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    Laptop Is Blue Screening at Startup

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Lavitz, Aug 16, 2008.

  1. Lavitz

    Lavitz Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey, help me asap add me on any of my chatting programs. Here is the problem I did an bios update without doing to much research just in a rush. The new bios update. It finished and when it went to restart, it blue screens and i cant do safe mode or anything. WHAT SHOULD I DO !.
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    info on bios update
    Compal IFL9x / IFT0X
    Bios version 1.18
    Ahh mod can you put this on windows forums.!!!

    UBER PANIC MODE: Will reformatting drives fix this problem? (last thing i want to do)

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    Do I do something with the cmos battery?
    Do I repair the bootstrap?
    Do I install an older version of bios update?
    HELP SOMEONE! any insight is appreciated
     
    Lavitz, Aug 16, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    A BIOS flash will reset defaults.

    Go into the BIOS setup and see if you need to enable AHCI (or if it is enabled, disable it). Getting that wrong is a recipe for BSOD.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 16, 2008
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  3. Lavitz

    Lavitz Notebook Evangelist

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    **** it was enabled. I disabled it. Now what?WOW THANK You . So can you explain what AHCI is to me and how it effect the boot up and if i need to do anything now that I am in windows.

    Rep +1 coming up
     
    Lavitz, Aug 16, 2008
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  4. Yotsuba

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    If all else fails, you could simply format and re-install Windows.
     
    Yotsuba, Aug 16, 2008
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  5. Lavitz

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    well im in windows now its working fine. Just need to know what i posted in my 2nd post!
     
    Lavitz, Aug 16, 2008
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  6. Althernai

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    AHCI stands for Advanced Host Controller Interface. It's the means by which your computer communicates with SATA devices (such as the hard drive). It affects boot up because Windows needs to load different drivers depending on whether it is enabled or disabled and if it uses the wrong one, you get a BSOD. You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHCI .

    I don't think you need to do anything if everything already works.
     
    Althernai, Aug 16, 2008
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