05-27-2010, 01:39 PM
DP wrote:
Well, like what?
Like a serious hardware problem that was exposed due to something in the update.
Maybe bad RAM, video, motherboard...
A gray screen with vertical lines is what we in the biz call a "really bad sign."
'First thing to do is to check your drive for directory damage from the crashes. Then run hardware tests.
If everything passes then it may be worth reinstalling the update or downgrading the OS to see if the symptom really is software/OS related.
But first thing's first: Repair the drive.