Author Topic: The family XPS Gen 3's death (Read 460 times)

Axolotl2 · September 03, 2012, 01:45:20 AM

We kept getting a stop error on logon.

It had asterisks on the top and the bottom of the text, no stop code, and pretty short text.

That's all I remember.

I assumed it was a RAM or motherboard failure but my dad was too ignorant and just abandoned the computer.

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Darkness ZXW · September 03, 2012, 01:46:48 AM

any beeps my good sir

Axolotl2 · September 03, 2012, 01:47:31 AM

Quote from: Darkness ZXW on September 03, 2012, 01:46:48 AM

any beeps my good sir

nope.avi

Fact: The XPS Gen 3 had a pretty quiet beeper

also the dell people were braindead and originally shipped us with a GTX that browned out the system, but then they gave us a 9800GT

Darkness ZXW · September 03, 2012, 01:53:36 AM

iirc unless the sound card is dead it would beep twice if it's a RAM error

Snaffle J. Bean · September 03, 2012, 01:56:07 AM

Quote from: Darkness ZXW on September 03, 2012, 01:53:36 AM

iirc unless the sound card is dead it would beep twice if it's a RAM error

The speaker is attached straight to the motherboard, not the sound card. So either there has to be something wrong with the motherboard or motherboard speaker.

Darkness ZXW · September 03, 2012, 01:56:58 AM

Quote from: Snaffle J. Bean on September 03, 2012, 01:56:07 AM

The speaker is attached straight to the motherboard, not the sound card. So either there has to be something wrong with the motherboard or motherboard speaker.

well iirw then lol

Axolotl2 · September 03, 2012, 02:20:38 PM

ok then

what was the error?