Blue Screen of Death

[Jackpine]

I don't think he sleeps at all, Antonio.

But, it HAS to be some conflict with one or more files (I'd bet on .dlls) on your PC. I think Bill codes a lot in Visual Basic. I wonder if you two have the same link libraries, or, if your PC is using a .dll in a shared directory that doesn't match the one needed by the device.

On a similar note, I have had two laptop CD drives that BSODed on me now and then when I tried to install something from a CD. One of them got so bad that I finally resorted to copying the files from it to a USB drive and then I'd install the program via USB. Interestingly, the second laptop's CD/DVD drive completely gave up the ghost a while back, so now I'm totally down to USB drive installs on it. I gave the other laptop to my Sister, and she rarely installs anything, so it's fine for her.

- Jack

[Power Hungry]

Jack,

From what I gathered from Antonio, it appears that there is some conflict between the USB Drivers themselves and the mousepad. I may be wrong about the mousepad being involved in the conflict, but it's definitely related the the Silicon Labs USB drivers as that's what comes up on the BSOD.

What I am going to try to do is add a static COM port parameter to the command line so I can bypass the COM port polling procedure. I have a feeling this will resolve the issue.

What's funny is his laptop is a Dell Inspiron and so is on of mine. Of course, I have no problems.

We'll get it nailed down. It's always something, eh?

[Jackpine]

Originally Posted by Power Hungry

Jack,

From what I gathered from Antonio, it appears that there is some conflict between the USB Drivers themselves and the mousepad. I may be wrong about the mousepad being involved in the conflict, but it's definitely related the the Silicon Labs USB drivers as that's what comes up on the BSOD.

What I am going to try to do is add a static COM port parameter to the command line so I can bypass the COM port polling procedure. I have a feeling this will resolve the issue.

What's funny is his laptop is a Dell Inspiron and so is on of mine. Of course, I have no problems.

We'll get it nailed down. It's always something, eh?

OK - I bet you're right and the first laptop I was telling you about was also a Dell Inspiron (the second one is an Averatec). I didn't recall at all what was stated in the BSODs, but since the CD reader is a peripheral device, I'd be voting for the same kind of conflict. On the Inspiron, I was able to disable the touchpad and use a portable USB mouse (which had different drivers, of course). I did this for a while until I got used to the touchpad. I wonder if this could be an easy fix for the problem Antonio's having if your COM port idea doesn't work out?

- Jack

[Power Hungry]

Again, I'm gambling on the touchpad conflict. It was funny that he mentioned the BSOD occurred when he moved the mouse. I could be way off and it could end up being a conflict with the sound card or something stupid like that.