I have a similar problem on this rebooting loop bit. Except that the weird part is, after 2-4 reboots it will eventually boot to the desktop. It will briefly display the BSOD, immediately reboot, and eventually load to the desktop and run for an indefinite period. [Last boot-up ran for 48 hours.]

All WinUpdates are loaded and appear to be running smoothly. Utilizing Toshibas website: I have flashed the BIOS, updated the audio, video, WIFI, & Chipset drivers install error-free.

Still same problem.

BSOD reads: Plug and Play detected an error most likely caused by a fault driver.

System:

Toshiba Satellite
WinXP MediaCenter 2002 w/ SP2
NO new hardware

This system came to me via a friend of a friend in trouble. I went through the normal BIOS screenings and error researching, but no avail I cannot seem to find a like this one out here. I am sure someone has it, but i can't find it.

This logfile is dated after all updates, restore attempts and flashing occured.

ntbtlog.txt 7/5/2007 8:59 PM
Service Pack 2 7 1 2007 22:01:03.375
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\KDCOM.DLL
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\BOOTVID.dll
Loaded driver ACPI.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\WMILIB.SYS
Loaded driver pci.sys
Loaded driver isapnp.sys
Loaded driver ohci1394.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\1394BUS.SYS
Loaded driver compbatt.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\BATTC.SYS
Loaded driver pciide.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\PCIIDEX.SYS
Loaded driver pcmcia.sys
Loaded driver MountMgr.sys
Loaded driver ftdisk.sys
Loaded driver dmload.sys
Loaded driver dmio.sys
Loaded driver ACPIEC.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\OPRGHDLR.SYS
Loaded driver PartMgr.sys
Loaded driver VolSnap.sys
Loaded driver atapi.sys
Loaded driver KR10N.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\SCSIPORT.SYS
Loaded driver disk.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\CLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver fltMgr.sys
Loaded driver sr.sys
Loaded driver DRVMCDB.SYS
Loaded driver PxHelp20.sys
Loaded driver KSecDD.sys
Loaded driver Ntfs.sys
Loaded driver NDIS.sys
Loaded driver Mup.sys
Did not load driver ACPI Multiprocessor PC
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (ATW)
Did not load driver Toshiba Logical Tbios Device
Did not load driver Toshiba Mobile PC Driver
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (ATW)
Did not load driver Toshiba Logical Tbios Device
Did not load driver Toshiba Mobile PC Driver
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Did not load driver Microsoft AC Adapter
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (ATW)
Did not load driver Toshiba Logical Tbios Device
Did not load driver Toshiba Mobile PC Driver
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Did not load driver Microsoft AC Adapter
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Direct Parallel
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (ATW)
Did not load driver Toshiba Logical Tbios Device
Did not load driver Toshiba Mobile PC Driver
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Did not load driver Microsoft AC Adapter
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (IP)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Did not load driver WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport
Did not load driver Packet Scheduler Miniport

...and more and more and more...

I suspect the owner of this laptop loaded something he wasn't supposed to but he will not confess to it. He states "it just started happening a week or so ago."

I also attempted Windows Restore and went back 2 & 3 weeks. BSOD persists.

I am beginning to think bad RAM or bad PCI controller on the MB.

Mcafee was outdated so I installed NAV_CE 10.1 : NO Viri

Thanks for all the replies.

Vic