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iono
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HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« on: Sep 11th, 2008, 5:26pm » |
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my computer keeps getting random BSOD, and then I cant start it up(I got 2 crashes just by checking my system BIOS, and I crashed in safe mode). I turn it on, but the monitor doesn't respond. The BSOD is the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
one, and there are others, and one that doesn't even have a message. Can someone plz help? any assistance is greatly appreaciated!
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #1 on: Sep 11th, 2008, 10:24pm » |
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If this is a laptop you'll probably have to take it to a shop to get fixed. Or in the worst scenario, mail it to India. It sounds like you have a desktop, though. If that is the case, have you tried starting the computer with only the hardware necessities yet? Try swapping out or removing your RAM modules and remove your graphics card if you have one.
So long as you have a motherboard, CPU, and hard drive connected you can perform some basic diagnostics. If you can get online consistently by using another computer you can research your computer's model for a list of diagnostic beeps issued when problems occur in startup. This can help determine whether the problem is hardware-based (and probably not so serious in the long term) or a software/OS issue.
Blue screens are very frustrating. I hope this resolves itself quickly for you. 
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #2 on: Sep 12th, 2008, 12:21am » |
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If you crash in BIOS, then there's something seriously wrong with your computer.
Did you make any hardware changes before the problem occurred? If so, try undoing them first.
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #3 on: Sep 12th, 2008, 4:54am » |
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From the symptoms you describe, I would say it's almost certainly hardware rather than software, and almost certainly fundamental -- RAM, CPU, motherboard. I don't know where you live, but if you have a Friendly Neighborhood Asian Computer Store in the area I'd take it there and ask if they would be willing to help you swap RAM, CPU, mobo to diagnose the trouble. My experience is that unlike the big chains, a FNACS is usually willing to help on the cheap. 
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #4 on: Sep 13th, 2008, 9:42am » |
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It seems like the RAM wasn't attached properly or somethig. I took it out, put it back in, and it worked.
Thanks, ppl!
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #5 on: Sep 13th, 2008, 8:25pm » |
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Case of the blue screen of death striking again...
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #6 on: Sep 14th, 2008, 1:03pm » |
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While we're on the subject of computer problems. Does anyone have an idea why the "files and settings transfer wizard" might try to backup a whole hard drive when I only asked it to backup part of another hard drive?
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Re: HELP!!!! need help w/ comp!
« Reply #7 on: Sep 15th, 2008, 2:58am » |
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on Sep 13th, 2008, 9:42am, iono wrote:| It seems like the RAM wasn't attached properly or somethig. I took it out, put it back in, and it worked. |
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I was gonna suggest this, it happened to me once, back when I didn't know which end to plug my RAM. 
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