BSOD on Windows 7

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BSOD on Windows 7

Hello,

I have Windows 7 on my completely new (3 months old - sometimes it still have that "smell" of mac) Macbook Pro 7. I bought snow leopard of the sole purpose of getting the latest Boot Camp to go with Windows 7 - and it seems to work rather well.

However, it seems the system gives me BSOD randomly, when it goes into sleep-mode, and this issue has not been changed with Bootcamp 3.0. The error looks like this (but not exactly): ERROR DRIVE_STATEFAIL - and it is clearly related to sleep/hibernation mode.

My Windows 7 has no "special" software installed, basicly i just have Ultraedit, Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird on it - and ofcourse bootcamp 3.0.

I have seen no fixes to this issue, very little notice of it anywhere. Can anyone help?

Mac Book Pro 21", Windows 7

Posted on Dec 21, 2009 8:32 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 21, 2009 1:50 PM in response to stofferm

This forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Boot Camp. You should post your question on the Boot Camp forums:

http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

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Answer 2

Mar 18, 2010 12:03 PM in response to stofferm

Hello stofferm,

It is always best to check with the software manufacturer FIRST. They will tell you if they have tested the product and the version, as well as whether or not it will work with Windows 7.
Check out the Windows 7 Compatibility site: (There you will find out about hardware and software compatibility.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx
There is a pulldown from which you can choose "hardware" and "software".

There are also some great articles, instructional videos and such to help with your Windows 7 at our Springboard site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx

In any event a lot of the times, Vista drivers will work in lieu of Windows 7 drivers, however, it's not 100%!

As stated previously, it's best to have the Windows 7 certified drivers installed.
Thanks again,
John M.
Microsoft Windows Client Support

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