How screwed is my pc?

Legacy_user

Can it be easily fixed? (not by me i might add) as ive probably screwed it up in the first place.

Its been temperamental for a while, reloaded windows not so long back but still it freezes on me or turns itself off.

Not sure getting the vacuum cleaner to it this time is going to fix it.

AndyPix

That error happens when the system tries to address some memory space that it is not allowed to ..


Usually triggered by bad drivers or corrupt system files ..


First thing i would do is unplug any external devices you have connected (printers , phones etc) and see if it boots to windows then.
Then I'll help you fix it

that

you could mention the make, model and the windows version you are using too?

What you use it for, and how much data is on that disk sometimes gives an idea what to recommend or scrap?

System

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz 36 °C
Conroe 65nm Technology
RAM
2.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0K216C (Socket 775) 40 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1440x900@60Hz)
Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Dell)
Storage
298GB Hitachi HDP725032GLA360 ATA Device (SATA ) 39 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653B ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Hard drive 257gb of 287gb free.

Its used only for surfing the net. Theres nothing on it as you can see.

It only happens occasionally but it is annoying when it does happen.

I'll try uninstalling the printer and the speakers...I need the keyboard though. No phones are attatched or anything.

John_Gray

How often is the STOP 0xA happening? Can you live with that failure frequency? If so, just keep on restarting it.

Since you don't have any important documents there's no point in me suggesting you back them up frequently!

AndyPix

I would try , from an admin command prompt


sfc /scannow


That will scan and attempt to fix any corrupt system files
See if it finds any

System

John_Gray wrote: »

How often is the STOP 0xA happening? Can you live with that failure frequency? If so, just keep on restarting it.

Since you don't have any important documents there's no point in me suggesting you back them up frequently!

Yeah I can live with it but just wondered what was wrong...no, need to back up files as what I have is in the cloud.

Frequency....2 or 3 times a week.

Sometimes goes dead and can't switch it on for a few minutes then comes on itself.

It goes dead more than I get a blue screen though.

esuhl

I'd also look for updated drivers and BIOS on the manufacturer's website.


I had a motherboard with a built-in firewall which intermittently caused the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error. Disabling the firewall in the BIOS worked round the issue.


So my guess is that it's a driver or BIOS issue.

onomatopoeia99

Judi wrote: »

Sometimes goes dead and can't switch it on for a few minutes then comes on itself.

Could be overheating and it's a thermal cutout.

Is the CPU fan spinning at a sensible speed? If it's not a blur, it's too slow. While workstation Dells can have no CPU fans at all, the desktop ones tend to have a fairly standard CPU mounted fan.

Next thing to check after that (for me, anyway) is RAM.

System

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Could be overheating and it's a thermal cutout.

Is the CPU fan spinning at a sensible speed? If it's not a blur, it's too slow. While workstation Dells can have no CPU fans at all, the desktop ones tend to have a fairly standard CPU mounted fan.

Next thing to check after that (for me, anyway) is RAM.

I'll get the vacuum out....

Updated drivers how? Where? The thing is ancient. Doubt if they are updating drivers for it as its about 10

AndyPix

^^ Wherever you copied and pasted that from - did you notice Judi mention windows XP ?