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    HD Failure (?)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by craig007, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. craig007

    craig007 Notebook Geek

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    Initially I e-mailed Dell tech support because of a suspected GPU over heat (80 doing mundane things, 95 ish whilst gaming)

    I was asked to run diagnostics and to reply with my results. The heat/fan tests passed with full marks, but the overall test chucked up this:

    Error Code: 0142 Hard Drive 1 Unsuccessful Status 78 MSG: Error Code 2000 0142

    Dell have told me a tech will come and replace the motherboard and HD.

    I'm not sure if I want this or not, as it'll be difficult for me to get a good time e.t.c

    Is this definitely HD failure, and if so, is replacing it the only option?
     
    craig007, Oct 2, 2008
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