weird boue screen of death

csi1189 · 11-12-2005, 04:57 AM

for some reason, when i close the lid on my laptop (for at least 5 minutes or so), i open it only to get a flash of the blue screen of death, then a reboot. when it boots up, it won't get to the login scree. instead it goes to a blue screen of death again and says some sort of driver error. i just reformatted a couple weeks ago and just finished finding/reloading all my programs so i'd really not like to reformat again. any thoughts?

computerhakk · 11-14-2005, 07:59 PM

do you still get the blue screen?

you said it sounded like driver errors, so in response to that, if you do format it again, i know it can sound tedious but... try installing the drivers a couple or mabe even one at a time and closing the laptop for a while then opening it up. if not, you were probably hit with an infection.

spamdos · 11-14-2005, 10:54 PM

did you install any new hardware recently

Industry2m · 11-17-2005, 04:15 PM

you're probably having a problem when your computer enters stand-by (most notebooks by defaul enter stand-by mode when the lid is closed).

Check your manufacturer site and see if there is a new BIOS verison that corrects this problem and also contact your manufacturer to see if they can suggest anything.'

If you have windows xp, right click on MY COMPUTER > PROPERTIES > ADVANCED > STARTUP & RECOVERY SETTINGS > uncheck AUTOMATICALLY RESTART under system failure.

This will allow you to see the error on the bluescreen without the computer restarting. Why would microsoft set the pc to automatically restart by default when there is a hardware crash, it's kind of stupid.

vortmax · 11-18-2005, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by csi1189

it goes to a blue screen of death again and says some sort of driver error.

Try writing down as much info as you can about the error. Us knowing what driver (at least what kind of driver) will be much more helpfull then just "I get some sort of error).

If it's a video driver (which it probably is), start in safe mode, dl the latest version, uninstall the video card through device manager (not just uninstall the driver) reboot and point windows to the new driver when it detects the vid card

11-12-2005, 04:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
csi1189 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 19 Posts: 86	weird boue screen of death for some reason, when i close the lid on my laptop (for at least 5 minutes or so), i open it only to get a flash of the blue screen of death, then a reboot. when it boots up, it won't get to the login scree. instead it goes to a blue screen of death again and says some sort of driver error. i just reformatted a couple weeks ago and just finished finding/reloading all my programs so i'd really not like to reformat again. any thoughts?

11-14-2005, 07:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,634	do you still get the blue screen? you said it sounded like driver errors, so in response to that, if you do format it again, i know it can sound tedious but... try installing the drivers a couple or mabe even one at a time and closing the laptop for a while then opening it up. if not, you were probably hit with an infection. __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

11-14-2005, 10:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
spamdos Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canberra Australia Age: 20 Posts: 1,163	did you install any new hardware recently __________________ TROGDOR the BURNINATOR

11-17-2005, 04:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Industry2m New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 17	you're probably having a problem when your computer enters stand-by (most notebooks by defaul enter stand-by mode when the lid is closed). Check your manufacturer site and see if there is a new BIOS verison that corrects this problem and also contact your manufacturer to see if they can suggest anything.' If you have windows xp, right click on MY COMPUTER > PROPERTIES > ADVANCED > STARTUP & RECOVERY SETTINGS > uncheck AUTOMATICALLY RESTART under system failure. This will allow you to see the error on the bluescreen without the computer restarting. Why would microsoft set the pc to automatically restart by default when there is a hardware crash, it's kind of stupid. __________________ Industry2m - Your Solution Provider http://www.industry2m.com Last edited by Industry2m; 11-17-2005 at 04:17 PM.

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