My mum's faithful old D630 is playing up. If you allow it to boot in normal mode, it gets to the desktop then just freezes - nothing works and you end up having to actually power it off.
However, running it in safe mode, it works perfectly fine.
I ran a diagnostic on it and it came up with:
Error code 0142
Error code 2000-0142
Unit 1 Drive Self Test failed. Status byte = 79
The given error code and message can be used by Dell Technical Support to help diagnose the problem
From hunting about, it would appear that this error code is the hard drive failing? I don't understand though why it's OK in safe mode if the HDD is dying.
However, running it in safe mode, it works perfectly fine.
I ran a diagnostic on it and it came up with:
Error code 0142
Error code 2000-0142
Unit 1 Drive Self Test failed. Status byte = 79
The given error code and message can be used by Dell Technical Support to help diagnose the problem
From hunting about, it would appear that this error code is the hard drive failing? I don't understand though why it's OK in safe mode if the HDD is dying.