Re: OT:PC problem question

["domdevitto" <dom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good advice, but I think this is a spurious unhandled interrupt error,
which that may not trigger. Other torture tests may be more likely, but
either way - the box is bad, return it.

When you uninstall stuff you typically change the usage pattern of memory,
IRQs and just about everything, so doing less will extend the time between
faults - but not eliminate them.

I don't think Dell will argue this, especially if you remind them that it's
their responsibility to deal with good not fit for purpose :-)

Dom
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Phil Harris <phil@...> wrote:
>
> 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@...> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>




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