I keep getting a blue screen telling me I have a system malfunction and I need to check some type of hardware... I'm not a computer wiz or anything so I have no idea what I should do. It happens every so often... maybe once a week. During no specific task either. Any suggestions?
By the way, I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/rubberobot/SystemMalfunction.jpg
(That's the screen I've been getting.)
2007-01-19 09:34:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
It may mean what it says - your memory is going bad.
2007-01-19 09:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That error is indicative (though not conclusive proof) that there's an issue with the actual memory (RAM) chips inside your machine. The only way to investigate further is to open the thing up and poke around inside, so if you're not comfortable doing that then you'll need to take it to some kind of repair shop. If you are happy doing then then you've got two options, depending on what the setup of your machine is:
- If you've got more than one 'strip' of RAM installed then you can remove the strips of RAM one at a time until the machine stops erroring, then you've found your culprit and you can just buy a replacement for that broken strip of RAM.
- If you've only got a single strip of RAM in your machine then you'll simply need to buy a new one to replace it and that should sort everything out.
2007-01-19 09:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by Bamba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Description
A blue screen or Windows serious error may occur immediately after a startup or boot with a stop code of 0x77 or 0x7A, indicating the following possibilities:
Bad sectors on the hard disk
Defective or loose cabling
Improper SCSI termination
Controller not seeing the hard disk
Another device is causing a resource conflict with the storage controller
Failing RAM
The blue screen may cause a restart.
Solution
This failure is related to a failure in the hard drive subsystem. Please perform the following steps to diagnose the error:
Step 1: Back up your data
Use the following steps to back up your most important personal data:
Click Start then My Computer.
Double-click the DVD/CD-RW drive (D:) icon.
Copy all of your important files to this folder using COPY and PASTE.
When complete, click Write these files to CD from the CD Writing Tasks menu. When this process is complete continue to Step 2.
Step 2: Test your hard drive
Use the following steps to test your hard drive:
Restart the notebook PC.
When the DELL logo screen displays, press the F10 key repeatedly. The System BIOS Options Menu will appear.
When the System BIOS Options Menu is displayed, select Tools using the arrow keys.
Select Hard Drive Test.
The hard drive test will run a short test and a long test. The entire test may take 45 - 60 minutes to complete. To properly diagnose the hard drive, the entire test must be run.
If an error was detected, please contact DELL service and support to schedule a repair.
If the test passed, keep using the notebook PC. If you experience further HARDWARE_DISK serious errors contact DELL service and support to schedule a repair.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315266
Good Luck and Happy Processing..............
2007-01-19 10:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A parity error was detected within the system memory. Parity checking is used to detect memory corruption between the time that data is written to memory and the time that it is read back.
This error message means that there is a problem associated with the system memory. Depending on the system, you may be told some specifics about what part of memory caused the error.
There are many possible causes of memory parity errors, some of them only related indirectly to the memory, or even having nothing to do with the memory at all. In particular, a memory error at start up is often indicative of a wide variety of possible problems.
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/ram/parity_Boot.htm
2007-01-19 09:38:54 · answer #4 · answered by rodjared 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blue screen is a screen dump and is usually a very bad sign. May be bye byes to your laptop honey.
2007-01-19 09:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by Exterminator 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think its that photo software causing issue, you can uninstall it from contraol pannel and reinstall it if you need it.
2007-01-19 09:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yah i figured that u have a dell. did u call dell. need to reload windows on it. let me know if u need more help or if u want me to fix it
2007-01-19 09:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by Sagar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well your computer might be overheating i get that on my laptop as well sometimes...
2007-01-19 09:38:10 · answer #8 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋