Jim
December 11th 03, 11:19 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I bought a new computer in May of 2002 with XP Home
>installed on it. In June I was working on it when it
>suddenly rebooted, apparently for no reason. This
happened
>a few more times before I called the store where I bought
>it. The 'tech' there told me it was over-heating and I
>needed another fan in it. I bought a fan and installed it
>with a short success period. In mid-July I took it to
the
>store to have the 'tech' look at it. After a couple of
>days he called and said he had fixed it and it was ready
to
>go. I picked it up and took it home (forgetting to ask
>what the problem was and how he fixed it). I found out by
>calling back that he had unchecked the box to
AUTOMATICALLY
>reboot. It worked fine for a couple of weeks and started
>the same thing again only this time I had to reboot it
>MANUALLY. This time I put up with it for a few months
>until I finally took it back again. After a few more days
>they called and said it was ready to go again. I picked
it
>up and was told they could not reproduce the error. The
>suggestion was to free some room on the disk (a 20 gb disk
>that had 8 gb free); remove Office (since that showed the
>most errors in the log); remove Netscape (that had some
>errors there, too); or as a last resort, back-up my
>system and do a restore from the restore disks. I did
>everything and decided to try the backup and restore. The
>only problem was it would not stay on long enough to do a
>backup. It would always go to a blue screen that said
>'recovering from a fatal system error. If this is the
first
>time.....'. Finally I COPIED my data files to another
>drive and started a restore. In the middle of the
restore,
>it went to the BSOD. Now the drive is effectively dead.
I
>put another drive in and did the restore on it. I got it
>going and was printing a screen print when it suddenly
>popped the BSOD again. After doing everything suggested,
I
>am still having the same problem. Any suggestions?? The
>RAM has been checked by the store and they say it is good.
> There is a new larger CPU fan installed on it. It has a
>brand new hard-drive and only the restore OS on it (no
>extra programs installed).
>.
>Try updating your device drivers esp.(the video and sound
cards). Also search the PC maker's web site for a updated
version for the BIOS to flash to the motherboard. Open the
case to inspect for any loose components and/ or
connections, (RAM modules, video card, etc.).
>I bought a new computer in May of 2002 with XP Home
>installed on it. In June I was working on it when it
>suddenly rebooted, apparently for no reason. This
happened
>a few more times before I called the store where I bought
>it. The 'tech' there told me it was over-heating and I
>needed another fan in it. I bought a fan and installed it
>with a short success period. In mid-July I took it to
the
>store to have the 'tech' look at it. After a couple of
>days he called and said he had fixed it and it was ready
to
>go. I picked it up and took it home (forgetting to ask
>what the problem was and how he fixed it). I found out by
>calling back that he had unchecked the box to
AUTOMATICALLY
>reboot. It worked fine for a couple of weeks and started
>the same thing again only this time I had to reboot it
>MANUALLY. This time I put up with it for a few months
>until I finally took it back again. After a few more days
>they called and said it was ready to go again. I picked
it
>up and was told they could not reproduce the error. The
>suggestion was to free some room on the disk (a 20 gb disk
>that had 8 gb free); remove Office (since that showed the
>most errors in the log); remove Netscape (that had some
>errors there, too); or as a last resort, back-up my
>system and do a restore from the restore disks. I did
>everything and decided to try the backup and restore. The
>only problem was it would not stay on long enough to do a
>backup. It would always go to a blue screen that said
>'recovering from a fatal system error. If this is the
first
>time.....'. Finally I COPIED my data files to another
>drive and started a restore. In the middle of the
restore,
>it went to the BSOD. Now the drive is effectively dead.
I
>put another drive in and did the restore on it. I got it
>going and was printing a screen print when it suddenly
>popped the BSOD again. After doing everything suggested,
I
>am still having the same problem. Any suggestions?? The
>RAM has been checked by the store and they say it is good.
> There is a new larger CPU fan installed on it. It has a
>brand new hard-drive and only the restore OS on it (no
>extra programs installed).
>.
>Try updating your device drivers esp.(the video and sound
cards). Also search the PC maker's web site for a updated
version for the BIOS to flash to the motherboard. Open the
case to inspect for any loose components and/ or
connections, (RAM modules, video card, etc.).