Blue Screen of Death [Archive]

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ZeLL

11-25-2004, 08:35 PM

Built a comp for my friend, and it's giving him blue screens whenever he trys to install programs or do some sort of action on it. Everything else worked fine when i built it for him and i installed all the drivers and stuff. I really dont know what to do in order to fix it for him. Can anyone help me?

Caged Anger

11-26-2004, 02:16 AM

get windows XP, i think blue screens of death were killed, lol

Slice

11-26-2004, 02:28 AM

Are the settings correct in the bios? Clock frequecies, memory settings etc. Sounds like it might be clocked incorrectly.

BobtheCkroach

11-26-2004, 03:10 AM

Check the RAM...I know in Windows XP, the only time I have EVER gotten the blue screen it was RAM related...I got it several times within a few days...i started looking online, got the idea to pull a stick of RAM...pulled one, kept happening...took the other out and put the first in...it stopped...just had a bad stick of RAM...it would sorta make sense if it stays ok as long as no real action is happening...it's probably putting something in RAM, then going nuts b/c the RAM acts up and it can't get it back...something like that.

Fragetti

11-26-2004, 03:18 AM

Check Bios and Memory best place to start :)

ZeLL

11-26-2004, 03:40 AM

mkay thanks guys :)

ForrestFunk

11-26-2004, 08:19 AM

what error message does he get in the bluescreen?

oh and bluescreens arent gone in XP...you just dont see them anymore cause the default setting is to restart the pc immediately if a "blue-screen-error" occurs(you can turn it of)

ZeLL

11-26-2004, 08:56 AM

i dunno forrest i'll have to ask him, he's out of town for a couple days so i wont be posting much til then about it

Mad Fox

11-26-2004, 01:00 PM

I gunna have to say bios

ZeLL

11-26-2004, 05:48 PM

Well even if i check the bios, what would you expect to be off? Give me the specifics. Clock speeds or something?

ZeLL

11-29-2004, 06:17 AM

guys, my friend with the blue screenin machinen is back in town. I'm going over there tomarrow. I need to know what to check for in the bios. I really dont have a clue. It's a XP 2700+. What are the normal frequencies for that? 3200 DDR 512 mb. Should i check some bios stuff for that too?

ForrestFunk

11-29-2004, 08:30 AM

be sure to get the error message from the bluescreen ;) ...normally its a driverproblem