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Quoth · 03-07-2024, 11:06 AM

The age and speed is irrelevant. It's some driver issue, or maybe RAM error.
I've a 22 yo XP laptop (April 2002) that can read a Kindle PW3 fine. XP only re-installed once (June 2002). Used regularly till 2016.

A BSOD is usually a driver in the Kernel or one faulty region of RAM not usually accessed. Ordinary applications won't BSOD.

It's better to track down the issue rather than hoping a fresh install makes it OK. I'd only do a fresh install on a spare disk in case that is no better.

03-07-2024, 11:06 AM	#9
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,302 Karma: 85874895 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	The age and speed is irrelevant. It's some driver issue, or maybe RAM error. I've a 22 yo XP laptop (April 2002) that can read a Kindle PW3 fine. XP only re-installed once (June 2002). Used regularly till 2016. A BSOD is usually a driver in the Kernel or one faulty region of RAM not usually accessed. Ordinary applications won't BSOD. It's better to track down the issue rather than hoping a fresh install makes it OK. I'd only do a fresh install on a spare disk in case that is no better. Last edited by Quoth; 03-07-2024 at 11:09 AM.