherals back into the  
> computer and use it for a while to see if the problem persists.
> Sometimes it is just a long process of elimination.
>
> Stewie


Now.. after I thought I'd fixed the problem last night by  
disconnecting my firewire device, this morning... the same blue  
screen... now sometimes stupid I am, realized and thought of this  
question.. if the computer boots fine from the C drive every time...  
is it know a software problem? hmm.. back to the drawing board. Jeff 
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