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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?

blue screen usually = death

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.

ajalves wrote: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.

trendon wrote:

ajalves wrote: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

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

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?

ajalves wrote: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

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.

polobert wrote: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?

polobert wrote:I prefer the 'SledgeHammer' technique myself. .

far and away my favorite technique

trendon wrote:

polobert wrote: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.

trendon wrote:What kind of anti-virus are you running?

there aren't viruses on macs, trend

this should be fun

VeniVediV1ci wrote:

trendon wrote: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?

Macbook time!

beercop wrote: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.

tkpeterson12 wrote:

beercop wrote: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