General Help for Windows and Games
BeosBoxBoy:
checking the power supply is not easy - it requires either technical electrical equipment (like an ampometer or the like) or a spare "known good" power supply.
The 2nd is easier - but we don't all have spare power supplies laying about with no use for them.
The "going bad" is really hard to check without the proper technichal equipment. The easiest way I know is to take all the parts from another compuer (except the motherboard) and place them one by one in your suspected bad system until it stops acting weird. Again, we don't all have spare computers laying about with no use for them.
The alternative is to re-format and re-install everything and see if this solves the problem (cheap but not fun).
As an afterthought - it is also possible that there was dust introduced inside the powersupply also. If you have a sort of vacuum-cleaner that has a hose - try using the vacuum-cleaner at the back of the system where the fan is located on the powersupply (the computer should be off).
Dinki:
Thanks again for responding.
I was thinking to borrow a dvd reader from my computer store/service place and check if it changes a thing... then if it changes, just pay for it :P
If it`s the power problem, would the UPS thingy help? I don`t have it, but I guess I could borrow it to check also...
I`ll clean it with a vacuum, sure, thanks for that tip :)
I had my C drive formatted and sytem reinstalled, twice since it happens, but it didn`t help... I mean it helped for one day maybe. First time I decided to it just like that, to clean it, and second time it had to be done cause computer "died". And yep, it`s no fun at all.
Actually I am having trouble with starting it also...
EDIT: I cleaned it twice... with air and with vacuum, but it didn`t help. I think it had never been so clean :P I also removed Opera and started to use Firefox. That seems to have stopped reboots while I work (not while using dvd drive though).
I`ll get a cd-rom from my friend and replace it tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed.
Good thing is that its warranty is still valid.
Serafina:
Ok! I am 99% sure I have a virus that has severely messed with things on my harddrive. So I have decided to reformat and reinstall windows. Well windows will not let me backup anything to cd's now. Every time I try it tells me there was an error and to insert a new CD.
I have no other way of backing up files. Yes I realize this is stupid on my part, but its too late to solve that.
Am I just screwed here? Do I just need to reformat and forget about my content and files... it will hurt but if thats what needs to be done I will do it?
Any suggestions?
I'll try anything here!
Dinki:
Obviously somebody was keeping their fingers crossed, cause replacing the dvd-reader stopped all problems. I`m sending this POS to the service.
Thanks for your help Yakov, hopefully I`ll be ok for some time :P
xK-la:
Awesome beosboxboy! I will deffiently be getting my dad to go through all this and do everything on the list. Thanks alot :D
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