GTAsoldier Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) As many of you know, I ordered a new computer. (See my sig.) I have it now. I wanted to upgrade it to SP3 because it felt that it was not updated. So I put in my XP install disk and went through. When it restarted, every time the Windows XP logo shows up, this happens: I tried the Recovery console, I tried everything else. And this keeps on coming. I can't even operate the damn thing. So I called CyberPower and they said somethin along the lines of: "the XP Service Pack 3 install disk works around nearly everything in the system, and since I didn't install a floppy drive, that could be the proble. An external USB drive could solve this. Or removing 1GB of memory may help" Will it? Can you guys give me other help? PLEEEASSSE???? EDIT: Or what about disabling the SATA on the BIOs? Is that safe? Edited December 21, 2008 by GTAsoldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charger Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I remember when I got this, I don't remember the error code. All I did was first recover my files then reinstall Windows Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 ... Blue screen of death.I suugest calling Geek Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAsoldier Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Good news everyone! My neighbor was a past computer technician, so I gave him my computer yesterday so that he could fix it. He fixed it today, and it's working fine. The problem was the hard drive formatting. (I'm not using it now tho) Thank God for Fritz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 haha sweet. LOL, bsod's are not that big a deal. Its better to get a BSOD than a PC that wont turn on, at least the BSOD tells you some shit about the problem, then from there you use the best tool ever (google) and find your problem. Then fix it. rather than pay $$$ to geeksquad or some $100/hr pc technician saving money = good I'm curious, was it that exact BSOD (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) or you just found a pic of BSOD ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAsoldier Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 It was that one I put above. Turns out to be the memory. My neighbor removed a RAM stick, and problem solved. Now I have 2GB of RAM (which is OK). Pretty soon I'll have to call CyberPower to ship me a replacement RAM stick so that I can have 4GB. BTW, I'm using my new computer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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