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Blue Screen

  • 24-02-2011 2:41pm
    #1
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭


    I've just had the dreaded blue screen appear on my laptop. It appeared for a split second, then disappeared. The laptop shut down and then restarted itself and all seems to be well again.

    I'm just wondering if there's a system scan I can do to check that everything is ok?

    It's a Fujitsu Siemens T5010 running Windows XP.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Can you get in to safe mode?

    You can run an application when you get in called BlueScreenView

    http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

    This will give you any\all information on what was affected.


  • #3
    Gareth2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Gareth2011


    This happened to the wife's laptop too. Turns out it was something to do with the boot something (cant remember what it was but i knew at the time). I cleared everything off it n reset it back to factory settings only for it to happen numours times since. It's something to do with the boot device i think. Its sitting in the laptop bag now never to be used again. :(


  • #4
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    NewPicture1.jpg

    This is a screenshot of the blue screen result. Looks to be something to do with a HD Audio something or other.


  • #5
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    When rebooting, press F8 for a menu which has the option to 'Disable Automatic Restart'. (Keep tapping F8 until the menu appears) Then you can get the blue screen code and investigate the problem further using that.

    http://www.technibble.com/how-to-disable-automatic-restart-for-bsod-if-you-are-unable-to-get-into-windows/


  • #6
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    tricky D wrote: »
    When rebooting, press F8 for a menu which has the option to 'Disable Automatic Restart'. (Keep tapping F8 until the menu appears) Then you can get the blue screen code and investigate the problem further using that.

    http://www.technibble.com/how-to-disable-automatic-restart-for-bsod-if-you-are-unable-to-get-into-windows/


    Is that only in the event of the blue screen re-occuring? What if (as I'm hoping) it's a once-off event?


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  • #7
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Yes, only if it reoccurs which it usually will I think. You should have enough info in the Minidump to Google around for a solution. Probably means updating or rolling back a driver iirc.


  • #8
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Can you get in to safe mode?
    You can run an application when you get in called BlueScreenView
    http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
    This will give you any\all information on what was affected.

    wow that's excellent, how did I miss this tool (not you, the application :D )
    And how did it take so long for somebody to write it !!!!


  • #9
    T-Bird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    Try pressing F8 and then look for something like last known good configuration. It works sometimes.


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