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PC Problems!

  • 02-07-2006 1:53pm
    #1
    fguinan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭


    Can anyone recommend where to get a PC fixed in the Dublin/Kildare area? My PC is giving seemingly intermittent random blue screens for the last few months. I've reset hardware and reinstalled XP to no avail.... It has me beat.
    Its a dell 8400, 3.2Ghz P4, 1Gb RAM and 350Gb SATA HD.


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I dont know where to get it repaired, if you could give some more details on when you get the bluescreen message and what code comes along with the bluescreen, like IRQ_LESS_THAN_EQUAL or something like that.


  • #3
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Awgh, I hate Dells with a passion...

    Is it not still under their warranty? Sounds new enough to be, how old is it?

    What sort of blue screens...do they say STOP ERROR on them? [EDIT: whoops little late, see above post]
    Any idea what may have caused it to start misbehaving? Add a little more detail and someone may be able to help solve the problem without giving it to a PC repair place...


  • #4
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    I can take a spin out to you if you like. Best check if the computer is under warranty first though :)


  • #5
    fguinan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭fguinan


    I'm begining to develope a dislike for dell too!
    The computer is not under warrenty, I get two main blue screen errors, either unknown hardware error
    or
    Kernel_data_inpage_error STOP 0X0000007a (0Xc03ddfb8, 0Xc000000e, 0Xf77ee58, 0X0efb0860).

    The file atapi.sys was also on the last blue screen.


  • #6
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Have you got XP Service Pack 2 installed?


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  • #7
    fguinan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭fguinan


    Nope - Since my last reinstall about two weeks ago i decided to try without sp2 incase it was causing the problems.


  • #8
    fguinan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭fguinan


    To tell the truth i'm thinking of taking advantage of AMD's price cuts and building a new system - i just neeed this pc to work for another month or so...


  • #9
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Have you tried running Memtest+ on the PC and see if it reports an errors with your systems RAM.


  • #10
    fguinan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭fguinan


    Yip - ran it overnight and no errors were reported - also tried putting the RAM modules into different slots...


  • #11
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Anything in the event logs that give a clue as to the cause of the BSOD's ?

    I presume spyware/virus scans came up clean.

    Had a look at the IDE/SATA cables just in the remote chance something might be wrong with one of them ?

    Could it be something from windows update maybe a rouge driver, after re-installing XP (from Dell image ?) was there any change in what you installed like newer drivers or got the updates from Windows Update etc.

    It sounds like a tricky one to nail down alright :(


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