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philo wrote:
> GG WILLIKERS wrote:
>> BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Apr 30, 12:57 pm, philo <ph...@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>>>> DL wrote:
>>>>> Means you have hardware issues
>>>>> Is the laptop actually compatible with Vista?
>>>>> It seems you currently have win2k installed
>>>>> <BertieBigBol...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:952a631f-e565-46ab-acb4-2eb403320ee9@d7g2000prl.googlegroups.com... 
>>>>>
>>>>>> Laptop kept crashing with BSOD errors.
>>>>>> Been trying to install from Vista DVD but I get random BSOD messages
>>>>>> that halt the install. They are:-
>>>>>> IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL
>>>>>> 0x00000005, 0x0000AC88, 0x0000001B, 0x00000001, 0x895080BF
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> 0xC0000005, 0x8ACF2060, 0x87DD4B5C, 0x00000000,0x00000000
>>>>>> win2k.sys
>>>> Yep
>>>>
>>>> No laptop that came with win2k could possibly run Vista in any
>>>> acceptable manner- Hide quoted text -
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>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>
>>> Laptop came with Vista on.
>>
>> An exact model number would be helpful.
>>
>> Blue Screen during the Windows install generally point to a faulty RAM 
>> module.
>>
>> I would try this first:
>>
>> http://www.memtest86.com/
>>
>> Have you also tried setting the BIOS to factory defaults.
>> Reseating the the DVD Drive, Ram modules, and any other components.
>>
>> What is the condition of the install DVD. A nick in the right place 
>> would cause consistent failure and blue screens on the same files.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> As a matter of fact, Vista has a built-in memory diagnostic
> so you don't even need to get memtest

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