Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Unlikely to be the 6400 as that's the new core duo one (i think).

You can try PC World but I don't know how accommodating they are with Dell's and will likely just run the same diagnostics you have just completed and tell you nothing is wrong - Or try and flog you expensive RAM if you tell them that might be suspect!

Nothing much I can suggest if you just have the one chip and no spares except trying a local PC shop to see if you can 'borrow' some RAM to see if it helps (ask PC World if you can do this).

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

repair install wont kill any data worth a try

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Well... it does have a Core Duo chip... the thing is still in warranty AFAIK...

I'll try and see if PCWorld will let me borrow RAM..if not..i'll try and search through town and see what I can find...

Guys, new errors! Yippee! Again!

STOP : 0X0000007E

( OXC0000005, 0X805BD3CF, 0XF88DB73C, OXF88DB438 )

---------- Post added at 19:54 ---------- Previous post was at 19:33 ----------

Anyone know if Dell's warranty is void or not if i remove the HDD?

Hopefully not as they show me how in their booklet.. :D

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Have you tried booting to safe mode to rule out drivers?

All these errors do, I am afraid, point towards the RAM.

Also, you can remove the HDD without voiding warranty.

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

if its under warrenty let them fix it ffs

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Can't go into safe mode. Will try and borrow one from a shop tomorrow...

The last time I went to that shop, they asked my dad 70 quids to fix a switch on a compaq laptop...

O well...not my money... ;)

Zinger, needs to back up the thing first..besides..if it is just RAM issue... then I can just phone dell to send us the new RAM..dell takes ages to do anything and my father needs his laptop ASAP.

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

download and run that cd i linked in my post (page 1 post 10) this should alllow you to backup data, then run a chkdsk whilst running off the CD, then run a reciovery...

well, thats what i'd do...:)

and yes, if you send it dell for repair, the first thing they'll most likely do is restore the HDD to factory settings - wiping all your data in the process.:erm:

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

If so, then one of these has saved me more than once
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=138544
Basically it turns a hard drive into one that can be connected by usb. This is ide only, but combi ones are about that do ide and sata, got mine off ebay for £7ish.

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Thanks for all the helps guys, it's a RAM problem.

Change the RAM and after a bit of HDD indexing with windows deleting the corrupt files, everything is as good as new.

Currently backing up stuffs using the Norton Ghost..

THANKS!

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Another good result !

:tu:

Re: BSOD (serious one) on Dell's laptop - PhD thesis in there!!
 

Glad it turned out ok Mate.
www.grc.com/spinrite is what you need to run once a month. Fantastic program. :tu: