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Old February 19th 12, 06:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
MikeS[_3_]
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Default BSOD Stop Error

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
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Last night, after playing a Blu-Ray disc in my WinXP computer using VLC
Media Player, I closed the program, opened the drive, and tried to turn
off the computer. I got a BSOD with a Stop Error. Microsoft says this
error indicates a problem with a device driver--caused by either new
hardware or new software. I haven't installed either hardware or software
in a while.

Could the BSOD be related to the Blu-Ray disc? As I noted in a previous
post, I didn't know I was playing a Blu-Ray set (a season of a TV series)
until it took 30 seconds for the disc to start playing. I didn't think my
3.5 year old Dell laptop (Precision M4300) would play Blu-Ray discs at
all. The drive properties show HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-T21N.

I'd be grateful for suggestions about why I got the BSOD and what I can do
to prevent it, if I can...

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The obvious answer is don't try to play Blu-Ray discs in a drive designed
for DVDs and CDROMs.

A common cause of BSOD is when software or firmware encounters a situation
not envisaged by the programmer. Eg excess data overuns a buffer and
corrupts the code. Your situation is a perfect example of creating a
situation not envisaged by the programmer.


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