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Subject: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Original Message Date: 05-Nov-03 @ 08:31 AM - gosh durn blue screen on boot
added 512mb ram
new processor athlon XP2400
added, or rather replaced, a hard drive
theres two IDE hds running, one 20gig for apps, one 80gig partitioned for audio/backup
so...it was all working great...but, now, when its booting I get a blue screen that says something along the lines of "hardware malfunction. please contact your hardware manufacturer. system has halted"
the first time it did it I just hard reset and fired up...then tonight it did it twice before firing up, and now...wont boot to windows
I tried disconnecting the additional drive, took out a RAM chip, etc...but still
SO...it seems it might be the 20gig causing problems...
my question is this...when I put the new drive in, I used partition magic to delete/merge a partition that was on the 20 gig, where it used to be C/E drive, i made it just C:
Ive read that PM can cause some funny shit...could that be it?
anyone?
Message 11/23 07-Nov-03 @ 12:52 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
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Message 12/23 07-Nov-03 @ 04:26 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Message 13/23 07-Nov-03 @ 09:33 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
funny thing is, after installing driver updates for the MoBo, and flashing the bios, Ive not gotten a blue screen yet.
seems fixed..but..heh...Im nervous now.
Message 14/23 10-Nov-03 @ 04:02 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Message 15/23 11-Nov-03 @ 06:38 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
havent had the problem since...
heh. other weird shit, but...such is the life of a PC studio, eh?
Message 16/23 24-Nov-03 @ 09:50 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
Message 17/23 28-Dec-03 @ 02:48 AM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
both 512mb ram chips were from the same manufacturer (mushkin) and both were PC2100 DDR, but the recently purchased one was an "enhanced" version so for whatever reason, having them both in the mobo at the same time created a conflict
odd
Message 19/23 28-Dec-03 @ 07:08 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
not my fault that mushkin changed their entry level line
Im sending back the old stick, claiming its the new one and is faulty. hopefully they wont notice and will just send me a new one
Message 20/23 06-Jan-04 @ 07:34 PM - RE: gosh durn blue screen on boot
after talking extensively with a Mushkin tech...the problem SEEMS to be narrowed down to the timing of the RAM
MoBo was set to "FAST" operation...
changed it to normal, and changed a couple settings, and all seems to work
jesus this wasnt fun
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