Multiple BSOD's

[MasterChief]

Install these, in addition to wireless driver above:

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/emw8180220.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mim02w8.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mch02w81.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mtp06w8.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mla03w8.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mah08w8.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0muh08ww.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mca09w81.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mcr01wb.exe

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mbt01wb.exe

 

[oqqa]

Okay, but it seems like it'll take a little while for me to run all these. Is there anything I could do in the meantime?

 

[MasterChief]

Nah, not really. Besides, it shouldn't take too long. Each one probably about half a minute to minute.

You're in normal mode Windows though, heh? (Just curious.)

 

[oqqa]

I should be! My desktop doesn't say that I'm in Safe Mode, and when I went to the menu with the Boot tab (I'm not exactly sure what it was called), the Safe Mode box was unchecked.

 

[oqqa]

There seems to be a problem with the 7th download, it's telling me that there is a problem. The rest of the downloads have gone smoothly though, so I'll just download the rest. It says the program has compatibility issues.

 

[oqqa]

I've downloaded all the drivers, except the 7th.

 

[oqqa]

Ran memory diagnostic, still getting Kernel errors and bad_pool_header, although rarely. Diagnostic says there are problems. Here are new .dmps.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=F1C6D8DA3B70F6E0!157&authkey=!ALEvJ1iqorfGrB4&ithint=file%2c.zip

 

[MasterChief]

Hanging in there, huh?

1) Use my attachment by double clicking on it after extraction to delete the FreeRide games driver.

Its file name is X5XSEx_Pr148.Sys

Then open Regedit and navigate to here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services

Look for the subkey for that driver and delete it. It may be X5XSEx_Pr148 or something harder to find. (When looking in the right one to delete, it will have that driver shown someplace in the right pane.)

Reboot.

2) Update the Realtek HD Audio codec driver from the follow link, and pay attention to the installer's instructions well:

RTKVHD64 RTKVHD64.sys Tue Jul 31 05:46:36 2012 (5017A97C)

Realtek

3) Install this driver to update the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver:

http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/0mah08w8.exe

iaStorA  iaStorA.sys  Sat Sep 01 21:01:24 2012 (5042AFE4)

4) Make a restore point so in case you do something wrong here, or just plain out IF something goes wrong and it's not even your fault - then you can revert to right before you did this and all of your previous good work will be kept.

After making a restore point, open Regedit then navigate to where you were before at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services

See if there is a subkey named LHDmgr. If you see that, delete it. Reboot.

 

[oqqa]

Yep! I don't mind doing things like this, it's pretty exciting. I want to learn how to do things like this in the future.
1. I was able to delete X5XSEx_Pr148.Sys, which went successfully.
2. I'm not sure if the Realtek driver worked because I got a BSOD right after installation.
3. Uninstalled Freeridegames.

Going to make the restore point then find LHDmgr.

 

[oqqa]

So it seems that deleting Lhdmgr is making my laptop go crazy. I did create a system restore point right before deleting, but I'm having a hard time actually getting to it.
For a while I kept getting Werfault.exe and LoginUI errors when trying to boot. After that for a while it rebooted to my usual desktop, but then crashed soon after. Now it is acting in the manner that it would if I had completely reset my laptop, going through the Windows Setup prompts. However it couldn't get through that without crashing.
Now I'm sitting on a strange indigo color screen.

 

[MasterChief]

It is either that Lhdmgr driver crashing the system or the memory is defective.

I am not sure how to get an update for that driver, because it is not shown for your model.

You could contact Lenovo and ask them for an update to see if that fixes it, or clean install Windows as a basic test to see if that crashes or not.

 

[oqqa]

How do I clean install Windows? My laptop came with it so I do not have any kind of Windows 8 disk.

 

[MasterChief]

Two things I can suggest.

1) Contact TheOG on here. He seems to know very well how to obtain install media under various conditions.

2) I can not suggest what I'd want to under site rules. You already have a license for Windows, I'm assuming, so that's good. I guess I'm allowed to say that the .iso does not have to come directly from Microsoft themselves but can be "found". If you do this, compare hash tags on the file to the official, to ensure that there has been no tampering. Hash tags for official can be Googled.


Before anything though - Did this machine come with Windows 8 or Windows 7, from the store when it was brand new, unused?

 

[oqqa]

I will contact TheOG. It's too bad about the site rules because I'm basically up for anything at this point.

I am currently stuck in the Automatic Repair loop and I can't even access any of my files. It just tells me that it could not repair then takes me back to the Advanced Startup menu. No matter what I choose will start back up with Automatic Repair. When I chose to use System Restore, it says I have made no restore points, although I did.
I bought the machine manufacturer refurbished and it came with Windows 8 already installed.

It seems that I don't have any luck with Lenovo products lately, as this is the second laptop I've gone through in a month. I returned the first because it would not turn on after 4 days of running smoothly and Lenovo Customer Care told me that my system board was faulty. I decided to return the laptop directly to the seller (on Ebay) where they would deal with Lenovo instead, and miraculously they told me that they were able to turn the laptop on no problem. Strange things.