Agreed, "reinstalling" and "reinstalling from scratch" are not the same thing.

Nevertheless, it costs little or nothing to run extensive memory tests and maybe
even the manufacturer's hard dirve diagnostics.

But, yes, re-partition, reformat, and reinstall may nail the problem... Ben

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:06:29 GMT, Notan wrote:

Ben Myers wrote:

If reinstalling all the Dell software from scratch did not take care of the
problem, I have to suspect some sort of low-level hardware problem. I've worked
with many new-in-the-box Dells, connected them to the internet and not
experienced any BSODs.

From the OP: "Numerous calls the tech support and reinstalling XP Home
have not helped."

"Reinstalling" and "reinstalling from scratch" are not the same thing.

I'd suggest a reformat and fresh OS install, before moving to the
possibility of a hardware problem.

Notan