Blue screen

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jjonsalt

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I have never before encountered this issue.

I quit a session with my computer as a thousand times before. I don't shut the computer down unless leaving it unused a couple days or more and didn't this time. Several hours later when I awakened it I find a light blue screen with light blue sweeping lines coming up from the lower left, which I think is a standard display screen anyway.

No program changes had been made (really, no changes) in the recent past (weeks if not months).

Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Tried to start in "safe mode", begins loading data as usual but stops before done and sticks.

Ideas? Thanks.
 
If this blue screen isn't a Bsod then most likely you have a bad video card or possibly monitor. Can you take a picture and post it?
 
This could be a number of things, Since you leave it on all the time, it could be a heat issue..Did you check all the fans ?
 
Kind of hard to say. If safe mode stops loading then it could be a hardware issue, video card.

Are you sure thats not a screen saver?
 
The blue screen must be part of MS Vista or something Dell put in as it always has shown, just briefly, when booting up. What now??? to the shop?
 
Thanks for the advice. However, it then goes immediately to the "blue screen" as if just trying a straight boot-up.
 
Sounds like a hard drive issue to me, that is not the "blue screen" i was expecting. Could just be a an update that Vista pushed down over night, and it corrupted your OS, with Vista Ive seen the Last known good not work.
 
I can recall this much; 18GB DDR3, Vista Home Premium 64 bit, 2x500GB/RAID 0 HD, 80GB HD (scratch disc), dual monitors (extended desktop).
 
I'll tell ya. I'm thinking about just replacing my desktop. Would there be a way to transfer everything (programs, files, etc.) from my current hard drives to a new one?
 
All programs would have to be freshly installed. Your personal data can be easily transferred though.
 
I'm not sure just how it worked, but it did. I kept my computer P/S off for several days (I was kind of pissed anyway). Turned it back on, got instruction to insert OS disc and repair. It's fine now.
 
jjonsalt said:
I'm not sure just how it worked, but it did. I kept my computer P/S off for several days (I was kind of pissed anyway). Turned it back on, got instruction to insert OS disc and repair. It's fine now.
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Nice! :good: Make sure to back up all your data, though, in case it happens again.
 
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