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From: Ron Hardin on 9 Aug 2010 14:26 For BSODs in a new Latitude XP Pro, tech chat, after running diagnostics found nothing, suggests reinstalling XP clean. No harm to try; but it's a ritual on a new machine. It does get rid of bloatware. My own hunch is it's a HD controller. Is that in the HD or on the motherboard? BSOD history photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/crash -- rhhardin(a)mindspring.com On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
From: Christopher Muto on 9 Aug 2010 14:31 Ron Hardin wrote: > For BSODs in a new Latitude XP Pro, tech chat, after > running diagnostics found nothing, suggests reinstalling > XP clean. > > No harm to try; but it's a ritual on a new machine. > > It does get rid of bloatware. > > My own hunch is it's a HD controller. Is that in the HD > or on the motherboard? > > BSOD history photos > http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/crash > which model latitude. i have seen fan failures in under 30 days on the e6550's that result in overheating and bsod. or is this error occurring during installation of xp?
From: Christopher Muto on 9 Aug 2010 14:42 Christopher Muto wrote: > Ron Hardin wrote: >> For BSODs in a new Latitude XP Pro, tech chat, after >> running diagnostics found nothing, suggests reinstalling >> XP clean. >> >> No harm to try; but it's a ritual on a new machine. >> >> It does get rid of bloatware. >> >> My own hunch is it's a HD controller. Is that in the HD >> or on the motherboard? >> >> BSOD history photos >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/crash >> > > which model latitude. i have seen fan failures in under 30 days on the > e6550's that result in overheating and bsod. or is this error occurring > during installation of xp? make that 6510. if this is happening with a fresh install then consider either or both of the following... 1) if you have 4gb or more ram remove a module until installation is complete. 2) consider the origins of the xp cd you are using... if it wasn't provided by dell with this system it may not have compatible drivers installed. the work around would be to provide additional drivers as prompted by xp setup or to simply enter the bios and change the mode of the hard drive to 'compatible'.
From: Ron Hardin on 9 Aug 2010 16:26 Christopher Muto wrote: > > Christopher Muto wrote: > > Ron Hardin wrote: > >> For BSODs in a new Latitude XP Pro, tech chat, after > >> running diagnostics found nothing, suggests reinstalling > >> XP clean. > >> > >> No harm to try; but it's a ritual on a new machine. > >> > >> It does get rid of bloatware. > >> > >> My own hunch is it's a HD controller. Is that in the HD > >> or on the motherboard? > >> > >> BSOD history photos > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/crash > >> > > > > which model latitude. i have seen fan failures in under 30 days on the > > e6550's that result in overheating and bsod. or is this error occurring > > during installation of xp? > > make that 6510. if this is happening with a fresh install then consider > either or both of the following... 1) if you have 4gb or more ram > remove a module until installation is complete. 2) consider the origins > of the xp cd you are using... if it wasn't provided by dell with this > system it may not have compatible drivers installed. the work around > would be to provide additional drivers as prompted by xp setup or to > simply enter the bios and change the mode of the hard drive to 'compatible'. E5400 Latitude. The trouble reported was with the existing XP downgrade O/S. I've wiped it and reformatting with the XP Pro SP3 CD that I got Dell to send me when the system came without one. However the reformatting is stuck at 4%. So it lost a HD interrupt or something. Which answers the question maybe where the trouble is. Well, it's either the MB or the HD, anyway. I'm number 54 to get back in the chat queue. -- rhhardin(a)mindspring.com On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
From: Daddy on 9 Aug 2010 16:44
On 8/9/2010 4:26 PM, Ron Hardin wrote: > I'm number 54 to get back in the chat queue. There's a hold up in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights. There's a traffic jam in Harlem That's backed up to Jackson Heights. There's a scout troup short a child, Kruschev's due at Idlewild Car 54, Where Are You? (A little something to help pass the time.) -- Daddy |