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    need help!!!built my laptop but it always crashes:(

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mintyfresh94, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. mintyfresh94

    mintyfresh94 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi guys i really need some help!
    i recently put together my msi 1651 barebone and installed vista 32 bit on it. i was so excited until bam!! blue screen of death. I had everything working right and i was clicking around and it just crashed for no reason i hadnt even installed anything!!!i tried changing my hdd to ide and achi but no success. so then i cleaned hdd and installed windows 7 hoping my luck would change...and at first i thought i was good until after about an hour of websurfing and copying files once again i encountered a bsod. I was so angry!!! i rebooted and it kept happening. so then i said forget this i am going to try ubuntu linux because i heard it doesnt crash. and so i cleaned hdd and installed ubuntu 8.1 intrepid. It was working perfectly for about a week when all of a sudden bamm!!! black screen and then it would reboot. I am tired of this!!! can anyone help me i have no clue what is wrong. my gpu and cpu are working fine....any help is greatly appreciated
    here are my specs for the laptop

    msi 1651
    intel p8600 cpu
    1gb ddr-2 800 (x2)
    nvidia 9600M GT
    320gb WD sata hdd
     
    mintyfresh94, Mar 11, 2009
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    have you done a memory test?

    Sounds like mem errors.

    go get MemTest86+ and burn the ISO on a blank CD... then let it autoboot to run its scans.
     
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    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    1- Check your memory (with memtest as told above)
    2- If your memory sticks are fine, check your hard disk. There may be some bad sectors on it.
    3- If both your memory and HDD are fine, RMA your machine. The problem is in the hardware that you can neither diagnose nor replace.


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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Did you lock the processor into place with the screw on the socket?
    Sometimes people forget and well the system will not turn on if the cpu isnt locked in place

    Also, try starting the system up without harddrives, wireless, tv tuners, etc.
    All you need is memory, a cpu and a graphics card to boot.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 11, 2009
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  5. mintyfresh94

    mintyfresh94 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the responses i will run memory test and let you guys know the results.
    i dont think the problem is my proccessor because it started and my computer recognized it.
     
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    mintyfresh94 Notebook Enthusiast

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    alright i ran memtest and it said no errors now what?
     
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    you dont have an ES cpu do you?
     
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    The blue screen of death should give an indicator of what the issue is.

    Sounds to me like it might be a driver issue
     
    flattius_maximus, Mar 11, 2009
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    mintyfresh94 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how does the blue screen indicate the problem? its just says failure and alot of stuff but it shuts down so quick i cant read it all.
    btw what is a es cpu?
     
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    Jaguar Notebook Consultant

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    Untick "automatically restart" or similar from my computer/properties -> system properties -> advanced -> startup and recovery, and you can read what the bluescreen says. It's usually something about some dll or such (like gpu driver's dll) and you can find out what the dll is supposed to do and narrowing the problem.

    edit: Also, believe or not, windows event logging is a powerful debugging tool. It records everything going on in windows. For example, in windows 7 it keeps track (among many things) of system boot / shutdown times and tells you if something is delaying them.
    In windows 7, its in control panel->system security-> administrative tools -> event viewer. I believe it's located in similar place in Vista.
     
    Jaguar, Mar 11, 2009
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  11. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    What abt doing a self boot assesement?
     
    spradhan01, Mar 11, 2009
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