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January 16th, 2006 19:00

Can someone pls help

Ok so I called dell again. And now they say its not a spyware but a memory issue. This is what happens sometimes when I power on my computer the dell logo screen comes on there is a black line that runs through the word dell at the top of the letters. On the outside of the blue word dell there are tiny white dots the computer will freeze and not go to the desktop. There are sometime where I power on I can get thru the screen mentioned above ok and then it takes me to a memory read/write failure screen which is black screen. I called tech support and they had me take out the memory and insert it back in. This weekend I was on the phone with dell for at least 4 hours. I am getting really frustrated because I dont know whats wrong. Another thing I got a message saying Activeshield is not properly installed. The tech had me take all mcaffee programs off. Now when I install using the cd they provided it gives me a message saying that all programs could not be installed like the mcaffee securtiy center....Oh and by the way I am at work and dont have the exact message on the blue screen. But its similar to this
" WIndows has been shut down to prevent further damage....."
Stop : oxoooooo50 thats the code I provided the tech....
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

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January 16th, 2006 19:00

Power on, press F12 and load and run the extended Dell diagnostics on the entire system.

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January 16th, 2006 19:00

Hi,

If you have issues at the Dell splash screen, it is hardware. The computer doesnt even know you have a hard drive at that point. ( It does towards the end ) Boot it from the resource CD, outside of the OS and you can run Diags. Anything here is outside of the disk. Depending on model, if you boot with an F12 you will load from the hidden Diag partition and can do much the same. You may have more than 1 problem, so look for each rather than trying to bundle them together.

                                                                              Regards Chris

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January 16th, 2006 21:00

Thanks I tried doing the f12 thng as soon as I power up it would then go to a memory read/write failure screen. Its weird cause sometimes I can get  in w/ no problem to the desktop and sometimes it just freezes. The dell tech has me reinsert the memory card...I am not really sure what thats suppose to do...

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January 16th, 2006 21:00

by the way b4 the memory/read write failure started occuring I did do a diag and everything was ok. I will try to run it again.

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January 17th, 2006 04:00

Hi,

If you under warranty try and get them out. Taking the memory out and putting back is a reseat, and will clean any dust or oxide from the contacts. It does fix a lot of memory issues.

                                                                            Regards Chris

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January 17th, 2006 18:00

Thank you Chris! I didnt know simply taking out a chip could do so much! Thanks again

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