this crappy computer doesnt want to work! working on my dad's computer and it bluescreens randomly at 15-20 minutes! have no clue but my friend thinks it is the mobo.
just replaced ram and upgraded it and upgraded video while i had it open. no blown caps on the mobo. it is a compaq presario from around 2004. amd sempron and 768 mb ram (originally 512.) had 2 hdds because an older computer we had had all kinds of docs on it and i was too lazy to transfer the files. this hdd failed but I had a backup. transferred backed up files and thought i fixed it. but no the bsods still happen sometimes. if anyone can help i would be happy.thank you
-mike
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Jump to Posttry running bluescreen viewer and post the results/log back here.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
Jump to PostTry safe mode and see if the computer shows BSOD.
Here is how to get to the safe mode:
Press F8 when PC powered on, select from the boot menu safe mode and hit enter.
If this works, try backup the data needed, and reinstall the WinXp …
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