Hi,
I experienced my first blue screen today. I have a HP Compaq 6730b. I was working in Open Office, not downloading anything, went out for a smoke, when I came back the blue screen appeared. In the System Diagnostics Menu I tried to do the F2 Start-up Test, F3 Run-in Test and F4 Hard Disk Test. Neither of them work. I get the following messages:
Start-up Test Failed
Failed memory address = 0x00000000Pattern expected = 0x00000000Pattern read = 0x00000000
Run-in Test failed
Failed memory address = 0x10035E48Pattern expected = 0x00000001Pattern read = 0x04000001
When I do the Hard Drive test, it goes to 10% and then quits: Test 1 (Quick) .... Error: Read failureError: Read failure.
I really don't have a clue what it all means, what to do and even if this information is usefull for you. I really hope you can tell me what to do.
Thank you!