I think I've broken my sisters laptop! Please help people, shes going to kill me?

Question

I was on it and then suddenly there is this blue screen and it says:
******hardware malfunction
call your hardware vendor for support
NMI: parity check/memory parity error
************the system has halted*********
.

What do I do?!?!?!

I wasn't meant to be on it :(

Answer 1

Memory Parity Error has to do with your RAM I believe but I'm not intirely sure. This will sound off the wall but try fixing any heat related issues by cleaning out any dust. Make sure the RAM pins are properly seated on the motherboard and arn't being obscured by dust or anything else which you can clean out with some can air or a just blow on it. Try re-seating the RAM in the system. If none of that works it could be a dead RAM stick either over heating or just shorted etc. Things happen, explain to your sister what happened. From the sounds of it it seems like it had nothing to do with you, just happened to happen while you were on the PC. Worse case senario you'll have to buy a stick of RAM for 70 bucks.

Answer 2

YOU didn't break the computer.

The computer broke itself.

A memory error is not something you can personally cause unless you took the memory cover off the bottom of the laptop and fiddled around with the actual memory module.

If the computer is still under warranty, this is a covered issue. Just have her bring it to a repair shop.

Answer 3

if you was on it(phyically), then obviously you gonna die..

but if you were doing some work on it, and this message camed, no need to worry. You actually didn't did anything. There's a hardware problem. Go call the vendor.

Answer 4

Go find an insurance company and buy life insurance ASAP. Show her that she is the beneficiary, then run like hell.