Super-Duper Sombrero Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 And here we go with more laptop issues. My favourite. Anyway, it turns out whenever I turn on my laptop from a cold boot it decides to bluescreen halfway through loading windows. Which is a problem. I thought it might be a corrupted version of windows, so I reinstalled it (Vista x64), but nothing changed. The bluesceen only occurs on a cold boot though, after I leave the laptop off for quite a while (overnight, for example). Also, the error message it shows is never the same. I'm not sure what the problem is, and testing it is kinda difficult as it reboots fine if it's been on at all recently. There have been a few similar problems after a cursory Google search, and some people seem to have fixed it by updating or re-flashing their BIOS. Unfortunately, Acer seems reluctant to part with any useful BIOS that I can use, so I don't really know what to do. A few of my friends seem to think it's a mobo issue, which is not something I want to mess around with. I'm hoping it's solvable without sending it in for maintenance. Any idea what would be causing this? I could just ignore it, since the only major consequence is that it takes longer to boot than normal, since it has to boot about 3-4 times from cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitashi Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I don't have any idea what is causing the problem, but the easiest fix I can think of is leaving your laptop on but setting it to save power after inactivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 And here we go with more laptop issues. My favourite.Anyway, it turns out whenever I turn on my laptop from a cold boot it decides to bluescreen halfway through loading windows. Which is a problem. I thought it might be a corrupted version of windows, so I reinstalled it (Vista x64), but nothing changed. The bluesceen only occurs on a cold boot though, after I leave the laptop off for quite a while (overnight, for example). Also, the error message it shows is never the same. I'm not sure what the problem is, and testing it is kinda difficult as it reboots fine if it's been on at all recently. There have been a few similar problems after a cursory Google search, and some people seem to have fixed it by updating or re-flashing their BIOS. Unfortunately, Acer seems reluctant to part with any useful BIOS that I can use, so I don't really know what to do. A few of my friends seem to think it's a mobo issue, which is not something I want to mess around with. I'm hoping it's solvable without sending it in for maintenance. Any idea what would be causing this? I could just ignore it, since the only major consequence is that it takes longer to boot than normal, since it has to boot about 3-4 times from cold. You gotta be a little more specific. Ok. I got a few quick questions here: 1- did you modified your bios parameters? 2- did you played with that by accident? 3- (optional) what is your laptop model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiral Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 That sucks, computer issues are no fun. There's a lot of things it could be, and I don't know what this issue is for sure... But the random errors and bluescreen on cold boot...there's a possibility your hard drive could have bad sectors or be on the brink of failing. If I were you I'd back up everything before going any further. After that, maybe run a scan of the hard drive to check for bad sectors. It could still be the motherboard or other things... Honestly, if it's anything hardware related, I wouldn't mess with it yourself. Laptops are obnoxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 And here we go with more laptop issues. My favourite.Anyway, it turns out whenever I turn on my laptop from a cold boot it decides to bluescreen halfway through loading windows. Which is a problem. I thought it might be a corrupted version of windows, so I reinstalled it (Vista x64), but nothing changed. The bluesceen only occurs on a cold boot though, after I leave the laptop off for quite a while (overnight, for example). Also, the error message it shows is never the same. I'm not sure what the problem is, and testing it is kinda difficult as it reboots fine if it's been on at all recently. There have been a few similar problems after a cursory Google search, and some people seem to have fixed it by updating or re-flashing their BIOS. Unfortunately, Acer seems reluctant to part with any useful BIOS that I can use, so I don't really know what to do. A few of my friends seem to think it's a mobo issue, which is not something I want to mess around with. I'm hoping it's solvable without sending it in for maintenance. Any idea what would be causing this? I could just ignore it, since the only major consequence is that it takes longer to boot than normal, since it has to boot about 3-4 times from cold. rarely are bsods not a big deal. it's probably a mobo. i'd suggest resetting your bios to default just in case, but beyond that it's almost definitely a hardware issue. try booting cold into safe mode and see what drivers it hangs at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Duper Sombrero Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 It seems to me like it's a BIOS or mobo issue. I'm going to try re-flashing the BIOS first, but if it's no good then I'll see if I can't send it in for repairs under the warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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