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Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2008, 09:04:55 PM »
If you have more, then one RAM stick, try to start computer with one RAM stick at a time.
If you have one stick, test it: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62524.html
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    Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
    « Reply #16 on: July 26, 2008, 09:11:05 PM »
    I've already tested the RAM before we started getting te Blue Screen (when it was jut shuting down) and it didn't make any difference, should I still do it?
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    Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
    « Reply #17 on: July 26, 2008, 09:28:48 PM »
    You tested RAM how?
    This doesn't look good. If RAM is OK, and you're getting very same error while booting from DVD, it can't be hard drive, since it's not employed, yet.
    When you boot from DVD, does STOP error mention tcpip.sys?
    If so, that would be really puzzling.
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      Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
      « Reply #18 on: July 26, 2008, 09:32:10 PM »
      I took out one of the RAM sticks and now it's working in safe mode, I'm running that scannow prgram that you reccomended earlier
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      Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
      « Reply #19 on: July 26, 2008, 09:34:10 PM »
      Very well. We're getting somewhere.
      With one RAM stick, it still didn't want to go to Normal Mode?
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        Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
        « Reply #20 on: July 26, 2008, 09:35:12 PM »
        Haven't tried, I'm just about to, I went to safe mode just to be sure. I'll post in a second
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        Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
        « Reply #21 on: July 26, 2008, 09:38:00 PM »
        No problem.
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          Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
          « Reply #22 on: July 26, 2008, 09:40:08 PM »
          It's working ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

          Thanks for your help, I can't believe it was so simple, I'm not counting my chickens though, you've been great, I'll post back if it stops working again.

          Thanks again!!!!!!
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          Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
          « Reply #23 on: July 26, 2008, 09:42:43 PM »
          Great! :)
          It looks like bad RAM, huh?
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            Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
            « Reply #24 on: July 26, 2008, 10:33:49 PM »
            Well, it's a brand new ram, so could it be a bad port?
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            Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
            « Reply #25 on: July 26, 2008, 10:38:31 PM »
            Do you mean, slot?
            Possible. Do you have another one to try?
            Did you try second RAM stick in a same slot as the first working RAM?
            I've seen bad RAM out of the box.
            You can always run this: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62524.html
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              « Reply #26 on: July 26, 2008, 11:04:52 PM »
              Thanks, I'll try your suggestions. Need a break for now!

              PS What flag is on your posts?
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              Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
              « Reply #27 on: July 27, 2008, 08:04:09 AM »
              Even a brand new RAM stick can go bad...
              That's why MemTest was suggested.
              It should run for about 2 hours and it's usually best to test each stick individually....
              Any errors at all and it's bad.
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              Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
              « Reply #28 on: July 27, 2008, 09:03:46 AM »
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                Re: Blue Screen of Death and Hard Disk Boot Problem
                « Reply #29 on: July 27, 2008, 10:29:38 PM »
                Patio, Thanks for your suggestion re: Mem Test. We will definitely test the RAM. Any suggestions for avoiding a repeat when we buy next RAM?

                Broni, I thought it was a Polish flag. I was interested just because my late Dad and his family are Polish.

                Kind regards,

                Corrina (and son)

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