Blue screen of death...time to buy new laptop?

[Glowy]

OK I duno what happen but a few weeks ago my laptop started geting he blue screen of death (memory management) error. THen it started crashing on start up so I reformatted and I'm still getting the same error and random peridoic times. But its a different one each time. I know something serious is wrong with my laptop nw and was wondering do i need to scrap and go buy another or is there anyway to salvage my laptop?

 

[TrOiK]

What OS are you using?

 

[Glowy]

well I went and bought another laptop today anyways but it was a toshiba satellite...duno what the os was...now I'm trying to figure out what to do with it. The chargered broke on it also. Maybe chuck it at someone or can i still fix it?

 

[Emperor Pan I]

"Dont know what the os was"...

the fuck...

 

[TrOiK]

"Dont know what the os was"...

the fuck...

I know right.

 

[kinkarso]

windows? mac? linux?

well it's obviously windows since you're getting the blue screen of death

 

[Dragnskull]

OK I duno what happen but a few weeks ago my laptop started geting he blue screen of death (memory management) error. THen it started crashing on start up so I reformatted and I'm still getting the same error and random peridoic times. But its a different one each time. I know something serious is wrong with my laptop nw and was wondering do i need to scrap and go buy another or is there anyway to salvage my laptop?

go to your favorite warez site and download Eurosoft PC Check

burn it to a disk

stick it in your laptop and reboot to cd

select "immediate burn in test"

select "Select tests"

select all tests for the following options:
Processor(s)
Memory stick(s)
Video card
motherboard
keyboard
hard drive

once they area ll selected, hit F10 to save options,

select "Run Immidiate burn in tests"

hit enter through the screens (this will stop you from doing tests that will harm your data and continue through the ones that wont), should be about 4x times u have to hit enter

let the test run (make surel aptop is plugged in to wall)

once done, check to see what failed. any questions pm me/im me


<3 bent pole

 

[Glowy]

"Dont know what the os was"...

the fuck...

never said I knew much bout laptops

 

[TrOiK]

never said I knew much bout laptops

Do you realize that "os" stands for operating system? it's probably windows based, it tells you in the booting screen and is usually obvious just by looking at the comp screen.

 

[scythemusashi]

maybe a bad ram? did you install something before getting those bsod's?

 

[Emperor Pan I]

never said I knew much bout laptops

And I don't know much about cars, but i know who makes mine.

if its a BSOD it is either windows XP or earlier, since vista doesn't BSOD. So we ask what your os is.

 

[Glowy]

yea os clicked now just fergot what os stood for but I was thinking it might be ram related because Ifirst started getting the memory manage blue screen before everything else started happening...But I was d/ling like hardcore music and maybe a virus slipped in..

 

[TrOiK]

yea os clicked now just fergot what os stood for but I was thinking it might be ram related because Ifirst started getting the memory manage blue screen before everything else started happening...But I was d/ling like hardcore music and maybe a virus slipped in..

never answers question. /facepalm

 

[ChrisH36]

And I don't know much about cars, but i know who makes mine.

if its a BSOD it is either windows XP or earlier, since vista doesn't BSOD. So we ask what your os is.

Vista can still BSOD. It however reboots itself automatically on the event of a system crash.

never answers question. /facepalm

No offense Glowpole, but this isn't something to be stupid about. And viruses don't exist within MP3 files, you must have gone to a site on IE or something and contracted something. Or you did something stupid with an EXE.

And if you thought it was a software problem, didn't you try reformating your drive and reinstalling Windows.

 

[Dragnskull]

its obviously not software considering hes reformatted. follow the steps in my last post, youll know exactly what broke and can find out if its a 50 dollar fix or a 200 dollar fix.

 

[Glowy]

well i really hated vista and started using this app called vista manager that gets rid of all the bullcrap animation and uselessstuff that runs on it...that and reg mechanic maybe that altered something for the worse?

 

[Dragnskull]

well i really hated vista and started using this app called vista manager that gets rid of all the bullcrap animation and uselessstuff that runs on it...that and reg mechanic maybe that altered something for the worse?

in some cases an OS can become corrupted to the point of causing BSOD's, the thing is, this also causes it not to boot into windows 99% of the time, so if your computer allows you to get into windows at all then i highly doubt its software related.

less questions more running PC check as my first post said bentpole.

 

[Glowy]

yea yea yea i'll get to it lol just hard cuZ I don't have a charger for it since the one I have for it isn't working