Very Blue Screen of Death 1

[QaptainQwerty]

On some PCs in my office, I sometimes get a Very Blue Screen of Death.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not your normal BSOD in which you are at least told that the machine has locked up, that you should hit Ctrl Alt Del to restart and lose all your hard work.&nbsp;&nbsp;My Very BSOD is just a blue screen with no visible text except maybe a blinking cursor near the center of the screen, a little to the right.&nbsp;&nbsp;In other cases, the screen flickers violently with white streak while the backgroun remains blue.&nbsp;&nbsp;What gives?&nbsp;&nbsp;Anyone with any ideas why this happens?&nbsp;&nbsp;The PCs are Dell XPS R400 or R350, with Sony&nbsp;&nbsp;MultiScan 400GS (19&quot or 100GS (15&quot.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks for any help!<br><br><br>

 

[WhatsGoinon]

Have you tried the support from DELL ?

 

[ATCal]

Sounds as though it could be video related. Are you running crazy resolutions on these machines? Does it happen primarily on the 15&quot; equipped machines? <p>Al<br><a href=mailto: atc-computing@home.com> atc-computing@home.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[QaptainQwerty]

Al,<br><br>The screen resolution on these problem PCs are nothing unusual - 800 X 640, the next notch up from the standard low-res.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since most of the problem PCs use 19&quot; monitors, I must say that it happened mostly with them, but again that's only because only a few of the problem PCs use 15&quot; monitors.&nbsp;&nbsp;They do use either the Diamond Fire GL Pro 1000 or Std 8 video card.

 

[Alt255]

I saw the same behavior on one of my work machines (an HP Vectra). Until I started using the HP, I had never seen the pure blue screen you described. Then it became a daily event. I eliminated the obvious candidates by scratching every app - but the problem persisted. I could get the &quot;VBSOD&quot; by opening an innocent program like Calculator.<br><br>Eventually, I had thought I had the problem in a jar. I went to the IT Man and told him I needed to replace my DIMMS. He laughed and told me that the chips were &quot;proprietary&quot; and that the company had stopped buying HP products for the very reason that had prompted my complaint.<br><br>Hmmm, this might be purely coincidental but let the users decide: Technology advances moment-by-moment and leaves many orphans behind.<br><br>Somehing to think about. Linusly, use the most exhaustive means at your disposal to check your RAM. If you don't get an answer you can use, lay the hammer down on DEL and get an answer or get replacements.<br><br><br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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