Bsod

This is a discussion about Bsod in the Windows Hardware category; My brothers computer just got an bsod today, a first in a few days. Some time ago it had been bsoding a lot and I narrowed it down to defective RAM, and thought now it should be stable but nope. . .

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My brothers computer just got an bsod today, a first in a few days. Some time ago it had been bsoding a lot and I narrowed it down to defective RAM, and thought now it should be
 
stable but nope... It only happened once, I rebooted and it has been fine since.
 
Anyone know what it could be? Here's the error:
 
stop error
trap cause unknown
dumping physical memory
 
System Specs:
 
Abit BE6 with latest bios
Matrox G400 Max using 5.72
SB Live Player 1024
Intel PCI Pro 10/100 or something network card

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Dunno, I got such a BSOD like this out of nowhere once too...while maximizing an IE window

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I think I know what may be a culprit: the HPT366 controller. It's a known problem.
Also, does your bsod list any files in it? If so, that's likely the culprit.

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Now that you mention it, yes I did install the drivers for the HPT366 controller! There where no BSODs before that... I will uninstall it and see, I dont use it anyway. Thanks for the pointer!!!

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I tried unistalling the HPT366, but at next boot it automatically installed them again (they appear as two ide/scsi controllers). Then I tried deleting their .sys and .inf file, and at next boot i "succsessfully" had it asking for drivers. However, no matter what I chose it re-detected it and asking for drivers again.
 
So now they are installed but disabled, and I still experience BSODs at boot.
 
Any suggestions? I reported the BSOD to microsoft so we'll see what they have to say.

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Does the BSOD list any files? If so, there's your problem.

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No files, only a some numbers 0x00000012 (0x000000,0x000000,0x000000) ...or something like that.