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    Inspiron 6400 BSOD!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dirty_mind, May 5, 2008.

  1. dirty_mind

    dirty_mind Newbie

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    starting this week, my 2-year-old 6400 started experiencing constant BSOD. Strangely, there isn't any driver/.exe in the specified in the BSOD as well. i tried typing that error code on google but the result is that it's too common to know the cause. I ran the diagnostics and everything is fine (i even ran the symptom-based diagnostics).

    The BSOD also suggested that i replace the video adopter, so i suspected there might be somthing wrong with my X1400 built in. but no, the temperature is normal and everything, and i didn't install any new driver recently.

    So i called dell, and the guy told me to ran the diagnostics again, which i did and (ofcz) found no problem. He then told me to reinstall windows since its apparently a software problem.

    i've been trying to avoid that last resort partly becz i dun believe its a software problem, and partly becz i dun have the time to back up everything.

    can anyone help?

    my spec: Intel Core 2 Duo T2400 @ 1.83Ghz
    2.00 Gb DDR2 ram, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (Omega 3.8.442), 60Gb HDD (20/40 partitioned) Windows XP SP2

    edited: just now a process called LUALL.exe came up and used up quite a bit of resources and caused my HDD light to flicker quite a bit. not sure if it has to do with anything
     
    dirty_mind, May 5, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You might want to download MemTest86+ and test the RAM out. If that isn't the problem, then the GPU very well might be damaged (even if it didn't overheat)!
     
    Greg, May 5, 2008
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  3. dirty_mind

    dirty_mind Newbie

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    the ram's good, just tested it

    problem is, how do i convince dell to send someone and replace my GPU (hence motherboard?)
    because dell diagnostics cant find a single flaw.

    i still have a year of warranty left
     
    dirty_mind, May 5, 2008
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  4. dirty_mind

    dirty_mind Newbie

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    anyone please?
     
    dirty_mind, May 5, 2008
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  5. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    You cant. You have to reinstall windows first.

    Computer support goes on levels. First its software, if that cant fix it then hardware.

    I would reinstall windows.
     
    nizzy1115, May 5, 2008
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    asemere Notebook Guru

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    asemere, May 11, 2008
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