I'm not a wiz . . . but I'll give you a sympathetic hug . Bout the best I can do.

hugs are always nice but if this blue screen wont go away I am going to be highly upset

so what's the problem?

well I have 2 of the same computers at my house right now. They are dell XPS M170 w/ 2gb ram and 2ghz dual core pentium M processors

Both of them were on the blink. The monoter would just go black. Found out it was cause the video card was overheating cause of dust buildup

in the heat sink. Cleaned both of them out real good including the fans and now one works. Everytime I start the other one however I am

getting the blue screen of death. I can boot in safe mode just fine. Gimme a sec and I will let you knopw what the blue screen says

www.plurk.com/user/mcbsc... helped me out...check out his site. He might be able to help.

be here - just the pertinent info as to the type of error - leave it on the screen in case I need some of the address info

You're going to have to boot into safe mode and then start adding what's missing, probably. Eventually, one of them will hang the machine.

hrm, now it only shows me a black screen again when booting. one sec

sometimes just bringing it up in safe mode and rebooting helps too... question - is black screen before it gets the initial windows screen?

now its acting wierd. Its showing power on and I hear the fans but I get no display

sounds like a hardware issue... make sure all the cables are in place (inside and out) after the dusting...

thing is I turned it on yesterday after cleaning and it worked in safe mode. I think I am going to tear my hair out

let it cool down for a few

often compelled to prod things that do not work with a stick. Let me know how my treatment goes P.S. - No refunds or compensation given

do you have an open window???

a blank screen whenI put it back together the first time it came up with a blue screen of death now nothing