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    Sony VGN AR31S won't start+ blue screen

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by John Dough, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. John Dough

    John Dough Newbie

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    My Sony is about 3 years old and recently it will not boot unless the battery is removed and fitted again.
    Then it boots okay and all is well apart from another problem which happens about twice a week the dreaded blue screen appears and gives a "hardware malfunction call your vendor NMI :parity check /memory parity error system has halted" any clues what this means as no additional hardware had been added recently. A reboot is then ok and everything works fine but I am a little worried that here may be damage somewhere. thanks
     
    John Dough, Oct 27, 2011
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  2. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    Why don't you check your RAM?
    It all sounds like a hardware issue to me and I'd start with RAM diagnostics!!
     
    Gracy123, Oct 27, 2011
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