Solve : Blue Screen makes a gray day?

1.	Solve : Blue Screen makes a gray day?
Answer» Imagine a bsod error on this: Toshiba A4, 1Mb ram XP with service pack 3 (recently installed, not causal) virus up to date registry cleaned, defragged disc no new hardware, no device errors pretty sure my bios is as new as they OFFER.. 15 bsods with various finger pointing: 2 x pointed at symantec 2 x a video drivers 1 x at touch pad (downloaded driver) also blamed: page file memory (so I DISABLED it, and it seemed to help) .... Once, I got a "pop" and then bluescreen error .. What are the chances it is software versus hardware? Do you think it is worth trying a memory switchout? or not worth the time? I wouldn't get too drastic just yet. Oftentimes, when you're suddenly getting barraged with BSODs, it's ACTUALLY just the fault of one recent change (usually a driver). What were the last couple of changes you made to your system (i.e., the last few items you downloaded and/or installed)? If you can determine that, then TRY rolling back whatever you've done and see if that helps.You can test the memory in place if you have a BOOTABLE floppy or CD-ROM drive. Create a memory diagnostic boot floppy or CD following the "Free Download" link of www.memtest86.com. If you continue to have problems while running the self-contained memory diagnostic tests; the problem is not with your Windows software.

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