Re: help! my lappy is getting screwy!
Who says there's not professionals around?
To properly diagnose a BSOD you need the crash codes -
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic40108.html
That sums it all up.
Crash codes look like THIS:
STOP:
0x0000007B (0xEB82784C, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Those funky numbers tell you exactly what's going on - ( theres a couple hex codes, and a couple memory addresses usually ) That first one that I highlighted - is the actual fault code which says exactly what error happened. MS usually has a KB page on the code - so you can look it up real easy.
OhDearMoshe - When quoting the MS KB - check the applicable OS for the article. Those are 2K & NT. Real old - and they may no longer apply. That thing was talking about SIMMs ... ow.
It's best to diagnose a BSOD by the crash code & OS version - not the description string.
Try doing a description string diagnose on
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - heheh
You've got like 100 possibilities for that single error. O man it sux.