Hardware Malfunction...System Halted????

[reignking87]

I was ripping a very scratched cd into iTunes today when the import stopped for a few minutes, then a blue screen of death came up saying that there was a "Hardware Malfunction...Contact Your Vendor...System Halted" The thing is, when I rebooted my computer, I got to the desktop fine, I was even able to enter my BIOS password. But, once I got to the desktop, none of my keys worked and the mouse was frozen. Everything else seemed to be working fine, ie.) loading the desktop, picking up the wireless signal, etc. I've tried to boot in Safe Mode, but it seems my function keys aren't working during boot at all. The only time my keys seem to work is during the BIOS password screen. I am in desperate need to fix this. I just had my XP OS reinstalled a few weeks ago, and everything was running like it was brand new. I'm on a Dell Inspiron E1505. What's my next step???

 

[BoBBYI986]

could possibly be memory issues. run memtest86, download the ISO from here Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic make it a bootable cd and burn cd image using Nero or whatever burning software you have. set bios boot order to boot from cd and run the cd. This will tell you if you have any memory issues.