AFU error - Page 2

SteveDallas · 11-20-2008, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

but the computer works ok otherwise?

Hard to tell without more detailed info (what does work? If anything?) But, let's say you have a bad area of your hard drive. Things will work fine until the computer tries to read or write something to it. Or maybe some of your files are just corrupted. Again, you're fine till it tries to use one of those files. Bad memory might cause symptoms like that too.. I had a bad memory card in a server once, but it wouldn't freeze up until there was enough stuff running to use a lot of memory and make it try to use the "bad" part.

lumberjim · 11-20-2008, 10:41 AM

i was thinking it might be the memory.....

i had an issue before when i tried to install a program...it came up with an error saying i needed at leat 196M of ram or some nominal amount....It came with 4G.

i looked, and it's 2 cards at 2 each...upgradeable to 8G with 2 4's.

I guess i'll try that before i get drastic.

Flint · 11-20-2008, 11:00 AM

Jesus Christ--stop him before he gets drastic!

Put down that soldering iron, man.

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i was thinking it might be the memory.....

i had an issue before when i tried to install a program...it came up with an error saying i needed at leat 196M of ram or some nominal amount....It came with 4G.

i looked, and it's 2 cards at 2 each...upgradeable to 8G with 2 4's.

I guess i'll try that before i get drastic.

Before you buy memory, try the apps I pointed to here. If that checks out ok, do a surface check on the hard drive.

Open the My Computer window.
Right-click on the drive and choose properties.
Click on the tools tab.
Click on the error-checking/check now button.
Click on both check boxes.
Click on start.
You may have to reboot.

Doing those things will at least give you more information.

lumberjim · 11-20-2008, 11:14 AM

thanks dar, i will attempt to. i dont think i'll be able to install those apps though.

dar512 · 11-20-2008, 11:30 AM

The best memtest is this one anyway. That's an iso image. Download the file to a different computer. Use any of the methods on this page to burn the file to a cd. The cd will be bootable. Now boot your machine from the cd you made. You may have to run your machine's setup program to tell it to boot from cd. (When your machine first starts up, you should see a message "Press F2 (or something else) for setup." PM me if you have problems.

When the cd boots it will automatically start running the memtest.

SteveDallas · 11-20-2008, 11:42 AM

I haven't used that particular program, but I agree that live-boot CDs are your friend. Big time.

lumberjim · 11-20-2008, 12:08 PM

cool. i have nero. thanks.

barefoot serpent · 11-20-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

put jelly on *these*

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tw · 11-20-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I can turn my laptop on.....but i can't turn it off. It just sits on 'Logging off'

What is the hardware manufacturer?

Undertoad · 11-20-2008, 02:39 PM

Remove the battery briefly?

glatt · 11-20-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

What is the hardware manufacturer?

I'm a little surprised. I was expecting you to tell him to break out his heat gun and direct the heat at various parts and report back what happens.

Flint · 11-20-2008, 02:58 PM

You can ruin a laptop with a hairdryer.

HungLikeJesus · 11-20-2008, 03:06 PM

Especially if you are using it in the bathtub.

tw · 11-20-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I was expecting you to tell him to break out his heat gun and direct the heat at various parts and report back what happens.

Why? We don't even know what the hardware manufacturer is? Fix the computer before doing a makover.

11-20-2008, 10:41 AM	#17
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i was thinking it might be the memory..... i had an issue before when i tried to install a program...it came up with an error saying i needed at leat 196M of ram or some nominal amount....It came with 4G. i looked, and it's 2 cards at 2 each...upgradeable to 8G with 2 4's. I guess i'll try that before i get drastic. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-20-2008, 11:00 AM	#18
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Jesus Christ--stop him before he gets drastic! Put down that soldering iron, man. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-20-2008, 11:14 AM	#20
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	thanks dar, i will attempt to. i dont think i'll be able to install those apps though. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-20-2008, 11:30 AM	#21
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The best memtest is this one anyway. That's an iso image. Download the file to a different computer. Use any of the methods on this page to burn the file to a cd. The cd will be bootable. Now boot your machine from the cd you made. You may have to run your machine's setup program to tell it to boot from cd. (When your machine first starts up, you should see a message "Press F2 (or something else) for setup." PM me if you have problems. When the cd boots it will automatically start running the memtest. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-20-2008, 12:08 PM	#23
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	cool. i have nero. thanks. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-20-2008, 11:42 AM	#22
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I haven't used that particular program, but I agree that live-boot CDs are your friend. Big time.

11-20-2008, 02:39 PM	#26
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Remove the battery briefly?

11-20-2008, 02:58 PM	#28
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	You can ruin a laptop with a hairdryer. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-20-2008, 03:06 PM	#29
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Especially if you are using it in the bathtub. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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