Compaq Presario Laptop monitor

[theboogins]

I picked up a Compaq Presario 1200 xl106 really cheap and my kid wants it for games and such. Trouble is, it crashes when the games start up-physical memory dump and blue screen. I've run every diagnostic I know how (not a power user by any means)- and it still crashes hard. The Direct X diags run flawlessly.

I recently loaded Win 2000 (98 did the same) and it load the drivers for Default Monitor. I am wondering if there is a specific monitor type I can force load and maybe that will ure the crashes.

Any help would be appreciated.

JBoggs

[hudsonsmith]

Need the exact text of the blue screen error. It is unlikely that monitor driver is at fault. Also, what game is causing?

[theboogins]

It flashed to blue screen says is performing a physical memory dump then goes to black before I can read it.

These are games like Combat Flight Simulator circa 2001, Harry Pottter, two Lucasfilms Star Wars games-not really the latest and the greatest.

I don't have any history on this machine at all so i can't be of much help.

Thanks.

JBoggs

[hudsonsmith]

Go to system properties\advanced\startup and recovery and uncheck the box next to automatically reboot.

[theboogins]

You mean that's all I had to do? That means my kid can get a little use out of this laptop that I picked up for $25. COOL.

Thanks very much and have a virtual beer on me.

JBoggs

[theboogins]

I was rather amazed at how easy that was -two games that had previously locked up now ran well. A third, Combat Flight Simulator (Microsoft) crashed. I had originally assumed that your advice was merely so the screen (error message could be read so now I can do that.

Works much better now anyway but still crashes some.

Error Message:

Stop: 0x0000001A (0x00041284, 0x0986E000, 0xc0502000)
Memory_Management.

Beginning dump of physical memory.

Thanks.

JBoggs

[hudsonsmith]

Read here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282504
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...2e9d2a.xml.asp

Most likely bad RAM. Try running a memory test. A free tester is available here: http://www.memtest86.com/

If RAM is OK, check memory timing settings in BIOS. Reset all to defaults.

[theboogins]

How do you reset the memory timing that you refer too?

Thanks.

J Boggs