Problems with Inspiron 700m

[Andres3605]

My friend just got a new dell inspiron 700m, after 5-10 minutes the system crashes and gives this BSOD, does this have to do with drivers in conflictl?, would a format fix it?, thankd for any help.


Andres

 

[bearxor]

You can give a reinstall a shot, but it possibly could be a hardware problem.

 

[Mingon]

Likely memory if its hardware, hey are a litle picky

 

[imported_drewster]

It doesn't have to do with drivers in conflict, a (re)format wouldn't fix it. I'd say you have a damaged hard drive. Likely to have occured in shipping. Go to support.dell.com and they should send you a new hard disk. Remember: backup, backup, backup.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: drewster

It doesn't have to do with drivers in conflict, a (re)format wouldn't fix it. I'd say you have a damaged hard drive. Likely to have occured in shipping. Go to support.dell.com and they should send you a new hard disk. Remember: backup, backup, backup.

Damaged HDD is unlikely.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu.../XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_ottj.asp

As suggested earlier, try running Memtest86 first and then Prime95 in Windows.

 

[imported_drewster]

Corrupt drivers could result from damaged sectors on the hard disk. Andres can try running a full ScanDisk scan also. If there's no important data on the Hard Drive he can do a restore to factory-like state in less than 15 minutes to clear up a driver issue. Dell PC Restore

 

[mehmetmunur]

I just helped a guy that had a similar BSOD on his dell inspiron whose problem was due to his 802.11 g drivers. Go to dell and update them just incase. I doubt if it is the memory or the harddrive. But, you never know. When the harddrive is dying, it usually just freezes instead of giving you a BSOD. Good luck.

 

[Andres3605]

prime 95 pass after 10 hours, im going to try dell restores disks