demon inside my laptop.

[mrmadness]

I have a weird problem with my laptop. It is almost 2yrs old Asus NS55 (with everything stock)The thing started to happen after first 6 months I got my precious.As I was doing what I'm doing with my laptop, suddently the sound got messed up, as if it would be runing 3x slower. and then the blue screen of death.At 1st i thought it's just one night stand or smthg. but it kept doing it, even when i was sleeping and the laptop was just standing there, staring at me sleep. Each time when it turns on after the blue screen it asked to insert bootable device. after another restart it was ok. few weeks of doing so, it finally died - it would not recognize my hdd as bootable. Had to reinstall it and everything was fine. After another 6months it came back, everything was the same, except now, my hdd was corrupt - i couldn't read info from it if i plug it into another laptop.Had to reinstall and it was working fine. Except now, the symptoms are back again, and I don't know how long it will last. but the crashes keep getting more frequent.Can anyone guide me through this hell ? Thank You. PS - Irrelevant to topic - The laptop was also attacked by my girlfriend, and now the GeForce in device manager says (Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43))? Does that means that it's done for ?

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

To be perfectly frank - this machine should have been sent back under warranty after it started having problems in the first 6 months.

 

it would not recognize my hdd as bootable

 

i couldn't read info from it if i plug it into another laptop

Had to reinstall

All of this points to hard drive problems.

Let's run a test on the drive.

 

Download Seatools test software from here:

click here

[you need to click on "Downloads]

You want the Windows Version ( not DOS ) if your system is bootable.

 

There is a PDF tutorial on the right side of the page.

 

Run the test on all partitions of your drive.

Let us know the results please.

 

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Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

This could be a hardware problem or it could be related to drivers.

Suggest we stick with the Hard Drive issue and look at this later.

 

 

[mrmadness]

Hi and welcome to ExTS<br>

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To be perfectly frank - this machine should have been sent back under warranty after it started having problems in the first 6 months.<br>

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All of this points to hard drive problems.<br>

Let's run a test on the drive.<br>

<br>

Download Seatools test software from here:<br>

<a href="http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/" target="_blank">click here</a><br>

[you need to click on "Downloads]<br>

You want the <strong>Windows </strong>Version ( not <strong>DOS </strong>) if your system is bootable.<br>

<br>

There is a PDF tutorial on the right side of the page.<br>

<br>

Run the test on all partitions of your drive.<br>

Let us know the results please.<br>

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<font color="#333333">This could be a hardware problem or it could be related to drivers.<br>

Suggest we stick with the Hard Drive issue and look at this later.<br>

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<br><br>As I was downloading the soft, my hdd failed, everything was slow and laggy, after some while blue screen showed up again and i was not able to turn it back on.

I tried to use recovery DVD's that I used first 2 times, it showed ERROR 1025 ( could not find what that means in google ).

And I was not able to install different OS like XP, so I changed the HDD ( weird thing thou - I am not able to install any other OS except the ones from recovery cd, I have tried - WinXP, WinXPx64, Win7 ultimate, Win7 home, in Backtrack my keyboard doesnt work so I can't type startx, even usb one even on the new HDD)

But I could install Win7 from recovery CDs. Now I plugged my old HDD via USB to see what's happening. Particion with all the stuff is working, the particion with OS is not, it says that I have to format it, but when I try to do that, it fails. <br>I Did download Seatools, and this is what it showed --------------- SeaTools for Windows v1.2.0.8 ---------------24/04/2013 21:32:51

Unit Model: ST9640423AS

Model: ST9640423AS

Serial Number: 5WS29ZA0

Firmware Revision: 0001SDM1

Short DST - Started 24/04/2013 21:32:49

Short DST - FAIL 24/04/2013 21:32:54

SeaTools Test Code: 65D8EDE6

Long Generic - Started 24/04/2013 21:42:51

Long Generic - Pass 24/04/2013 22:30:54

[KenB]

Hi

 

Sorry for the delay in replying - I have been away for 4 days.

 

Please confirm that you now have a working system.

 

I suspect that you have a few problem sectors on your original hard drive :(