joe
December 6th 03, 05:31 PM
I'am having the same problems. I get the blue screen and I
have been writing down the error codes so I pass it on to
the techs.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello.
>
>I've had my Intel 1GHz for about 2 years and for the past
>few months I've been getting the blue screen of death
>error messages just seconds before the welcome screen and
>desktop are displayed. Subsequently I would reinstall XP
>(I don't play with the registry settings). Now I find
>myself reinstalling XP literally daily because of these
>errors. I've been told by many that it's a hardware
>problem, but not which piece of hardware. I replaced my
>generic hard drive with a Maxtor 15GB, reinstalled XP,
and
>to my surprise, I started getting errors during the
>installation. Sometimes setup can't copy certain files
>from the CD, and I continue to hit enter until it finally
>can. Other times during the installation I get errors.
>
>Here's my opinion of what I think are possible problems:
>
>Is it the CD? If setup has problems reading the CD, how
>does it cause the screen errors if I was able to get all
>files installed on the computer?
>
>Is memory a problem? I have a two ram sticks totaling 256
>MB. One of the sticks is new. The other is a few years
>old. The "My Computer" icon shows 256 MB ram. Could the
>old stick cause the problem?
>
>Is it the power supply? Every blue moon I can hear it
make
>a noise similar to a CDROM dive possibly indicating that
>it's getting old.
>
>What about the BIOS? I've never messed altered and saved
>settings since I had the computer. Is there stuff saved
on
>it since the beginning of time that it needs to be
>refreshed?
>
>Finally, perhaps it's the system board and that it needs
>to be replaced.
>
>Please, narrow this down for me, PLEAAAAAAAAAASE! Thank
>you.
>.
>
have been writing down the error codes so I pass it on to
the techs.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello.
>
>I've had my Intel 1GHz for about 2 years and for the past
>few months I've been getting the blue screen of death
>error messages just seconds before the welcome screen and
>desktop are displayed. Subsequently I would reinstall XP
>(I don't play with the registry settings). Now I find
>myself reinstalling XP literally daily because of these
>errors. I've been told by many that it's a hardware
>problem, but not which piece of hardware. I replaced my
>generic hard drive with a Maxtor 15GB, reinstalled XP,
and
>to my surprise, I started getting errors during the
>installation. Sometimes setup can't copy certain files
>from the CD, and I continue to hit enter until it finally
>can. Other times during the installation I get errors.
>
>Here's my opinion of what I think are possible problems:
>
>Is it the CD? If setup has problems reading the CD, how
>does it cause the screen errors if I was able to get all
>files installed on the computer?
>
>Is memory a problem? I have a two ram sticks totaling 256
>MB. One of the sticks is new. The other is a few years
>old. The "My Computer" icon shows 256 MB ram. Could the
>old stick cause the problem?
>
>Is it the power supply? Every blue moon I can hear it
make
>a noise similar to a CDROM dive possibly indicating that
>it's getting old.
>
>What about the BIOS? I've never messed altered and saved
>settings since I had the computer. Is there stuff saved
on
>it since the beginning of time that it needs to be
>refreshed?
>
>Finally, perhaps it's the system board and that it needs
>to be replaced.
>
>Please, narrow this down for me, PLEAAAAAAAAAASE! Thank
>you.
>.
>