XPS700 2006 model (heavy as %^&^ silver exterior.) Was running 4gb but then started to say that it wasn't happy with it. Currently running with 2gb but craps out after watching video for ten minutes and reboots. don't want to get rid of her as she is a beautiful piece of engineering on the exterior. Would hate to chuck her on the scrapheap. Not even seen one of these for sale on the net.
Some of the errors have ranged from irq or equal to (graphic card issues) to system errors. Might try changing the battery though. Hasn't been done in the few years I have had it.
Start by replacing the battery, easy and cheap. Before you do, reboot and immediately press F2 to open BIOS setup. Copy down all current settings just to be safe. Then:
Power off and unplug
Press/hold power button for ~15 sec
Open case and remove motherboard battery
Press/hold power button for ~30 sec
Install all RAM modules
Reseat all PCI cards in their slots
Use canned air to clean out dust bunnies and make sure all fans are clean and turn freely
Install fresh battery (CR2032, ~$2.00)
Close up and boot system
See what happens now. If it still crashes, repeat steps 1-9, but remove all RAM modules, except for the one in slot 1. If that works, repeat 1-9 but swap each RAM module into slot 1 to see if you can find a bum module. If they all work in slot 1, add a second module to the slot with the same color retention clips as slot 1. Keep going until you either find a bum slot or all RAM gets reinstalled.
Another possibility is that it's overheating, so if the above doesn't help, you might consider removing the CPU fan and heat sink from the top of the CPU. Clean both surfaces, apply fresh thermal paste (eg Arctic Silver) and reattach heat sink and fan. See if that helps...
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XPS700 2006 model (heavy as %^&^ silver exterior.) Was running 4gb but then started to say that it wasn't happy with it. Currently running with 2gb but craps out after watching video for ten minutes and reboots. don't want to get rid of her as she is a beautiful piece of engineering on the exterior. Would hate to chuck her on the scrapheap. Not even seen one of these for sale on the net.
Some of the errors have ranged from irq or equal to (graphic card issues) to system errors. Might try changing the battery though. Hasn't been done in the few years I have had it.
RoHe
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January 17th, 2018 16:00
Start by replacing the battery, easy and cheap. Before you do, reboot and immediately press F2 to open BIOS setup. Copy down all current settings just to be safe. Then:
See what happens now. If it still crashes, repeat steps 1-9, but remove all RAM modules, except for the one in slot 1. If that works, repeat 1-9 but swap each RAM module into slot 1 to see if you can find a bum module. If they all work in slot 1, add a second module to the slot with the same color retention clips as slot 1. Keep going until you either find a bum slot or all RAM gets reinstalled.
Another possibility is that it's overheating, so if the above doesn't help, you might consider removing the CPU fan and heat sink from the top of the CPU. Clean both surfaces, apply fresh thermal paste (eg Arctic Silver) and reattach heat sink and fan. See if that helps...