Ever since i updated to windows 8.1 on my laptop it hasn't stopped getting BSOD's. And the error message it gives me hasn't been the same one, there was one related to using uTorrent (i googled it and it appears uTorrent is the main cause of the BSOD for some reason) and i've gotten a couple others for other reasons which i haven't written down. I'm sure i could see the list of crashes somewhere if i looked. On top of that, this looks really sketchy to me:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/NZTnQUy.png[/img]
What the fuck, this never happened before 8.1
[editline]2nd February 2014[/editline]
apparently the crash i keep getting is caused by faulty/outdated drivers so i'll check and see if my shitty wireless adapter has driver updates
While I think Windows 8.x is a trainwreck, I think you're getting a bit too worked up about it.
If you're using a version of uTorrent in the 3.x branch, it's known to be trouble. Ever since the introduction of the 3.x branch, uTorrent has become a bloated piece of crap full of bugs and useless/dumb features. If you must use uTorrent, I recommend using the last version in the 2.x branch (think it's 2.2.1):
[url]http://www.oldapps.com/utorrent.php?old_utorrent=38&ModPagespeed=noscript[/url]
Else I recommend another torrent client like Deluge.
And if you're only getting 2.4 MB/s read and 262 kb/s write with 100% disk usage, you must be relying on Windows Update drivers, which is a terrible idea. It's probably the source of your problems, having missing/wrong drivers for almost everything. You need to install the proper drivers for your machine from the manufacturer.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43760274]You need to install the proper drivers for your machine from the manufacturer.[/QUOTE]
This is easy to do from a desktop but try installing all the drivers for your laptop on windows 8 if it was built for windows 7 or older.
Windows 8.0 is the only somewhat sane version for laptops not designed for windows 8 and the one with less driver issues but it still has some driver problems. In my case the main problems are with the network and the amd drivers on 8.0 and 8.1.
A lot of people had trouble upgrading to 8.1. Try a fresh install, thats what I'm running on and it's working perfectly fine.
[QUOTE=OnDemand;43760315]This is easy to do from a desktop but try installing all the drivers for your laptop on windows 8 if it was built for windows 7 or older.
Windows 8.0 is the only somewhat sane version for laptops not designed for windows 8 and the one with less driver issues but it still has some driver problems. In my case the main problems are with the network and the amd drivers on 8.0 and 8.1.[/QUOTE]
It does take a bit more work but it's usually possible. I have a emachines laptop designed for windows 7 and I have WinXP on it with all of the proper drivers. The trick to doing it is finding the drivers for the motherboard chipset in the laptop first (if you can't find these then it's pointless.)
Once you find the chipset drivers, it's just a matter of looking up the PCI vendor strings for each device you need a driver for and getting them.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43762175]It does take a bit more work but it's usually possible. I have a emachines laptop designed for windows 7 and I have WinXP on it with all of the proper drivers. The trick to doing it is finding the drivers for the motherboard chipset in the laptop first (if you can't find these then it's pointless.)
Once you find the chipset drivers, it's just a matter of looking up the PCI vendor strings for each device you need a driver for and getting them.[/QUOTE]
devid.info usually let's me find my drivers for the necessary OS when the manufacturer does not.
8.1 fucked up my wireless and broke replay gain and make most of my mp3's crackly. If I copy them onto my phone or a win7 PC they are fine.
6.7 seconds avg response? random bsods?
i'd be extremely surprised if your hard disk wasn't failing
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;43789595]6.7 seconds avg response? random bsods?
i'd be extremely surprised if your hard disk wasn't failing[/QUOTE]
Generic disk controller drivers can cause terrible performance, especially since it forces the drive into PIO mode, which is less than 16.67 MB/s max throughput.
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;43789595]6.7 seconds avg response? random bsods?
i'd be extremely surprised if your hard disk wasn't failing[/QUOTE]
that was my first guess, so i got CrystalDiskInfo and it says everything is fine
[editline]5th February 2014[/editline]
so i need to find drivers for intel 7 series c216 chipset, when i go to intel's website they don't seem to have what i need