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    Blue screen of death > m1330

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ckthepilot, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. ckthepilot

    ckthepilot Notebook Deity

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    I've only had my m1330 for a few days and I've already encountered a few blue screens already. Something to do with excess memory (memory dump) or something... Anyone know what's going on?
     
    ckthepilot, Dec 23, 2007
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  2. Uxion

    Uxion Notebook Geek

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    Hmm, I had the same problem with my dv9500t. Could you give us a screenshot of the error report?
     
    Uxion, Dec 23, 2007
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    Probably a software issue, especially if you're using Vista... hope SP1 is out soon.
     
    onlycurious, Dec 23, 2007
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    I had this happen twice w/i a 24 hour period on the 2nd day I had the system. I wasn't even using the system, it was just sitting there idling.

    After spending nearly 6 hours with Dell on the 3rd day I returned the system.

    I want to *use* the computer, not spend time trouble shooting/beta testing for MS (Vista) or Dell.

    Too bad, the machine has an ideal form factor and set of features. If they would offer it with XP and support it with XP I would reconsider it. In the meantime I am looking at Thinkpads again.

    Very disappointed with this experience.
     
    esmail, Dec 23, 2007
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  5. ckthepilot

    ckthepilot Notebook Deity

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    And just this early morning when I turned on my laptop, black screen pops up:

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    ckthepilot, Dec 23, 2007
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    samir3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you try reseating the memory?

    The 4gb of ram, did you install that yourself? maybe the memory is bad or it is not compatible with Dell?
     
    samir3, Dec 23, 2007
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