Help, laptop is on the outs

[beercop]

Laptop keeps getting a blue screen and then dying. It will boot up sometimes and sometimes it will do a disc check and something about media cable disconnected. Can this be fixed or do I have to break down and buy another laptop?

[ajalves]

blue screen usually = death

[Hoos]

Media cable disconnected is prob the Network cable. My simple answer is if you have the disks that the laptop came with boot to the Windows one to reinstall Windows. I usually use the option to reformat the drive. You will lose everything but screw fighting the blue screen. It can actually mean many things and I hate wasting time trying to figure out WTF the problem is.

If you do the reinstall you will also need the drivers disk.

[trendon]

blue screen usually = death

To be more accurate, death to the (software) operating system on your box; your laptop itself is likely in pristine condition.

[ajalves]

blue screen usually = death

To be more accurate, death to the (software) operating system on your box; your laptop itself is likely in pristine condition.

10-4

[ajalves]

hold down F-10 when after you turn on your laptop and the system restore stuff is there sometimes.

[beercop]

Should have metioned that but I did a system restore and lost everything. It's crazy because it will boot and works great but then it will just die. Could this be a heat issue?

[VeniVediV1ci]

blue screen usually = death

that's what happened to mine.

...yeah heat could be an issue but my HDD shit the bed when i got the blue screen so i'm not sure what that came from

[polobert]

I prefer the 'SledgeHammer' technique myself. I fought the blue screen of death with a laptop a few years back. I went and bought an Apple laptop afterwards. I have had no problem since.

[trendon]

I prefer the 'SledgeHammer' technique myself. I fought the blue screen of death with a laptop a few years back. I went and bought an Apple laptop afterwards. I have had no problem since.

What kind of anti-virus are you running?

[ajalves]

I prefer the 'SledgeHammer' technique myself. .

far and away my favorite technique

[shel311]

I prefer the 'SledgeHammer' technique myself. I fought the blue screen of death with a laptop a few years back. I went and bought an Apple laptop afterwards. I have had no problem since.

What kind of anti-virus are you running?

And away we go.

[VeniVediV1ci]

What kind of anti-virus are you running?

there aren't viruses on macs, trend

this should be fun

[ICE]

What kind of anti-virus are you running?

there aren't viruses on macs, trend

this should be fun

Waiting...1....2....3..... where's Trendon?

[Matt90210]

Macbook time!

[tkpeterson12]

Laptop keeps getting a blue screen and then dying. It will boot up sometimes and sometimes it will do a disc check and something about media cable disconnected. Can this be fixed or do I have to break down and buy another laptop?

My sis-in-law is in the same boat. I'm more than willing to bet your problem is a hard drive that is failing.

FYI: If you decide to replace the hard drive, remember laptops typically take 2.5 inch drives. Her laptop is fairly old, but a 160GB drive at BestBuy is $68. I'm sure I could find a better deal online, but she wants it fixed ASAP.

[beercop]

Laptop keeps getting a blue screen and then dying. It will boot up sometimes and sometimes it will do a disc check and something about media cable disconnected. Can this be fixed or do I have to break down and buy another laptop?

My sis-in-law is in the same boat. I'm more than willing to bet your problem is a hard drive that is failing.

FYI: If you decide to replace the hard drive, remember laptops typically take 2.5 inch drives. Her laptop is fairly old, but a 160GB drive at BestBuy is $68. I'm sure I could find a better deal online, but she wants it fixed ASAP.

Thanks