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PC EXPERT NEEDED!
sasuke_kun12:
Yup i need some help. my pc is givin me the shizens. ok heres what happens
1. It takes like 10 reboots for windows to start properly. It just freezes before that grey bar comes up.
2. It locks up. always. before i log in, after i log in, when i watch tv. but sometimes i use it for about 2 hours without it lockin up.
3. Doom3 doesn't seem to work, it loads but then these dots apear and it crashes. sometimes the top of the screen it's a smudge of green its really pissin me off coz i just bought the freakin game!
i think it's a overheating problem but then what about windows? i've reformatted like 3 times! please help!
specs
amd 1800+
msi all in one board
geforce 4 mx440 (eh! i'm gettin an powercolour radeon 9600xt)
512 ddr
80gig
xp pro pack1
M3talhead:
What kind of powersupply do you have and how old is it? Check the molex connections to ensure that they're all seated properly. As a matter of fact, check all your components to ensure that they're making good contact. Reseat your RAM, CPU, video card, heatsink(s), and power connectors. I often see powersupplys being at fault for random reboots, because most motherboards will automatically shutdown and restart if they detect a brown out or spike. If you've reformatted and reinstalled Windows, guess what??? Doing it 2 more times wont change anything. I suspect a hardware problem for your freezes and random reboots. As for the video card, chck your manufacturer's website to ensure you have the latest driver updates.
DrewKaree:
Your problems sound EXACTLY identical to the ones I was having.
The power supply just "went" one day. One day I smelled the electrical burning smell, and nothing booted. Swapped it out with a new one. Problem seemed to lessen ONLY...they DID NOT go away, but at least they were happening less frequently. While trying to work on a LARGE Photoshop file, I began experiencing random shutdowns....someone here recommended memtest. One of my chips was bad. Replaced it, and started buying parts for a new system in case something ELSE went bad.
Metalhead's giving you some good advice. Your issues are more than likely hardware related, and you'll have to test them one at a time with "known to be good" products if you can't do a software test on 'em.
The boot issues....try running a thorough Scandisk. See what it tells you.
SOAPboy:
--- Quote from: lp_maniac on April 10, 2005, 04:23:30 am ---Yup i need some help. my pc is givin me the shizens. ok heres what happens
1. It takes like 10 reboots for windows to start properly. It just freezes before that grey bar comes up.
2. It locks up. always. before i log in, after i log in, when i watch tv. but sometimes i use it for about 2 hours without it lockin up.
3. Doom3 doesn't seem to work, it loads but then these dots apear and it crashes. sometimes the top of the screen it's a smudge of green its really pissin me off coz i just bought the freakin game!
i think it's a overheating problem but then what about windows? i've reformatted like 3 times! please help!
specs
amd 1800+
msi all in one board
geforce 4 mx440 (eh! i'm gettin an powercolour radeon 9600xt)
512 ddr
80gig
xp pro pack1
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FYI, blame Video card for Doom3 running like ass.. gf has the same card.. does the same thing.. it just cant HANDLE it..
the rest.. ill also go ahead and blame PSU, BUT, if you can get in for a bit, virus scan, defrag, adaware, ect.. could be something simple as well..
Oh, and depending on what your spending on that powercolor, theres other "options" which are "better"
Tho if im not mistaken, the powercolors are getting cheap anymore..
Harry Potter:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on April 10, 2005, 05:28:14 am ---Your problems sound EXACTLY identical to the ones I was having.
The power supply just "went" one day. One day I smelled the electrical burning smell, and nothing booted. Swapped it out with a new one. Problem seemed to lessen ONLY...they DID NOT go away, but at least they were happening less frequently. While trying to work on a LARGE Photoshop file, I began experiencing random shutdowns....someone here recommended memtest. One of my chips was bad. Replaced it, and started buying parts for a new system in case something ELSE went bad.
Metalhead's giving you some good advice. Your issues are more than likely hardware related, and you'll have to test them one at a time with "known to be good" products if you can't do a software test on 'em.
The boot issues....try running a thorough Scandisk. See what it tells you.
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I'm having the same problems with photoshop as well as other intensive applications. I've had power and powersupply problems in the past which seemed to have caused these. I've managed to narrow it down to the motheroard (as I've swapped everything in the computer to no avail).
Your problem sounds like either memory or CPU related.
Good luck.