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Re: Computer go BOOM!
Blue screen of death is undiagnosable.
The only thing I can think of is to check that your ram and any drive cables are plugged in properly. Failed (or improperly plugged in ram) can lead to blue screens of death. But so can about a million other unknowable things.
The only thing I can think of is to check that your ram and any drive cables are plugged in properly. Failed (or improperly plugged in ram) can lead to blue screens of death. But so can about a million other unknowable things.
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I think they may have taken out my new 2 gig RAM card and given me some antique shit like was in it when I inherited it. I'll check it out tomorrow. Will check the connections while I'm in there. 

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Can't your IT department fix it?
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They didn't do much the first time around. I'll send it back, I guess. I've got used to using my tiny netbook at work now, anyway.
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Start it in safe mode?
Re: Computer go BOOM!
Microsoft's support page suggests it's either a faulty driver or an error on your hard drive (or a virus, but since you did a clean install it's definitely not that). If you can start up in safe mode try installing the most recent drivers for all your components (Vista was notorious for not being backward compatible with a lot of hardware out of the box) or run chkdsk.exe from the recovery console to check and fix your hard drive.
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Speaking of which, how much is memory going for over there, FBM?
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I guess it's time for me to piss everybody off again...
Get a Mac, FBM...

Get a Mac, FBM...

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Why does he need a doorstop?JimC wrote:I guess it's time for me to piss everybody off again...
Get a Mac, FBM...
BTW, this is a work machine IIRC.
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Ha! It's the university's machine. I'm not putting another cent into it. I tried using a Mac once. It was...just weird.
To the others: Thanks for the advice. I did start it in safe mode. I'll try chkdsk.exe today. The Vista download page specifically said that it was for XP, but...
Don't know how much memory goes for these days. Haven't been in the market for a while and things change so fast.
To the others: Thanks for the advice. I did start it in safe mode. I'll try chkdsk.exe today. The Vista download page specifically said that it was for XP, but...

Don't know how much memory goes for these days. Haven't been in the market for a while and things change so fast.
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I'm looking for 16 gig for my beasties.FBM wrote:Ha! It's the university's machine. I'm not putting another cent into it. I tried using a Mac once. It was...just weird.
To the others: Thanks for the advice. I did start it in safe mode. I'll try chkdsk.exe today. The Vista download page specifically said that it was for XP, but...![]()
Don't know how much memory goes for these days. Haven't been in the market for a while and things change so fast.

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16 gig what?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm looking for 16 gig for my beasties.FBM wrote:Ha! It's the university's machine. I'm not putting another cent into it. I tried using a Mac once. It was...just weird.
To the others: Thanks for the advice. I did start it in safe mode. I'll try chkdsk.exe today. The Vista download page specifically said that it was for XP, but...![]()
Don't know how much memory goes for these days. Haven't been in the market for a while and things change so fast.(Estimates, please, don't go off 50%-penised.)
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance ... 2GURKYD1IYFBM wrote:16 gig what?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm looking for 16 gig for my beasties.FBM wrote:Ha! It's the university's machine. I'm not putting another cent into it. I tried using a Mac once. It was...just weird.
To the others: Thanks for the advice. I did start it in safe mode. I'll try chkdsk.exe today. The Vista download page specifically said that it was for XP, but...![]()
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"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
Re: Computer go BOOM!
Try a linux install on it. Use something like mint that does all the work for you. If that goes tits up too you know it is a hardware problem
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