Okay, a few new things:
The Motherboard Monitor consistently reads the system at 0 degrees, which is clearly wrong.
BurnInTest runs with no problems. All cycles complete error free.
PCMark4 fails right away. It says File Compression: Init Failed. Then it says File Decompression: Init Failed. Then I get a windows runtime error.
New update:
I got the BSOD again, this time I enabled it to stay instead of quickly restarting.
Here is what it said:
It said the error was with MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
and that if I keep getting the error I should disable shadowing or caching in my bios options.
Could you give the other parameters displayed? It should say 0x0000001A MEMORY_MANAGEMENT [parameter 1] [parameter 2] [parameter 3] [parameter 4] here, which gives a bit more detailed information about what caused it.
Also, try running http://www.memtest86.com/ several times (overnight for example), to check if it's coming from your ram.
And then there is Death
I got 3 more BSOD recently and there errors were not MEMORY_MANAGEMENT... reguardless, I'll write down the parameters when it happens again.
Is the laptop a Compaq? I've been hearing lots of complaints from Compaq laptop owners with hardware failures, usually the CPU overheating.
If so, don't bother to send it back to Compaq. They just put it on a shelf for a month, ship it back to you exactly the same way you sent it to them, and say that it's fixed. If your laptop is a compaq, I counsel taking your frustrations out on it with a shotgun and then go out and buy a good laptop, such as a Toshiba.
It's an "emachines", which I'm sure is equally or more crappy. They're super cheap for decent specs. But they commonly have hardware failures. I bought the extended warrenty on it, and they have a no lemon policy. 4 repairs and I get a different laptop.
Funny thing is, I already have 3 things that need repair: This hardware problem, a broken hinge holding the lcd screen (just google "emachines laptop screen" and you'll see that this is a common problem), and a broken power input (you have to bend the cord every which way to get it to realize the plug is in there.
Don't buy emachines.
eMachines, like Compaq, is owned lock, stock, and barrel by Hewlett-Packard, the lazy bedridden giant tree sloth of the computing world.
Funny thing is that I bought a Toshiba first from newegg.com, but it was advertised having a DVI port, which it did not. So I sent it back.
Hey, look on the bright side -- at least it's not a Mac.
But they're so damn pretty and stylish :( They tempt me with their smooth edges and white apple thing.Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
Yeah, that's the same argument I usually hear when I advise someone not to go into a Thai brothel.
Don't come crying to me when you get syphilis.
Great, most of the hardware in my system is from compaq. I'm scared now.
macs don't get the BSOD at least.
Yeah, they just crash on you.
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