Tan, I know this will probably sound like the unlikeliest of answers, but I suspect you need an older version of your display driver. A while ago I had the same problem on my laptop after installing the ATI graphics display driver Windows Update prompted me to install. The computer would load up normally showing the red and black Compaq screen, then the white with graphics Windows 2000 loading screen, then after that the screen goes blue with that error, and the computer restarts and it keeps going on in some loop.
I think what I did was let it start and repeatedly tap F8 in the hope of catching the safe mode option. After that I reverted to some old drivers I had saved and it went back to normal, much to my relief. After that I discovered Windows update and Compaq both offered display drivers which caused that problem for some strange reason. These days I just avoid installing them when doing updates. If you can't get into safemode, what you probably could try is booting from a diskette and try installing the drivers from the command prompt. Another desperate option is leaving your Windows 2000 installation disk in the drive and let it boot and reinstall Windows (which unfortunately means reinstalling programs). Ry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:55 AM Subject: OT - omg, i think my laptop just died... > > laptop experts unite! I have just been changing some software around on my > laptop, in preparation for GFM, and began to run a disk clean up. I walked > away from it and came back to a blank screen. Thinking it had just shut down > to save on the battery, I turned it back on and it began to reboot but then > came up with this blue "Stop" screen. When I try all of the options that it > suggests, it just keeps coming back to the same screen. It won't even allow > me to boot in safe mode. I am running Win 2000 Pro, on this machine. It > appears to begin to boot normally, gets as far as the Windows logo screen > and then, bam, the error page comes up. > > The error page is blue with white writing that reads: > > ***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xC1080212,0x00000000, 0x804Ac321,0x00000000) > PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA > > ***Address 804Ac321 base at 80400000, DateStamp 3ee6c002 - ntoskrnle.exe > > If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your > computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: > > Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. > If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer > for any Windows 2000 updates you might need. > > If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or > software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. > If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your > computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe > Mode. > > Refer to your Getting Started manual for more information on troubleshooting > Stop errors. > > Well, it won't let me reboot to Safe Mode or any other mode for that matter, > and when I press F12 to enter the BIOS at startup it says: > > Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 071) > PXE-E61: Media Test Failure: Check cable. > > Pleeeeeeeease don't tell me I've blown a motherboard or CPU.... > > help! > > tan. > > >
