so i have gotten about 4 bsod in the last month (2 today)
windows forum guys say the minidump says it is hardware:
Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try (http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/159812-bsod.html)
Seems kind of futile doing hardwar test in Windows ...(doesnt it????)
how can i verify in OS X?
2 X 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Zeon, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 13 GIG RAM
Makes plenty of sense if it is RAM or graphic driver or bad sector to do all that in Windows.
You dont' get good termal fan control in Windows so the heat from your system isn't being expelled by the fans kicking in as often as they should - and FBDIMMs you already know run warm.
Apple Hardware Test is not all that helpful. So no you aren't better off using Mac OS.
10.4.9 is old and minimum. If you are running Windows you probably want Boot Camp 3.2 from Snow Leopard. But BC 3.x does sometimes BSOD due to AppleHFS.sys and AppleMNT.sys the drivers that allow you to read HFS+ from Windows.
Makes plenty of sense if it is RAM or graphic driver or bad sector to do all that in Windows.
You dont' get good termal fan control in Windows so the heat from your system isn't being expelled by the fans kicking in as often as they should - and FBDIMMs you already know run warm.
Apple Hardware Test is not all that helpful. So no you aren't better off using Mac OS.
10.4.9 is old and minimum. If you are running Windows you probably want Boot Camp 3.2 from Snow Leopard. But BC 3.x does sometimes BSOD due to AppleHFS.sys and AppleMNT.sys the drivers that allow you to read HFS+ from Windows.
I have several OSX boot drives. I have the lastest all the way back to leopard on this machine.
I am running Bootcamp 3.2 in the lastest Windows 7
I think the drivers you mention might be disabled by MacDrive. Everytime I have updated BootCamp it disables MacDrive and MacDrive support at that point reccommends reinstalling MacDrive, which is what I did (i guess because I have gotten used to MacDrive and thought that it was somehow "better" than using the Bootcamp drivers). maybe a conflict?
Well yes, MacDrive8+ will override and disable Apple's crappy HFS driver.
MacDrive is said to work now but had trouble when Windows 7 came out.
Paragon has their own HFS9 as well as NTFS driver.
NTFS does not like filenames with special characters, forced me to go through and rename or remove a lot of files when I started using Vista.
Otherwise Windows DVD has memtest, and definitely run chkdsk on Windows (with attempt map out bad sectors).
I doubt system file checker will find anything but worth running (admin) command
sfc /scannow
Pull your HFS drives as a test if you can
I recommend Paragon Clone OS to make bootable clone of Windows, easy to do on Mac Pro where Windows is on its own drive. Not only is it a great backup but will tell you if it encountered an error during the clone.
And it could be your graphic card or driver or another that you installed. Hopefully your log and other forum would help point out what is in the dump.
I guess i will have to reserch more. and i suppose Paragon could be worth checking into.
for drive access are you tlaking about this:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/features.html
i have been using WinClone and it has worked fine the couple times I needed to re-install Windows. But I dont think it is being maintianed anylonger. So I guess I should look a that too.
I found your problem... MACDRIVE - stay away from that program as it causes more harm than good. The program seeks to take over your mac's hardware at the LOWER LEVEL and this Windows 7 does not like. I had these same issues until I got rid of mac drive.. Now, When I am in WIndows 7 its Windows and no mac.. but while I am in OS X, Its mac all the way.. I don't try to mix the two.. Macdrive is a terrible program.
The sooner they go out of business, the better and good riddance!
what substantiates your rather strong claim?
i mean, i am all for solutions but you sound a bit single minded.
for example Paraogn has a competitive cross-grade and is strongly stating their competitive benefits but they do not mention stability - just speed.
So why do you make these claims?
bsod in window 7 minidump says hardware, how to clarify in OS X
