My laptop has been suffering from random BSODs lately and I, as any normal computer user, would want to get them fixed. Windows created dump files from these bluescreens, so I had to use Google to find a program that can open .DMP files. I found this guide and it had a link to .iso image download of Debugging Tools For Windows on Microsoft’s download site. That disk image had a program called WinDbg and I used that to open the DMP files. Both memory dumps had “VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT” written in them. That pointed me towards drivers that might be either out-dated or corrupt. After this I remembered that i had VLC open when these bluescreens happened. This lead me to believe either my sound or graphics card drivers are bad. I updated ATI drivers and re-installed sound drivers. I’m hoping this solves my problems.
My laptop specs are following:
Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1
Laptop model: HP Pavilion DV7-3013eo