fmerc
09-07-2007, 03:31 PM
Hello. I would appreciate any help I could get for my laptop problems.
Specs: Compaq Presario 2190US2, 40-GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive.
I'll just preface this by saying I've had the computer for 3.5 years now, and for the past year I've been having problems with a Linksys Wireless Card (WPC11). The computer would often times freeze (I believe it was a Driver error) and when I would eject the card it would reboot on its own and then everything would be okay.
A few days ago, the computer froze again as I was on the net and went to a black screen. As I manually rebooted, the computer went to the Compaq screen, accessed windows and started up as per usual. I was able to access the internet, folders, etc. and then the computer shut down and rebooted to a blank black screen. I manually rebooted again, and the laptop was on for about 5 minutes and then went to the same blank black screen. This keeps occurring everytime I reboot, sometimes it will be on for a few seconds, and sometimes I will get a blue screen error (IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, among others) before shutting off and automatically rebooting.
I have tried starting from Safe Mode and the same thing happens. I have reseated the RAM and it did not work. I also reset the BIOS to its defaults and it didn't work either. I am really in a bind as I'm a student with not too much cash to throw around on fixing this thing, so any suggestions would be appreciated!
Specs: Compaq Presario 2190US2, 40-GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive.
I'll just preface this by saying I've had the computer for 3.5 years now, and for the past year I've been having problems with a Linksys Wireless Card (WPC11). The computer would often times freeze (I believe it was a Driver error) and when I would eject the card it would reboot on its own and then everything would be okay.
A few days ago, the computer froze again as I was on the net and went to a black screen. As I manually rebooted, the computer went to the Compaq screen, accessed windows and started up as per usual. I was able to access the internet, folders, etc. and then the computer shut down and rebooted to a blank black screen. I manually rebooted again, and the laptop was on for about 5 minutes and then went to the same blank black screen. This keeps occurring everytime I reboot, sometimes it will be on for a few seconds, and sometimes I will get a blue screen error (IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, among others) before shutting off and automatically rebooting.
I have tried starting from Safe Mode and the same thing happens. I have reseated the RAM and it did not work. I also reset the BIOS to its defaults and it didn't work either. I am really in a bind as I'm a student with not too much cash to throw around on fixing this thing, so any suggestions would be appreciated!