Dell m1330. BSOD on restart. Cold Boot OK

Hi there,

After advice from the guys in the 'What Notebook To CHoose' forum I have purchased a Dell m1330.

I purchased a refurbished unit and everything about it is great. None of the problems that have been widely discussed.

The only problem I have is that when I restart Vista I get a BSOD at the boot screen. If I turn the computer off and then back on Vista loads with no problems.

I have done a search and it seems to point to a non-OEM Vista installation (It came with Vista Ultimate installed but a Vista Home Premium restore CD) so it may have something to do with that....

... however I'm not sure where I should go from here to fix it. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Paul

 

Try the solution posted here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=207087&page=2
Worked out for me, and had a similar problem.

Otherwise, could be a hd issue. Try running spinrite on it if you can get ahold of a copy

 

Worked a charm, thanks.