Re: OT:PC problem question

[Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd start out by downloading a copy of memtest'86 and leaving that
running for a day or two to find out whether there's a simple memory
issue ...

Phil

Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...

On 9 Dec 2009, at 21:38, "clax01011971"
<UKHA@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello.
> I bought a Dell desktop machine exactly 1 month ago, it worked fine
> for the first couple of weeks and then I started experiencing blue
> screens of death (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and MEMORY MANAGEMENT).
> I tried uninstalling a few things to see if it was a software issue
> and I seemed to receive less blue screens but I still got some.
> I've now reverted back to how the machine was when I received it, I
> haven't installed anything else and I'm still getting the blue
> screens (only IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL so far).
> Does the fact that I'm still getting the blue screens after I've
> reset my machine back to the factory settings mean that there's a
> good chance that it's a hardware issue?
> Sometimes, I start my machine and don't even touch it and it blue
> screens inside 5 minutes. Sometimes, it has run fine for over 24
> hours.
>
> I'm having fun and games with Dell at the moment as they're saying
> that it's a software issue and I have to pay for support to fix it
> but the minimum I would expect from a newly bought machine is that
> it works with the software that they provide with it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave
>
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