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Re: Windows XP BSOD



On 4/7/07, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm after a bit of help as my Dad has turned his PC into a doorstop.
> He's called the manufacturer but the call centre operators can't help
> (they either don't seem to want to listen to his problem and/or think
> they know what it is and "solve" something else).
> It's a Dell Dimension 9150 with XP Pro, bought about October last
year.

If it's still under warranty then it should be their responsibility to fix
it.

> It started with a stop error on
"DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" with
> the names file "iastor.sys" - the error is well described
here:
> http://www.ydeologi.com/2006/04/26/dell-dimension-e510-iastorsys-windows-xp-blue-screen-error-stop-code-0x000000d1/

That sounds more like hardware error.  Make a boot CD containing
memtest86 and run it overnight.

Nick.



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