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Laptop keeps blues creening

  • 11-06-2011 7:56am
    #1
    Scruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,225 ✭✭✭


    have a dell inspiron 1525 that keeps blue screening after a few mins (see attached pic).
    also seeing intermittent screen problems where the screen wont light up.

    i've tried swapping out the ram and disabling the wifi and lan devices. No devices in device manager are showing errors or conflicts. Will a re-install of vista do any good?


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  • #2
    OMG Its EoinD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭OMG Its EoinD


    Well a fresh install of Vista should help. Just try and keep as little software on your PC and keep it fast by defragging and registry cleans ect. If possible try and back up your pics. Good luck


  • #3
    fulmer1984
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭fulmer1984


    Try repairing the o.s. with the disc


  • #4
    OMG Its EoinD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭OMG Its EoinD


    fulmer1984 wrote: »
    Try repairing the o.s. with the disc

    There is nothing like a fresh install though ^_^


  • #5
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Im_EoinD wrote: »
    There is nothing like a fresh install though ^_^

    That won't help if there's a hardware issue though.


  • #6
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Scruff wrote: »
    have a dell inspiron 1525 that keeps blue screening after a few mins (see attached pic).
    also seeing intermittent screen problems where the screen wont light up.

    i've tried swapping out the ram and disabling the wifi and lan devices. No devices in device manager are showing errors or conflicts. Will a re-install of vista do any good?

    windows vista is the biggest load of balls of an o/s ever...

    if you are going to re install anything, save yourself some hairs by installing xp pro or windows 7


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  • #7
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    0x0000008E: KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

    A kernel mode program generated an exception which the error handler didn’t catch. These are nearly always hardware compatibility issues (which sometimes means a driver issue or a need for a BIOS upgrade).

    Bluescreenview will point you in the right direction as to the cause.


  • #8
    Scruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,225 ✭✭✭Scruff


    Thanks all. Thought i had it narrowed down to a faulty wifi card and ram slot but it BSODed again later on.
    updated the firmware as well but no luck.
    Was holding off on a full OS reinstall incase its hardware related and it BSODs during the reinstall..

    Will try that Bluescreenview later and see what turns up.


  • #9
    Scruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,225 ✭✭✭Scruff


    Thank a million Hal Emmerich! That is a must have app for BSOD errors. All the crashes were from the same WAN tunneling driver. Had it diagnosed an fixed in about 15mins. Although putting on SP2 and all the windows updates though took hours :D

    Thanks again!


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