honsbeek

I have this expression before , "Blue screen of DEATH" but what does it mean.

As it is now , I was working on my computer (Windows xp sp2) and doing dual tasting on my Core 2 duo 6320 with 1 GB single slot . I have 2 HDD both seagates one older 300g and one newer 400g. I have running a video and working on Excel, when suddenly I hear a "Clonk" sound from the computer, along with a short blue screen flash with white letters , all my data wasn;t saved. Is it time to re-install my windows , or is my HDD broken ? After I restart
everything is fine and the computer seems to work again, never knowing when it might happen again ,

Please advise thank you

0rion

A clonk sound from the computer is never good, id start saving backups of your most important data from that drive (If you don't already). It probably isn't a problem with the OS, but you could always try cleaning it up a bit (ie defrag, scandisk) to see what the deal is. I would also recommend testing your memory with memtest 86, you might be having a memory error that is causing the computer to crash. I had a similar problem a couple weeks ago and reinstalled the OS, rebuilt my raid, tried different ports, all because the hdd made a sound when the computer blue screened. Also, make sure the power lead to the hdd is plugged in good, it could be a loose connection. Good luck!

zacbrain

when you restart, hold f8 b4 windows loads, select the option about automtic restart on error or somethign close to that and boot, it should show ya the error.

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Antolen

well it happens when somethng goes wrong and system shut downs to prevent damage. the clonk sound happens when your hard drive goes to sleep and it probably caused it. it dosen't mean that the hard drive is dead maybe an error happened during that sleep time or something

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zacbrain

yup

edit: err i didnt qutoe myself..what happend to original post :'

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honsbeek

Great advise you guys ,

I will try all those things

I love this forum people are so kind , the best !!!!

honsbeek

Ha ha I qoute myself too, that clonk sound was indeed the harddrive parking , but could tell you at first ...

honsbeek

Hey guys ,

I did that F8 restart windows and show error function ,
The error (sudden reset) seems to occur as soon as windows starts, but not always , here is the error message , please advise

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/...24cbaa05_o.jpg


Thanks a million

zacbrain

glad that part worked, i dunno about that error though.. hmm.

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noobdown

buy that bsod its a driver issue with a bluetooh wireless product

do you have any blue tooth conponents installed?

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