Blue Screen

My computer is an old comp. Runs xpI keep getting blue screen even after turning on right away, can you help

You need to know if it's due to your hardware or to a Windows XP problem.What happens if you boot off a bootable CD or floppy ?

My computer is an old comp. Runs xpI keep getting blue screen even after turning on right away, can you help

have you recently installed or added a device to your system? like sound/video card or upgraded/changed RAM etc?
Edited October 10, 2012 by manuleka (see edit history)

Well its your momo/ram i suppose, change your memory module and try again.if the problem not solved then its your mobo.if there some of capacitors are in really in bad shape then try to change that.* If you really want to solve this then just change the Mobo(mother board).

Well its your momo/ram i suppose, change your memory module and try again.if the problem not solved then its your mobo.
if there some of capacitors are in really in bad shape then try to change that.
* If you really want to solve this then just change the Mobo(mother board).

ran into a few of these on my old Athlon mainboards... capacitor leakages [there were a few of these affected by this issue]... quick fix for me was just to bin 'em lol...

Dudes, don't start speculating like this

Can you provide us the STOP code ?

Get any linux bootable and boot your PC using it. They usually have Memory Scanning / Checking program on it. It will Boot your PC and show you something... Try to find a program called "memtest". Please run that. It takes a horribly long time to finish... but you can stop after 3 passes. If there is a RAM (memory) problem... you have the answer for your Blue Screen of Deaths..

Get any linux bootable and boot your PC using it. They usually have Memory Scanning / Checking program on it. It will Boot your PC and show you something... Try to find a program called "memtest". Please run that. It takes a horribly long time to finish... but you can stop after 3 passes. If there is a RAM (memory) problem... you have the answer for your Blue Screen of Deaths..

 

3 runs isn't a lot, I would go for at least an hour while looping nothing but test number 5. If that one turns out error free, then you know it's not your RAM.

 

Other issues could be:

faulty PSU

failing CPU cooler

failing NB cooler

bad capacitors

virus

driver issue

data corruption

...

That's why there are STOP codes, they give you a good direction

Get any linux bootable and boot your PC using it. They usually have Memory Scanning / Checking program on it. It will Boot your PC and show you something... Try to find a program called "memtest". Please run that. It takes a horribly long time to finish... but you can stop after 3 passes. If there is a RAM (memory) problem... you have the answer for your Blue Screen of Deaths..

good point, worthwhile testing with other OS and see what they report