Vista - Bluescreen at startup, safe mode does not work?

Hello guys!

I've got this major bluescreen issue. Two days ago, I just restarted my pc for no particular reason, and when it was about to start it gives me this bluescreen.
It starts up, I get the loading bar, but then bluescreen. I tried to chose any of the safe modes, but none of them work, just gives me the bluescreen again.

To sum all this, I can´t start my computer due to a bluescreen issue, not even with safemodes. It gives me alot of text, but the screen dissappears after a few seconds so I can´t even read two lines.

I'm running a HP Pavilion m8055.sc with Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit


Thanks in advance!
// Alecs

Elvee wrote:Does the <pause> keyboard button work?

Without more information, we don't have much to suggest other than maybe
driver issues, virus, malware, bad microsoft patch, etc.

James

That type of early blue screen most likely means failed power supply or hard
drive, less likely bad ram.
If you do not know how or have the means to troubleshoot this problem take
the computer to a repair facility and hope it is simply the power supply.
If you have the ability to do so remove the hard drive, install it in a USB
enclosure, and see if you can read and copy its contents from another
computer as soon as you are able to do so.

Hi

I would use a rescue CD (Hiren Boot or Ultimate boot) to boot the PC and
recover the data you may have on the system. Then, I think the easiest way
is to reinstall your windows.

Good Luck
Morteza


"Elvee" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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I'll try that out, and then I'll simply post whats on my screen here. Thanks for fast response!

Also thanks to pupick, I guess thats what I need to do if nothing else works.

Thanks again
//Alecs

The <pause> key does not work, atleast it doesnt stop the screen from dissappearing :/

I took a picture with a digital camera and wrote the error message down:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.


A process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectably exited or been terminated.

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 updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory operations 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.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0x88253B18, 0x88253C64, 0x82C82430)


Collecting data for crash dump ...
Initializing disk for crash dump ...
Beginning dump of physical memory.
Dumping physical memory to disk: 20


The last "Dumping physical memory to disk" goes up to 100 in a few seconds and then the computer restarts...


//Alecs

Elvee wrote:Hmmm....

Now I'll have to check why my computer was rebooting when I tried to
upgrade the memory to 1.5GB.
Try just installing 1GB of memory. I know it sounds silly and stupid.

James

Could the ram be the problem? I've had this computer for years without a single hardware upgrade, no problems until now. Could it be a hardware issue?

//Alecs

Elvee wrote:Could be, but I was asking because I tried to recently upgrade my
computer with more than 1GB of memory and VISTA would not stop BSOD on
me until I took out the extra (upgrade memory).
It could also be a VISTA patch that may have caused this. How old and
how much memory?

James