Vista Blue Screen Error On Laptop

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Guest

As soon as you pull the power cord from the laptop, windows vista gives me
the blue screen of death error and then restarts. I am abel to run it on
battery power in the safe mode only.

my specs
Centrino Duo 1.8ghz
1gb ram
Radeon 1400 VGA
 
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Chad Harris

First of all make sure you exhaust all the options at F8. I never use VGA
safe mode for thisbut I do use all 3 safe modes and I use Last Known Good
( a long shot and a registry snapshot but if it works then you're home
free). If those don't work then use Win RE's Startup Repair.

Try F8 Win Adv Options & Win RE:

Do this:

I always try to F8 to the Windows Adv Options Menu>try 3 safe modes there (I
don't use WGA) and Last Known Good>then I go to Win RE in Vista. That gives
you a choice of Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking,and Safe Mode with
Command Prompt.

You will need this reference:

How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449/en-us

The command to use for system restore at the safe mode cmd prompt is:

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

The reason for doing this is one of these choices may work, when the other
doesn't. My experience is that people do not fully try F8 when they think
or have said they have. It is that they can almost always reach Windows
Advanced Options though.

I would note an important problem seems to be emerging in Vista as more and
more people try Win RE. It does not seem to have the success rate that a
Repair Install from genuine MSFT Media does in XP, and as builds of Vista
march onto RTM, Desmond Lee (Product Manager for Win RE's) team seems to be
unable to fix this. I am not sure Mr. Sinofsky knows what this is or is
that curious to learn. I am sure Mr. Allchin does.

What It Can Do:

If you run Win RE's Startup Repair in Vista, it will try to check and repair
the following and we're taking about under three minutes usually when it
works which is often: (this is not a complete list but a list of major tasks
it can perform):

Registry Corruptions

Missing/corrupt driver files (you don't have to guess here--it looks at all
of them

Missing/corrupt system files (disabled in Beta 2 as is System File Checker
but present newer builds)

Incompatible Driver Installation

Incompatible OS update installations

Startup Repair may offer a dialogue box to use System restore.

How to Use Startup Repair:

***Accessing Windows RE (Repair Environment):***

1) Insert Media into PC (the DVD you burned)

2) ***You will see on the Vista logo setup screen after lang. options in the
lower left corner, a link called "System Recovery Options."***

Screenshot: System Recovery Options (Lower Left Link)
http://blogs.itecn.net/photos/liuhui/images/2014/500x375.aspx

Screenshot: (Click first option "Startup Repair"
http://www.leedesmond.com/images/img_vista02ctp-installSysRecOpt2.bmp

3) Select your OS for repair.

4) Its been my experience that you can see some causes of the crash from
theWin RE feature:

You'll have a choice there of using:

1) Startup Repair
2) System Restore
3) Complete PC Restore

Good luck,

CH
 
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Jeff

AKY,
Got a Dell e1505 by any chance?
If so;and you are running ANY rc1 build;pre or RC1-5600; it's a problem with
the Dell bios versions A07 and A08 respectively.
The issue is fixed in build 5728.
This is only applicable if you're running a Dell Core Duo e1505; if you're
not;then follow Chad's advice.
If you are running a Dell e1505/Inspiron 6400;three choices.
#1 get build 5728
#2 reflash back to A05 bios
#3 run in ac mode/or battery mode/ just don't unplug from ac while Vista's
running.

Jeff
 
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Lang Murphy

Hmmm... interesting.

Lang

Jeff said:
AKY,
Got a Dell e1505 by any chance?
If so;and you are running ANY rc1 build;pre or RC1-5600; it's a problem
with the Dell bios versions A07 and A08 respectively.
The issue is fixed in build 5728.
This is only applicable if you're running a Dell Core Duo e1505; if you're
not;then follow Chad's advice.
If you are running a Dell e1505/Inspiron 6400;three choices.
#1 get build 5728
#2 reflash back to A05 bios
#3 run in ac mode/or battery mode/ just don't unplug from ac while Vista's
running.

Jeff
 
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Jeff

Lang,
Meant to get back to ya on this; btw.
Build 5728 works fine with the same A08 bios.
Not a bios change Lang; an o.s. change.
Anyhow; workin fine in 5728-(new build);(same bios)
LOL

Jeff
 
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Lang Murphy

Well, I guess my only observation on this would be that fixing a problem by
going downlevel on the bios indicates the importance of the interplay
between bios and os. Nothing more, nothing less. And we -are- talking beta
os here; as in "if you have this build or lower, use this bios rev. If you
have a later build, use this bios rev." They're both dependant on each
other. Like I said before... if Dell bios's were defect free, they'd all
stay at A01. If Vista were defect free, build 0001 would've been RTM. Just
my opinion... no need to take it as "The gospel according to Lang."

Lang
 
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Guest

Just to refresh, I'm having precisely this issue with an Acer 8204 running
Build 5744. So, it's neither Dell-related nor limited to Build 5728, at least
for some (just me?)...
 

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