Noob; Black Screen of Death; Parted Magic
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:30 pm
Hi,
First, I'm a noob to UBCD and this forum. A brother-in-law told me about this and I'm glad he did.
After a nearby lightning strike one night my laptop went into the "Black Screen of Death" (BSoD) mode the next morning. Turned it on and all I got was the blinking cursor after boot up. I figured I had lost yet another HD, third time in one year.
However, when using Parted Magic - a GREAT program btw - I can access the HD and all content on it. I ran HD Health Inspector and it reported everything fine on the HD.
In fact, everything checks out except for the battery, for which I get "No batteries found on this system". I read a post where removing a dead battery would stop the BSoD, but after removing mine it did not help with this issue.
I'm not a hardware guy and I'm new to Parted Magic; but if everything checks out okay then what else should I be looking at for the BSoD issue?
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 2200, five years old; Intel P4; 160g HD; 512 ram.
Thanks in advance for all help!
Michael
First, I'm a noob to UBCD and this forum. A brother-in-law told me about this and I'm glad he did.
After a nearby lightning strike one night my laptop went into the "Black Screen of Death" (BSoD) mode the next morning. Turned it on and all I got was the blinking cursor after boot up. I figured I had lost yet another HD, third time in one year.
However, when using Parted Magic - a GREAT program btw - I can access the HD and all content on it. I ran HD Health Inspector and it reported everything fine on the HD.
In fact, everything checks out except for the battery, for which I get "No batteries found on this system". I read a post where removing a dead battery would stop the BSoD, but after removing mine it did not help with this issue.
I'm not a hardware guy and I'm new to Parted Magic; but if everything checks out okay then what else should I be looking at for the BSoD issue?
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 2200, five years old; Intel P4; 160g HD; 512 ram.
Thanks in advance for all help!
Michael