Laptop and the blue screen of death

**scottydont2841** · 05-28-2007, 05:56 PM

Hi guys.

This ones really baffling and annoying, I think it must be hardware related. It started happen spontaneously without any changes to hardware or software. My laptop constantly crashes to screen of death and then dumps memory and reboots. Also often on reboot it wants to do a disk check, and most of the time, reorganises all of my files, and then corrupts the hard drive so it doesnt boot. I've notice a few times its been to do with atapi.sys, but other times it's been different. Could it be a driver problem, or a card, I really dont hope its a case of replacing parts.

Cheers.

Scott.

Houndog777 · 05-29-2007, 12:27 PM

HI there,
An acquaintance experienced something similar.
It was solved by unplugging his dvd drive, which allowed him to boot properly, then getting rid of daemon tools & the infamous sptd.sys file.
After this was done his dvd and notebook worked fine.
A complete guess on his part.
I'm sure I've read of this happening to a few folk, and hope it helps.

**TheMatt** · 05-29-2007, 06:57 PM

Hi Scott,

This may seem obvious, but did you try safe mode and last known good config?

**scottydont2841** · 05-30-2007, 04:02 PM

Laptop is currently back up and running, so I am able to use it, but if I allow it to do the disk check after its crashed, it usually moves all the files around and corrupts it.

What did you mean by safe mode/LKGC Matt, did you mean it as a means of getting into the computer? Or for running it in safe mode to see if it crashes. Only trouble is the crashes are spontaneous.

dai · 05-30-2007, 05:07 PM

safe mode success would indicate software
no safe mode would indicate h/ware
lkgc=last known good configuration
do you receive any error message when it crashes

**scottydont2841** · 05-30-2007, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

safe mode success would indicate software
no safe mode would indicate h/ware
lkgc=last known good configuration
do you receive any error message when it crashes

Only whats on the blue screen of death, and the only thing I can remember before it flashes off is it says system.atapi sometimes. Ill try to get a pic of the error report it asks me to send afterwords.

05-28-2007, 05:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
scottydont2841 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,224 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Laptop and the blue screen of death Hi guys. This ones really baffling and annoying, I think it must be hardware related. It started happen spontaneously without any changes to hardware or software. My laptop constantly crashes to screen of death and then dumps memory and reboots. Also often on reboot it wants to do a disk check, and most of the time, reorganises all of my files, and then corrupts the hard drive so it doesnt boot. I've notice a few times its been to do with atapi.sys, but other times it's been different. Could it be a driver problem, or a card, I really dont hope its a case of replacing parts. Cheers. Scott. __________________ Please use the search function of the website before asking questions, as we may already have answered them. Everest FREE Edition AVG FREE Edition

05-29-2007, 12:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: Laptop and the blue screen of death HI there, An acquaintance experienced something similar. It was solved by unplugging his dvd drive, which allowed him to boot properly, then getting rid of daemon tools & the infamous sptd.sys file. After this was done his dvd and notebook worked fine. A complete guess on his part. I'm sure I've read of this happening to a few folk, and hope it helps.

05-29-2007, 06:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop and the blue screen of death Hi Scott, This may seem obvious, but did you try safe mode and last known good config? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

05-30-2007, 04:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
scottydont2841 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,224 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Laptop and the blue screen of death Laptop is currently back up and running, so I am able to use it, but if I allow it to do the disk check after its crashed, it usually moves all the files around and corrupts it. What did you mean by safe mode/LKGC Matt, did you mean it as a means of getting into the computer? Or for running it in safe mode to see if it crashes. Only trouble is the crashes are spontaneous. __________________ Please use the search function of the website before asking questions, as we may already have answered them. Everest FREE Edition AVG FREE Edition

05-30-2007, 05:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,599 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Laptop and the blue screen of death safe mode success would indicate software no safe mode would indicate h/ware lkgc=last known good configuration do you receive any error message when it crashes __________________