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Diagnose my computer (pg. 2)
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| AsparTAME |
| What operating system are you running, how many gigs of ram do you have, do you have a firewall, antivirus, antispyware, or any security programs running. Give me details. |
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| Sunsnail |
| xp pro, 2gigs, avast |
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| rT19 |
| take it back to walmart. they have a good return policy |
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| Sunsnail |
| i put it together a few years ago :| |
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| BoReD365247 |
| does it do the same things in safe mode? If not then its not hardware related and its spyware/virus. If it does then I'd start checking out the hardware one by one. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
:stongue: You really could use that money now, can't you? |
Apart from the poor use of tenses....
:stongue: Harsh! |
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| Ian |
reboots, music, bump on the noggin.
All this points to bad babysitter! |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
xp pro, 2gigs, avast |
Random reboots strongly point to a bad PSU mate. Voltages are good one minute, then they take a dive. I doubt you actually put a meter on it to test it properly. Bios/software meters are not accurate. Most PSU's are cheap junk, and are usually underpowered for the machine they are in. Just because your A/V doesn't see any infections, that does not mean they are not there, it just lacks the definitions to recognize them. I would do a reformat and fresh install of Windows. Only way to be sure. Pick a weekend and dooooooit. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Gremlins |
Gah! |
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| Meat187 |
This sounds like the lastest episode of
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
Random reboots strongly point to an overheated CPU. |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I doubt you actually put a meter on it to test it properly. Bios/software meters are not accurate. Most PSU's are cheap junk, and are usually underpowered for the machine they are in. |
The meter won't show it, you'd need an oscilloscope.
Could be very much that your CPU is overheated (thus, sound and video stutter). Have a temp sensor? Know how to reseat the heatsink (with thermal paste)? I'm assuming you do, if you put it together yourself. |
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