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Subject: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Original Message 1/23 05-Nov-03 @ 08:31 AM - gosh durn blue screen on boot
added 512mb ram
new processor athlon XP2400
added, or rather replaced, a hard drive
theres two IDE hds running, one 20gig for apps, one 80gig partitioned for audio/backup
so...it was all working great...but, now, when its booting I get a blue screen that says something along the lines of "hardware malfunction. please contact your hardware manufacturer. system has halted"
the first time it did it I just hard reset and fired up...then tonight it did it twice before firing up, and now...wont boot to windows
I tried disconnecting the additional drive, took out a RAM chip, etc...but still
SO...it seems it might be the 20gig causing problems...
my question is this...when I put the new drive in, I used partition magic to delete/merge a partition that was on the 20 gig, where it used to be C/E drive, i made it just C:
Ive read that PM can cause some funny shit...could that be it?
anyone?
Message 2/23 05-Nov-03 @ 08:47 AM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
I get a blue screen that says something along the lines of
i think we'd need an EXACT error message, but you could try booting into SAFE mode & bypass non-essential drivers...
___________________________________
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Message 3/23 05-Nov-03 @ 02:01 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Message 4/23 05-Nov-03 @ 05:52 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
why?
anyway..k..thanks..but it does it when trying to go into safe mode
the message I typed was pretty much all it says. I might have missed a word or two but there's no error code or anything else, just those three sentences
Message 5/23 05-Nov-03 @ 08:19 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
was working perfectly, but...after pulling EVERYTHING and still getting the blue screen, I pulled that second RAM chip, and it booted fine
put it back in, blue screen
pulled it. boots ok
put it in the #1 slot (where my other RAM chip that Ive had for 2 years now was)...wouldnt even POST!
so...it seems pretty obvious what the prob is. Off to call NewEgg for an exchange!
Message 6/23 06-Nov-03 @ 02:07 AM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
back at square one.
heh...I thought I had it nailed, as after pulling the RAM chip it was working fine.
but now...back to this:
**HARDWARE MALFUNCTION**
CALL YOUR HARDWARE VENDOR FOR SUPPORT
***THE SYSTEM HAS HALTED***
that is ALL it says. no codes, no nothin. how fcking vague!
anyone?
Message 7/23 06-Nov-03 @ 02:42 AM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
could be your cpu (most likely your motherboard tho): try underclocking your cpu.. turn off CPU cache...
see if it runs then.
also.. take every card out... everything that you don't need... you probably just need the video card if it's not on board.
-j
Message 8/23 06-Nov-03 @ 07:55 AM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
sucky thing is, I already shipped the RAM off today..heh..thought I had if figgered out, and then it pulled the same message on me
btw...I hadnt realized that there was an MS database that explains error messages. Unfortunately this one is vague as shit.
something tells me it had something to do with removing the partition using partition magic. Vague memory of hearing that potentially causing problems
dunno...gonna rip it down to bare bones tomorrow and see what I come up with
Message 9/23 06-Nov-03 @ 08:25 AM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Message 10/23 06-Nov-03 @ 05:38 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
but..I can get into bios just fine...but I will try that. danke
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