Author Topic: Computer is hopefully getting fixed - Have a changelog  (Read 689 times)

I'm going to get my PC fixed tomorrow or on Tuesday.

We discovered the problem, this leads down to it. WinLoad.exe is missing due to me attempting to reinstall windows and getting a BSoD half way through. Strange things happened to my BIOS so the entire machine does not boot up.

Our solution: First, we're going to get a SATA adapter to connect my hard drive to my iMac, and get all the data off of it and save it on the Mac. Then, we're going to take the entire box to Canada Computers (hurr canadian) and get them to clean of the corrupted partition of it (The other partition is HP's reinstall stuff. They did not supply a disc, jerks :C) and they will hopefully flash my BIOS for me.

Once that is done, we will ask them to test it for me with a monitor to make sure it will run, and then we will simply reinstall windows on it and throw my saved data back on it (like steam games and such).

Changelog from the Blue Screens and initial failure:

October 28th, 2009 - Installed a necessary NVIDIA driver for my 9500 (Non - integrated) that was for Vista Service Pack 1. At the time I had SP1.

January 4th, 2010 - Installed Windows Vista Service Pack 2. Forgot about the NVIDIA driver.

January 6th, 2010 - Got the first Blue Screen Of Death in the middle of playing Team Fortress 2 (Error was PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA). Thought it was caused from an overload on the game, so I restarted the machine. Got another BSoD when I attempted to load it up again. Eventually it loaded up with no problems.

January 7th, 2010 - Another BSoD short after waking up my computer. It had been on Sleep Mode all night.It began working again. Did an Avast! scan and found nothing. The following night Miga showed me Ubuntu and I tried it off the disc, but it did not allow me to run it due to my graphics card.

January 14th, 1020 - Computer finally blew out, got a BSoD every time it brought up the loading screen. Attempted to reinstall windows, when the partition formatting began it was at 1% when the BSoD returned and shut the machine down. It allowed me to boot it up for a few tries but gave me the error "WinLoad.exe was not found". Could not go into the reinstallation process again without getting a bluescreen. After the third try it stopped showing loadups, the BIOS was finished.

If you guys can find any main problems in that "Changelog", let me know. It will probably be VERY useful.

EDIT: We have tried resetting the BIOS with the jumpers on the motherboard, removing the CMOS battery and waiting, and using the Screwdriver technique. None worked.
« Last Edit: February 07, 2010, 10:44:08 PM by MackTheHunter »

Good you getting fixed, but i cannot find anything when it comes to computers i don't know much.


If the BIOS is fried then your out of luck.

I really do not know if the big support companies can take the bios and flash it with HP's firmware on it.

So what I am betting they are going to do: Replace the Motherboard.

By the way, BIOS is like 1980's, I want EFI on PC's soon.

EDIT: January 14th, 1020, huh?
« Last Edit: February 07, 2010, 11:42:58 PM by TomTheGeek »

The motherboard is an ASUS IBIBL-LB or something like that. Apparently Canada Computers can fix it, we called them and they told us to bring it in. They already have two of the same model motherboards there (Pulled from the same HP model), so even if they can't flash it, they can just give me a new one.

Also the 1020 thing, I didn't think anyone would see that :D

If BIOS is forgeted up you're forgeted.

I'd say your graphics are forgeted if the problems seem to begin off that.
Happened to me once. Happily playing, and boom all of a sudden both a 1GB stick of RAM and my 6800XT are stuffted out. Got rid of 1GB stick and bought a 8600GT.

AHAH! I managed to get the boot up screen by doing a theral dust clean out and re-seating the ram cards and the graphics card. i did a diagnostic scan and HP Thinks its my memory. posting this on my cell phone So ill explain more tomorrow.

You need to reinstall your games to create proper registry values.  Don't just copy the entire game over.

You need to reinstall your games to create proper registry values.  Don't just copy the entire game over.

Steam allows backups, though.

But lol, all it needed was a dusting.