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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 08:48 AM
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2. hard to say
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 08:49 AM by Kellanved
Does the PC boot in safe mode?
Is there a ".sys" file referenced in the Blue Screen?
The IRQ message indeed is one often caused by hardware failures.

It might be worthwhile to analyze the dump using windbg (available from MS for free). The usage is not entirely trivial, though.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx


It is entirely possible that a capacitor broke, causing your problems. In order to cut costs, manufacturers tend to use substandard capacitors, which are known to cause problems after a few years. If that should indeed be the case, someone really good with a soldering iron might be able to replace it.
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