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From: Jesso on 23 May 2010 21:59 Hi everyone, I've been having an INCREDIBLY frustrating problem with my Windows XP Dell Laptop lately. It works absolutely fine at home, but every single time I take it to university it refuses to start up - I instead get the Blue Screen of Death, saying that Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to my computer followed by - *** STOP: 0x000000A (0x400008E1, 0x0000002, 0x00000000, 0x804D9B64) Beginning dump of physical memory. Physical memory dump complete. Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance. I have ignored it for a few months as it doesn't give me any problems at home. But I need to take it places and I'm sick of it not working when I carry it around. I carry it in a tight-fit zipped case (made out of wetsuit material, like the ones often seen carrying around Macbooks). I doubt this will disturb it in anyway but hmm... I often find once I leave university premises it works again. Could it be a problem with the wireless? I don't know how my laptop would pick that up though as it doesn't even start. It will start in safemode but not safemode with networking. If anyone can help then please let me know! Thanks, Jess -- Jesso ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jesso's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/223809.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1340021.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Iceman on 24 May 2010 18:51 On Sun, 23 May 2010 20:59:48 -0500, Jesso wrote in message <news:Jesso.4bgbxc(a)DoNotSpam.com>: > Hi everyone, > > I've been having an INCREDIBLY frustrating problem with my Windows XP > Dell Laptop lately. It works absolutely fine at home, but every single > time I take it to university it refuses to start up - I instead get the > Blue Screen of Death, saying that Windows has been shut down to prevent > damage to my computer followed by - > > *** STOP: 0x000000A (0x400008E1, 0x0000002, 0x00000000, 0x804D9B64) > Beginning dump of physical memory. > Physical memory dump complete. > Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further > assistance. > > I have ignored it for a few months as it doesn't give me any problems at > home. But I need to take it places and I'm sick of it not working when I > carry it around. I carry it in a tight-fit zipped case (made out of > wetsuit material, like the ones often seen carrying around Macbooks). I > doubt this will disturb it in anyway but hmm... > > I often find once I leave university premises it works again. Could it > be a problem with the wireless? I don't know how my laptop would pick > that up though as it doesn't even start. It will start in safemode but > not safemode with networking. > > If anyone can help then please let me know! > > Thanks, > Jess Such BSOD messages usually have to do with bad video drivers. But here are two links for you to check regarding that particular message you name in your message header: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms793589.aspx and http://aumha.org/a/stop.php#0x0a The environment or the bag you carry the laptop in are unlikely to affect the computer, but moving it about just might.
From: Jose on 24 May 2010 19:49 On May 23, 9:59 pm, Jesso <Jesso.4bg...(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been having an INCREDIBLY frustrating problem with my Windows XP > Dell Laptop lately. It works absolutely fine at home, but every single > time I take it to university it refuses to start up - I instead get the > Blue Screen of Death, saying that Windows has been shut down to prevent > damage to my computer followed by - > > *** STOP: 0x000000A (0x400008E1, 0x0000002, 0x00000000, 0x804D9B64) > Beginning dump of physical memory. > Physical memory dump complete. > Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further > assistance. > > I have ignored it for a few months as it doesn't give me any problems at > home. But I need to take it places and I'm sick of it not working when I > carry it around. I carry it in a tight-fit zipped case (made out of > wetsuit material, like the ones often seen carrying around Macbooks). I > doubt this will disturb it in anyway but hmm... > > I often find once I leave university premises it works again. Could it > be a problem with the wireless? I don't know how my laptop would pick > that up though as it doesn't even start. It will start in safemode but > not safemode with networking. > > If anyone can help then please let me know! > > Thanks, > Jess > > -- > Jesso > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jesso's Profile:http://forums.techarena.in/members/223809.htm > View this thread:http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1340021.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in If you have memory dumps they can be interpreted to find the exact driver causing the problem (no guessing) Merely reading that the issue might be caused by bad, faulty or incompatible driver does not help you figure out the problem. You need to know what the driver is and then what to do about it. Getting yourself set up to interpret memory dumps and properly interpreting them takes practice. It is not trial and error and there is no guesswork. Here is a tool that will read the dumps for you, put them into a format that makes sense and allow you to post results for interpretation: Download BlueScreenView from here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html Unzip and run it and let it finish scanning all your dump files. Select the most recent dump files by clicking them and holding down the Ctrl key to select multiples files. Try to select just the most recent ones that relate to your issue. Double clicking a Dump File will give you some good information - maybe you can spot the problem right away. If not, do this: Click File, Save Selected Items and save the information from the dumps to a text file on your desktop to some file you can find - perhaps BSOD.txt. Open BSOD.txt with a text editor, copy all the text and paste it into your next reply.
From: mkwilson27 on 2 Jun 2010 15:12 I have the exact same problem. I have a Sony VAIO laptop. When I turn off my wireless, the computer works fine. I'm assuming I have a bad wireless driver? -- mkwilson27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mkwilson27's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/227754.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1340021.htm http://forums.techarena.in
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