[enjibenji89]

Everytime I try to download a torrent (I'm a collector - I buy DVD's then download them to have them stored on my laptop) my laptop will buzz and then the blue screen of death will appear.

I have updated all my drivers as far as I'm aware, and have no other issues with downloading except for torrents.

Any help?

Thanks

[Guzzie]

BSOD errors are usually a faulty hard drive.

[enjibenji89]

Why does it only happen when I'm downloading a torrent?

[Curly99]

Originally Posted by Guzzie

BSOD errors are usually a faulty hard drive.

Not true at all unless you mean in this instance

Originally Posted by enjibenji89

Why does it only happen when I'm downloading a torrent?

if you can get the error code either from the BSOD before rebooting or from the event viewer and either post it here or Google it to see what it brings up as the error..

Curly

[enjibenji89]

When the blue screen appears it says 'Driver IRQL not less or equal'

[Curly99]

Have you installed or upgraded any drivers recently..maybe graphics card driver... it could be that but only guessing.

Curly

[enjibenji89]

Nah I haven't. I looked it up on google, found out it could be to do with drivers, downloaded a driver test program. One error came up which was with the Xbox 360 Controller driver, I deleted it but still have the problem...

[enjibenji89]

Any ideas? As I said it only ever happens when I'm downloading a torrent. When it happens, laptop restarts, I start up the torrent program, downloads for a bit then happens again

[noiseboy72]

Not sure why you would download the torrent of a film you own, just rip it to the HD in a format that suits you.

Most BSODs I have come across have been either display or disc related. I would update your video drivers and see if this fixes the issue. Could be a windows update has made the video driver unstable.

[enjibenji89]

Originally Posted by noiseboy72

Not sure why you would download the torrent of a film you own, just rip it to the HD in a format that suits you.

Most BSODs I have come across have been either display or disc related. I would update your video drivers and see if this fixes the issue. Could be a windows update has made the video driver unstable.

I never really looked in to ripping dvd to computer... torrents are always so quick and hassle free (normally)

Thanks for the advice, however could you point me in the right direction about how to update my drivers? I have looked on google but find it a lil confusing.

[noiseboy72]

Try here:Acer Support: Downloads & Support Documents - Notebook / Aspire / Aspire 5750

Have a look through the FAQs and see if any of the issues sound like your problem.

If not, download and install the driver that matches your hardware.

[enjibenji89]

I updated all drivers and disabled internet security, still happening.

This time I managed to get a picture of the blue screen:

imgur: the simple image sharer

Does this mean anything to anybody?

[noiseboy72]

The image points to a network driver issue. Download the latest versions for your network adapter, then delete and reinstall.

See how you get on.

[enjibenji89]

Originally Posted by noiseboy72

The image points to a network driver issue. Download the latest versions for your network adapter, then delete and reinstall.

See how you get on.

Thanks for the advice. However how do I find out what network adapter I have?

[noiseboy72]

Have a look in control panel, system, device manager. Click on network adapters and you should see the device type. Mine is a Marvell Yukon Gigabit controller.

[enjibenji89]

Thanks again

I got Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter and Broadcom Netlink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet. How do I find updates for these?

[noiseboy72]

Have a look on the Acer site I initially pointed you to. This should have them.

Even if the drivers are not any newer than the ones installed, reinstall anyway in case something is corrupted.

[enjibenji89]

Originally Posted by noiseboy72

Have a look on the Acer site I initially pointed you to. This should have them.

Even if the drivers are not any newer than the ones installed, reinstall anyway in case something is corrupted.

I think I downloaded the correct drivers... but it didn't prevent the blue screen

[noiseboy72]

As it only happens on your torrents, you might want to try a different torrent program.

Sorry, its getting hard to diagnose at this range now!

I assume that as well as downloading you also uninstalled the old ones and then reinstalled ?

[enjibenji89]

Yeah, I un-installed the drivers, reinstalled.

I will try a different torrent program today, thanks for the advice

[enjibenji89]

I updated every single driver, and completely cleaned up my hard drive and everything on it.

Same problem...As soon as a torrent starts to download - blue screen. Apart from the very rare occasion where the torrent will download all the way through.

Anyone else got any ideas?

[martd]

how old is the 5750 and which torrent program are you using?

[enjibenji89]

Had it for around 4 months now, bought brand new and I'm using uTorrent

[martd]

Has it always done the same thing or did it suddenly start crashing to the BSOD?

[enjibenji89]

It never happened for the first 3ish months. Just in the past month/it also won't let me install the 3 latest microsoft updates, not sure if that is linked in any way

[martd]

Ok, I would personally suggest using system restore to step back to a time that you know it was working (make sure you backup any docs you want to keep)

[enjibenji89]

Originally Posted by martd

Ok, I would personally suggest using system restore to step back to a time that you know it was working (make sure you backup any docs you want to keep)

Sorry should of also noted I tried system restore as well :/

[simplicity96]

Move the destination of the completed downloads and temp files. See if that changes anything.

[martd]

Originally Posted by enjibenji89

Sorry should of also noted I tried system restore as well :/

How far back did you restore to?

[enjibenji89]

As far back as I could. Sorry - I'm using bittorrent not utorrent