Dell Inspiron 1520 with Vista

[TheChampJT]

First, I was just wondering if anyone else uses this same notebook. Also, if you do, do you ever have any memory errors?

[rico002]

my sister has the similar one she has the 1525...wut seems to be the problem?

[TheChampJT]

I literally get daily blue screen errors, all related to memory issues, and I actually just found out that blue screens in general are due to a memory failure. I've been trying to pinpoint the issue, hardware or OS? So, I was just wondering if anyone else has had similar problems.

I took it apart yesterday to find Dell installed Samsung memory, which I was hoping was the issue, then I could easily fix it.

[Rudegar]

sounds very much like a periodic defect mem module
memtest86 can do a pretty solid test and verify if the hardware is defect

[TheChampJT]

sounds very much like a periodic defect mem module
memtest86 can do a pretty solid test and verify if the hardware is defect

Thanks for the tip! Gave it a try by burning the .iso file to CD-R and boot with it, but my notebook is so bad it failed to start! But I only tried the original file.

[Rudegar]

it can be run from a floppy too if your laptop have that
but if your laptop is soo unstable it cant start
i doubt it's a software issue as windows is not started
at the time a laptop have to boot from a cd or floppy or just it's hd

[TheChampJT]

it can be run from a floppy too if your laptop have that
but if your laptop is soo unstable it cant start
i doubt it's a software issue as windows is not started
at the time a laptop have to boot from a cd or floppy or just it's hd

Dang it! You think I set it up wrong? I only burned the iso file and chose the CD drive bootup. Ive had a few problems in the last week with it starting up. But it only started after I did the windows updates, which I heard were messed up to begin with. But right now im running the Dell diagnostics and so far no errors, and im running all possible tests.

Also, whats your opinion for internet security, for the most reliable and stable, mainly for Vista?

[rico002]

the bsod as u've heard, can u post ur error # so that i can better troubleshoot u, thanks ...there r various memory failures including; UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME, KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR and Physical Memory Dump...as the few.

[rico002]

Also, whats your opinion for internet security, for the most reliable and stable, mainly for Vista?

i use avg, avast, and others and comodo for my firewall plus windows firewall too

[TheChampJT]

the bsod as u've heard, can u post ur error # so that i can better troubleshoot u, thanks ...there r various memory failures including; UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME, KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR and Physical Memory Dump...as the few.

Currently I have a test running which says it will run for at least another hour. But, off the top of my head, once I recieved a Kernel error which im told is some difficulty in hardware communication, think there were 2 different mem page errors, and the memory is dumped during all crashes.

Once im done testing ill post the error codes.

Forgot to mention that i hadthe kernel error a few weeks back, since then ive done numerous restores and reinstalled vista twice, first time i overwrote vista and the second was a reformat with a fresh install.

[rico002]

vista is very unstable on laptops or computer that dont provide the necessary specs. but have u considered goin back to xp. and how long have u had the comp for?