Hi -- I have been getting what seem like random BSODs, but have pointed to ataport.sys. If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it. I have attached the 4 dmp files here: http://cid-b8b5a06569777398.office.live.com/browse.aspx/BSOD%20-%202-13-11 Thanks! SS

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thanks for the reply. details below. any help would be appreciated. ss nvidia geforce gt220 vid card - hooked to single monitor intel i7 930 6gb ram - Kingston HyperX DDR3 asus rampage 2 extreme mobo 3 wd 1tb caviar black drives 1 wd 640gb caviar black drive wacom ptz 631 w tablet (only list this because it hasn't worked perfectly in the past) asus drw-24b1st dvd drive

oh, and running win 7 home premium

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Bug Check 0x1000007E: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M This indicates that a system thread generated an exception which the error handler did not catch. fffff880`03362c28 fffff880`0112bea4 ataport!IdePortScanChannel fffff880`03362c30 fffff800`031d1943 ataport!ChannelQueryBusRelation+0xa0 fffff880`03362c80 fffff800`02ee4961 nt!IopProcessWorkItem+0x23 fffff880`03362cb0 fffff800`0317a7c6 nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x111 fffff880`03362d40 fffff800`02eb5c26 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x5a fffff880`03362d80 00000000`00000000 nt!KxStartSystemThread+0x16 WARNING: !chkimg output was truncated to 50 lines. Invoke !chkimg without '-lo [num_lines]' to view entire output. 3555 errors : !ataport (fffff88001126008-fffff88001126fff) FOLLOWUP_NAME: memory_corruption FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_LARGE the ATAport.sys has 3555 errors. You should replace the Cable and run chkdsk C: /r /f and sfc /Scannow to detect and fie NTFS and broken system files."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/