Gnarly error at boot up

Hello:
Hoping someone can help me diagnose this error and offer
a fix. When I boot my Sony VAIO notebook running WinME,
part way through boot up the Windows ME splash screen
goes black, then I get a blue screen saying an error has
occurred. The error message is:

File Name: Ds1(01) + 0000D9C2 Error: 0E : 0028 : FF0A8AE2

At this point, my machine is hung and CTRL+ALT+DEL does
not work. If I do a hard reboot at this point, I can load
into Safe Mode, but my USB port appears dead, so my USB
CDROM and floppy drives don't work.

Any ideas on source of problem &/or how to fix this? I'd
really appreciate a reply to my email (crm0627@yahoo.com)
as well as to the newsgroup.

Thanks a lot,
-Craig

Mart
Sat Sep 06 04:42:52 CDT 2003

The clue - ds1 - *maybe* related to a Yamaha DS1 sound driver on your note
book?

As you can boot into Safe Mode, take a look in Device Manager for any
conflicts (particularly with the sound card) and if necessary 'Remove' all
sound card devices and let WinMe redetect and re-install the drivers.

BUT before you go down that path, it might be worth trying a System Restore
first (halfway down the Help Centre page), just to see if that will clear
the problem.

Mart


"Craig Miller" <crm0627@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:352f01c37453$eddf0730$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello:
> Hoping someone can help me diagnose this error and offer
> a fix. When I boot my Sony VAIO notebook running WinME,
> part way through boot up the Windows ME splash screen
> goes black, then I get a blue screen saying an error has
> occurred. The error message is:
>
> File Name: Ds1(01) + 0000D9C2 Error: 0E : 0028 : FF0A8AE2
>
> At this point, my machine is hung and CTRL+ALT+DEL does
> not work. If I do a hard reboot at this point, I can load
> into Safe Mode, but my USB port appears dead, so my USB
> CDROM and floppy drives don't work.
>
> Any ideas on source of problem &/or how to fix this? I'd
> really appreciate a reply to my email (crm0627@yahoo.com)
> as well as to the newsgroup.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> -Craig

Mart
Sat Sep 06 15:18:46 CDT 2003

You're welcome Craig and thanks for the feedback. To be fair, an
'intelligent guess', as I don't have access to a Sony notebook. But as I
said, the clue was 'ds1' and a Google search led me to Yamaha DS1.

As a matter of interest, did you try the SR option? - I just wondered (for
future reference) if that method works to restore a 'corrupted' sound driver
<g>

Mart

"c miller" <crm0627@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:318301c374a5$4835d820$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> That was it--I pulled the Yamaha driver and it
> reinstalled the driver on the next boo up. Thank you!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The clue - ds1 - *maybe* related to a Yamaha DS1 sound
> driver on your note
> >book?
> >
> >As you can boot into Safe Mode, take a look in Device
> Manager for any
> >conflicts (particularly with the sound card) and if
> necessary 'Remove' all
> >sound card devices and let WinMe redetect and re-install
> the drivers.
> >
> >BUT before you go down that path, it might be worth
> trying a System Restore
> >first (halfway down the Help Centre page), just to see
> if that will clear
> >the problem.
> >
> >Mart
> >
> >
> >"Craig Miller" <crm0627@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:352f01c37453$eddf0730$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hello:
> >> Hoping someone can help me diagnose this error and
> offer
> >> a fix. When I boot my Sony VAIO notebook running WinME,
> >> part way through boot up the Windows ME splash screen
> >> goes black, then I get a blue screen saying an error
> has
> >> occurred. The error message is:
> >>
> >> File Name: Ds1(01) + 0000D9C2 Error: 0E : 0028 :
> FF0A8AE2
> >>
> >> At this point, my machine is hung and CTRL+ALT+DEL does
> >> not work. If I do a hard reboot at this point, I can
> load
> >> into Safe Mode, but my USB port appears dead, so my USB
> >> CDROM and floppy drives don't work.
> >>
> >> Any ideas on source of problem &/or how to fix this?
> I'd
> >> really appreciate a reply to my email
> (crm0627@yahoo.com)
> >> as well as to the newsgroup.
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot,
> >> -Craig
> >
> >
> >.
> >