Well me and my dad managed to get it working again, and windows said it could be a "ageing problem"Blind Dragon said:Be patient, that is one of the hardest things to troubleshoot. We can't request logs or suggest programs to run. I have no clue on this one.
It can't "blue screen" from using MemtestI tried memtest, but i went back to the computer after 10 minutes and it had gone bluescreen!
I downloaded the memtest. Burned it to a cd. Put it in my computer. When windows restarted i pressed F12 and choose boot from cd. Then memtest came up, and it was doing a test, so i left it. I went back to it later and it saidkimsland said:It can't "blue screen" from using Memtest
Memtest is run from a bootable CD or Floppy
Windows does the Blue Screen under fault conditions (depending on a whole bunch of things)
Yes it could be your keyboard, but I'd say likely Ram fault (or even HardDrive)
Your going to have to explain what you've done a bit better
ie Downloaded Memtest
Ran Memtest from boot CD (?)
...
Therefore, pimpmypc, he can't try doing what you said !When i try to boot the computer, it either get stuck on the last bit of the "dell" screen. Or when i try to get to the boot menu, it says keboard failure...
It started working, before i read this, but if this ever happens again, i will follow what you said!kimsland said:Therefore, pimpmypc, he can't try doing what you said !
Habylab, this type of fault can be related to a faulty HardDrive (obviously) or data cabling
But, it is possible that even the Floppy drive and data cable can cause this strange behaviour. Therefore I would suggest to disconnect the floppy from the Motherboard.
Actually, also unplug any not required PCI devices (like addon Sound card or 56K Modem etc)
You may like to check (or replace) your Hard Drive (and/or Cdrom Drive) data cable(s)
Basically you need to get past this Dell logo and continue to somewhere (even Safe Mode)
By the way, detach any not required externals too, like printer so forth.
Try again
Because it started working, that's why I said hooray.Habylab said:It started working, before i read this, but if this ever happens again, i will follow what you said!
Its not looking good...STOP: c000021a unknown Hard Error
unknown Hard Error
Something like that anyway, i am trying to do a memtest, see if that helps...Drive 0 not found
F1 to retry F2 setup