Multiple BSOD errors, Unknown Cause

[jeffpkamp]

got it to load the system restore menu, but now it can't see any restore points, which I know both you and I have made since this whole fiasco started.

 

[jeffpkamp]

I am 95% sure that this is a hardware problem, but I think I will try and reformat the hard drive just to see, thankfully I baked up everything I needed before it got this bad.

Can you think of a better alternative?

 

[YoYo155]

I came to the same conclusion as you did.

Could be a the motherboard due to the heat the PC has been under for a prolong period of time
combined with the power issues you are experiencing.

If you have everything backed up performing a clean install is worth a shot.

Share your findings,
Good luck!

 

[jeffpkamp]

no this thing is screwed, it won't even let me reinstall windows, I get a BSOD that says "Bugcode_USB" when it is unpacking the files.

I guess it is time for a new laptop.

I think that the problem was I exposed it to pretty high humidity using it outside at night near a lake. I assumed the inside of this thing stayed at 120F+ most of the time, so I wasn't worried about dew forming inside of it, but I may have been wrong.

Any parting thoughts before I send this thing to the junk heap?

 

[YoYo155]

How are you installing it?

 

[jeffpkamp]

I put in the windows 7 install disk, told it to do a fresh install over the original partition, which was the entire harddrive.

 

[YoYo155]

Did you try to delete the partition, then create a new one first?

 

[jeffpkamp]

That method got it through installation, but now the new windows won't boot up. It stuck at "starting windows services"

 

[YoYo155]

Are you positive it's stuck?
How long has it been in that state?

 

[jeffpkamp]

about 1.5 hours... took about 10 minutes last time I did an install... But I"m still waiting.

 

[YoYo155]

The way I see it you have two options.
Wait it out a bit longer, it shouldn't take that long in the first place.
Or shutdown, let the PC cool off and try again.

You don't have much to lose.

 

[jeffpkamp]

I figure if a weekend is not long enough then the lap top is probably dead. Thanks for all your help. Now I guess I'll have to see if I can sell the components to try and recope some of the value of the lap top.

 

[YoYo155]

Sorry to hear that
I hope you won't take too much of a loss..

Enjoy your stay at Seven Forums .