Hello, Do you have a digital camera? If so, perhaps you can capture a copy of the actual message. With that information, you can begin researching the problem by searching for parts the message in a search engine, posting it here and so forth.
Regards, Aryeh Goretsky At 10:00 AM 2/9/2009, you wrote: >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:22:26 -0800 (PST) >From: Laurence Spiegel <[email protected]> >Subject: [Thinkpad] Still looking for clues as to source + meaning of > blue screens >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >I'm still looking for clues as to meaning of blue screens on a?T40, XP SP3. >? >Perhpas this is an obvious question to the most, but not to me. I >have a cluster of BSODs recently with no new hardware, and the >system is restarting itself despite having that checkbox cleared >under Startup & Recovery Properties. No mindumps are being created, >though there was at least one Dr Wtsn log entry. ?The old log file >is now 72MB, so I've renamed it to cause it to start afresh, but in >any case none of the application errors seem to have caused the blue screens. >? >So what should I do to >i) Make a informed diagnosis as to whether this is hardware or >software? It seems like hardware to me, based on experience. >ii) Present the right info to EZ serve so I don't get run around >reformatting etc. I don't think that's productive. >iii) How can I get some minimal crash data recorded and stop the >thing from rebooting until I can?note the error screen? ?It's >ignororing the checkbox in Startup and Recovery options and doesn't >write the minidump anywhere on C. The page file has 4G?(fixed)?on C, >supposedly that's enough. The remainder of the page file is >on?another?partition. >? >I've set a chkdsk to be done this evening. I have PC doctor, can I >run enough tests from within windows or do I need to create a boot >CD? (No floppy drive). >? >Perhaps this machine is wearing out, even though it has a service >contract the replacement parts are used, so it's useful life has an >end date nearing. (?) >? >I'm taking the liberty of asking the same question a second time. If >it's not answerable I'll desist from posting it again. >? >thanks >? >LS > >------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
