Little computer help
Little computer help Ok this morning i went to get on the computer and it wouldn't wake up from sleep mode just a black screen. No biggie turned it off and back on and it took 10 min to load made it to my background screen and i got a blue screen saying it had a fatal error or something. And its done the same thing a couple times i have tried it. What died? I was told it was the hard drive but i don't know how much he knows about computers. Before i spend $60 on a hard drive i'd like to know what you guys think it could be.
Its a laptop toshiba a-75 it it matters and its 4 years old.
Thanks
It also gave me a reason to buy a new desktop
Its a laptop toshiba a-75 it it matters and its 4 years old.
Thanks
It also gave me a reason to buy a new desktop
ick.. ya start lookin at desktops.. good rule of thumb is plan on replacing laptops or every 3-4 years anyways.. the newer ones are so much faster, bigger HD, more memory, and way more efficient battery-wise.. :
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Dude quit downloading gigs worth of **** every night and give yourself a break. Maybe your comp is trying to tell you something?
hope that helps
hope that helps
i finally booted and it blue screened STOP: 0x000000f4(0x00000003, 0x82ac0248, 0x82ac03bc, 0x80604528)
almost fully boot it was trying to do the startup programs and died it also wouldnt attemp to boot unless i had it plugged in.
almost fully boot it was trying to do the startup programs and died it also wouldnt attemp to boot unless i had it plugged in.
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Ok this morning i went to get on the computer and it wouldn't wake up from sleep mode just a black screen. No biggie turned it off and back on and it took 10 min to load made it to my background screen and i got a blue screen saying it had a fatal error or something. And its done the same thing a couple times i have tried it. What died? I was told it was the hard drive but i don't know how much he knows about computers. Before i spend $60 on a hard drive i'd like to know what you guys think it could be.
Its a laptop toshiba a-75 it it matters and its 4 years old.
Thanks
It also gave me a reason to buy a new desktop
Its a laptop toshiba a-75 it it matters and its 4 years old.
Thanks
It also gave me a reason to buy a new desktop
If you can get the computer to stay on a few minutes go to:
Start button ---> My Computer ---> Right Click on Local Drive C ---> Properties ---> Tools tab ---> Error checking button ---> Check both boxes and click start. The computer should ask you to reboot to check the disk, let it do that and if all is good with the disk then you should likely replace the system memory.
Another way to check the disk out even if it wont boot is to use your XP or toshiba recovery CD and pop it in and boot to it, the XP disc has a repair area on it that will attempt to repair the drive and the toshiba disc should too.
I am going to take an educated guess (I own a computer repair and networking business) and say that the memory is jacked up. If you get the blue screen of death it is usually bad memory, especially in laptops. I see this all the time.
Good luck.
Last edited by brad8266; Jul 23, 2008 at 11:32 PM.
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I am assuming you are runnign windows XP.
If you can get the computer to stay on a few minutes go to:
Start button ---> My Computer ---> Right Click on Local Drive C ---> Properties ---> Tools tab ---> Error checking button ---> Check both boxes and click start. The computer should ask you to reboot to check the disk, let it do that and if all is good with the disk then you should likely replace the system memory.
Another way to check the disk out even if it wont boot is to use your XP or toshiba recovery CD and pop it in and boot to it, the XP disc has a repair area on it that will attempt to repair the drive and the toshiba disc should too.
I am going to take an educated guess (I own a computer repair and networking business) and say that the memory is jacked up. If you get the blue screen of death it is usually bad memory, especially in laptops. I see this all the time.
Good luck.
If you can get the computer to stay on a few minutes go to:
Start button ---> My Computer ---> Right Click on Local Drive C ---> Properties ---> Tools tab ---> Error checking button ---> Check both boxes and click start. The computer should ask you to reboot to check the disk, let it do that and if all is good with the disk then you should likely replace the system memory.
Another way to check the disk out even if it wont boot is to use your XP or toshiba recovery CD and pop it in and boot to it, the XP disc has a repair area on it that will attempt to repair the drive and the toshiba disc should too.
I am going to take an educated guess (I own a computer repair and networking business) and say that the memory is jacked up. If you get the blue screen of death it is usually bad memory, especially in laptops. I see this all the time.
Good luck.
I agree...I build/have built a bunch of "high end" systems.
