I've had this Dell Mini 10v for about 4 months now, and up until about a week ago, when I got the new iPod nano and reinstalled iTunes. Ever since then my computer refuses to run more than five MINUTES when I'm watching a video, or playing Runescape; pretty much anything that moves on the screen will crash it. The crashes are either BSOD, or my whole computer will stop any play an annoying noise and refuse to work. If it doesn't do that, it'll freeze and repeat any audio that was playing at the time in a never ending loop. But if neither of those, it will go BSOD.
The types of BSODs will either be one of the three
1. It says no error message at the top
2. kernel thread terminated while holding a mutex
3. driver_irql_not_less_or_equal

I've done all I can when it comes to fixing these, I've Googled them and done my best to follow the instructions, I've downloaded CC cleaner done registry fixes, I've tried to use Avira Antivrus (I never had an anti virus until then, but it didn't pick up any viruses anyways), and I've defragmented the hard drive. This is my last resort I have no idea what to do anymore, I'm pretty sure these crashes have come from the iPod, but I don't really know. I will post any error reports I get in the future, and I will post logs from any PROGRAMS you guys request so please help me.

Also: I just installed SP3 about a day ago, and here are the specs from sysspec.exe
WINDOWS:               Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer:     6.0.2900.5512
Memory (RAM):          1015 MB
CPU Info:              Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270    1.60GHz
CPU Speed:             745.1 MHz
Sound card:            Realtek HD Audio output
Display Adapters:      Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family | Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD
Monitors:              1
Screen Resolution:     1024 X 600 - 32 bit
Network:               Network Present
Network Adapters:      Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card - Packet Scheduler Miniport | Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport
CD / DVD Drives:       
COM Ports:             NOT Present
LPT Ports:             NOT Present
Mouse:                 5 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks:            C:  149.0GB
Hard Disks - Free:     C:  89.2GB
USB Controllers:       5 host controllers.
Firewire (1394):       Not Detected
PCMCIA (Laptops):      Not Installed
Manufacturer:          Dell Inc.
Product Make:          Inspiron 1011
AC Power Status:       OnLine
BIOS Info:             AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 08/05/17 | DELL   - 6040000
Time Zone:             Eastern Standard Time
Battery:               No Battery
Motherboard:           Dell Inc. CN0Y53
Modem:                 Not detected


I got this error report while playing runescape, it said thread kernal mucinex BLAH heres the stuff I copied down

BCCode : 4000008a     BCP1 : 8620F7C8     BCP2 : 860BECE0     BCP3 : 00000000
BCP4 : 00000000     OSVer : 5_1_2600     SP : 3_0     Product : 768_1     

C:\DOCUME~1\Overlord\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER3b74.dir00\Mini122709-02.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\Overlord\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER3b74.dir00\sysdata.xml

STOP: 0x40000008A ( 0x8620f7c8, 0x860bece0, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 )You have to be careful, playing around with that computer, so you don't void the WARRANTY, but we can take a peek...

Download BlueScreenView
No installation required.
Double click on BlueScreenView.exe file to run the program.
When scanning is done, go Edit>Select All.
Go File>Save Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt.
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all content, and paste it into your next reply.Thanks for the reply Broni heres the report

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Dump File         : Mini122709-02.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/27/2009 4:27:08 PM
Bug Check String  : THREAD_TERMINATE_HELD_MUTEX
Bug Check Code    : 0x4000008a
Parameter 1       : 0x8620f7c8
Parameter 2       : 0x860bece0
Parameter 3       : 0x00000000
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+22f43
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 5.1.2600.5857 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
Processor         : 32-bit
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\minidump\Mini122709-02.dmp
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini122709-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/27/2009 2:00:14 PM
Bug Check String  : THREAD_TERMINATE_HELD_MUTEX
Bug Check Code    : 0x4000008a
Parameter 1       : 0x86c50da8
Parameter 2       : 0x8589ace0
Parameter 3       : 0x00000000
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+22f43
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 5.1.2600.5857 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
Processor         : 32-bit
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\minidump\Mini122709-01.dmp
==================================================


it's kinda funny, while making this reply the first time, my computer froze before I even hit post

heres another one that happened, I haven't got the one about the driver yet, but I'll post it when I get it.

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Dump File         : Mini122709-03.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/27/2009 6:29:18 PM
Bug Check String  : THREAD_TERMINATE_HELD_MUTEX
Bug Check Code    : 0x4000008a
Parameter 1       : 0x856cdbf8
Parameter 2       : 0x85815ce0
Parameter 3       : 0x00000000
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+22f43
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 5.1.2600.5857 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
Processor         : 32-bit
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\minidump\Mini122709-03.dmp
==================================================

I don't want take wild guesses, but from my search, it looks like some hardware problem, integrated video chip, or RAM.
Since the netbook is 4 months old, I'd call Dell.Ditto...Well the laptop is past it's 90 day warranty so they won't do anything. I'm thinking about getting a USB CD drive and overwriting this file ( ntoskrnl.exe ) with the Windows recovery CD. Also, I got a different BSOD here's the reports from them

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Dump File         : Mini122709-09.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/27/2009 11:19:23 PM
Bug Check String  : SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000007e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0x860f06ff
Parameter 3       : 0xa8602518
Parameter 4       : 0xa8602214
Caused By Driver  :
Caused By Address :
File Description  :
Product Name      :
Company           :
File Version      :
Processor         : 32-bit
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\minidump\Mini122709-09.dmp
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini122709-08.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/27/2009 11:03:51 PM
Bug Check String  : SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000007e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0x8610c6ff
Parameter 3       : 0xa843666c
Parameter 4       : 0xa8436368
Caused By Driver  :
Caused By Address :
File Description  :
Product Name      :
Company           :
File Version      :
Processor         : 32-bit
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\minidump\Mini122709-08.dmp
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini122709-07.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/27/2009 9:22:23 PM
Bug Check String  : SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000007e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0x86cfd6ff
Parameter 3       : 0xa849e518
Parameter 4       : 0xa849e214
Caused By Driver  :
Caused By Address :
File Description  :
Product Name      :
Company           :
File Version      :
Processor         : 32-bit
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\minidump\Mini122709-07.dmp
==================================================

So if you guys know if this will work or not please tell me, or give me some other advice.
Only a 90 day warranty ? ?
Most laptops/netbooks carry a minimum 1 Year warranty.Nope just a 90 day warranty. Do you have any ideas on what to do, or do you know if what I'm going to try will work?Something is being left out here...
From the Dell Site:

Quote

Hardware Support Services
1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan