{"id":500,"date":"2006-06-01T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T08:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/06\/laptop_issues.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:45","slug":"laptop_issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/06\/laptop_issues.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Laptop Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since my last request<\/a> like this was successful, I’m here to plead for computer help again.
\nAnyone know about diagnosing a laptop that won’t boot? Two nights ago my 1.5 year old Compaq laptop running XP Home slows to a crawl and then I get the dreaded BSOD<\/a>. It was late and the reboot was taking a while, so I just shut down and went to bed. Unfortunately, I shut it down before the memory dump was complete. I hope that I don’t regret that later.
\nLast night, after midweek, I fired it back up again. It was slow to boot, and it ran a check disk before I got to the log in screen. The check disk revealed some errors, but I wasn’t able to read everything before it went on to finish booting. I don’t think they were errors with the physical disk, but I don’t know. After that, it came up fine, but slowly. I was able to work for an hour or so. Then while it was just sitting there (I was watching TV at the same time), I got another BSOD. Uh-oh.
\nThen it would not re-boot. It tried for a while and then came up to the black screen saying that Windows failed to boot successfully and giving choices for Last Known Good, Safe Mode, etc. I tried Last Known Good, twice, but it failed each time. So I tried Safe Mode With Networking and that failed too. Since each attempt took awhile and it was now after midnight, I powered it down and went to bed.
\nAt a two of the reboots (there were at least 3 attempts, probably more) I got a repeated text error message about the onboard NIC and to check the cable. This repeated several times and I ended up shutting it down as it seemed to be stuck in an endless loop.
\nI haven’t installed any new software recently, the only recent changes to the system are Windows updates. I run AVG free anti-virus which updates every day and the free version of Zone Alarm for a firewall. I’m behind one update on Zone Alarm, its been bugging me to update it for a week or two. Neither has reported anything suspicious. Based on that I’m guessing its a hardware issue.
\nSo, tonight after I get home I’ll try again. I have a couple of theories, based on that NIC error message and on my gut (scary ’cause I don’t have any idea what I’m doing). <\/p>\n

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  1. Bad fan resulting in heat buildup. That would explain why it worked for a while and then quit only after it got hot last night. If this is the case, I would expect it to boot fine tonight and run for a while. If it does, I’ll be sure to listen for the fan to kick on.<\/li>\n
  2. Bad on board NIC. This is only because of that error message I got. If it fails to boot again, I may get inside and unplug or remove the NIC and see if that helps. I rarely use it, I connect to my home network wirelessly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Any other tips or suggestions? If those two ideas don’t pan out, I’m at a loss on what to do next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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