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    Pavilion constantly crashes, even during windows install....

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by D1sco, Aug 18, 2009.

  1. D1sco

    D1sco Newbie

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    So Recently my Pavilion began to crash constantly. I would blue screen errors and constant reboot cycles. I attempted to reinstall windows but would still get these errors during the installation process.

    I had been advised by several people that my hard drive could be the cause of the problems so I purchased a new one. I began to install vista and during the installation recieved a blue screen. I decided to try again and was a bit more successful but recieved and installation error:

    "windows could not set the offline locale information. Error code: 0x80FF0000"

    After that error I then get another blue screen crash:

    "a driver corrupted pool memory used for holding pages destined for disk"

    I then attempted to install windows XP and recieved this blue screen crash:

    "windows crash PFN_LIST_CORRUPT 0x0000004E"


    So any advice on where to start??
     
    D1sco, Aug 18, 2009
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  2. EnterKnight

    EnterKnight Notebook Evangelist

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    Sounds like it could be the motherboard going...
     
    EnterKnight, Aug 18, 2009
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  3. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    is it one of those with the nvidia motherboard chips?
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 18, 2009
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  4. D1sco

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    Yah it has an nvidea graphics card...
     
    D1sco, Aug 18, 2009
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  5. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    can you post exact system specifications?
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 18, 2009
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    What is the exact model of your HP? If it is an older model, it may fall under this warranty enhancement program, in which case your laptop is doomed.
     
    Bog, Aug 19, 2009
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