i just bought my sony laptop from best buy yesterday. i got the geek squad people to take out all the anti virus demos and all the junk. they installed anti-virus and spysweeper on my laptop. i downloaded aim and yahoo messanger thats it. and then the blue screen of death pops up when i just bought this yestersday!! what do yall think it could be.. please help
2007-10-22 16:33:23 · 8 answers · asked by brittany lynn 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
return it and get a new one or somethin'. There is one warning of why it might've popped up. It could have overheated. That happened to my auto teacher.
2007-10-22 16:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by Vitaliy aka Vitalian Pride 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is very likely a hardware driver such as the display driver, USB driver, audio driver, etc.
The problem is typical of (and endemic to) Sony Vaio Vista-based laptops. I had an identical problem hours after buying mine, though I didn't take it to the Geek Squad. The problem, in my case, was a faulty display driver that shipped with the Vaio.
All I had to do (and this may work for you) was go to the Sony website and download and install *ALL* the latest driver updates for my model. The newer drivers fixed the problem. Try this link: http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/updates/updates.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons
2007-10-22 16:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by JohnC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow - the blue screen already. (By the way - I would not let anybody from the Geek Squad near my computer). It could be something they have done. However, without the precise stop code you are getting at the blue screen it is impossible to tell what the problem may be.
2007-10-22 16:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by sosguy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 answer: Vista
I would take it back and upgrade or choose another brand or model, or just get your money back
And Geek squad really don't have that much technical expirence in much. Seriously, I love going to best buy and getting all technical with them, Man its fun.
2007-10-22 16:40:10 · answer #4 · answered by min77ion 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Bring it back to Geek Squad. This is NOT normal.
2007-10-22 16:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you can do any number of things:
1) return it, get your money back
2) exchange it for another laptop (who knows? maybe its just that laptop you have is screwed up)
3) get the geek squad to just reinstall Windows or get a friend who knows about computers to reinstall it for you
2007-10-22 16:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
defective hardware. stop 0x50 many times happens after the installation of defective hardware or interior the form of failure of put in hardware (many times on the subject of defective RAM, be it substantial reminiscence, L2 RAM cache, or video RAM). If hardware has been extra to the gadget at present, eliminate it to make certain if the blunders recurs. If present hardware has failed, eliminate or replace the defective factor. you're able to be able to desire to run hardware diagnostics presented by making use of the gadget producer. For information on those strategies, see the vendors instruction manual on your workstation.
2016-10-07 10:42:22 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the people that is what warranties,s are for.
2007-10-22 16:41:51 · answer #8 · answered by revtobadblack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋