So, a quick run down, minus various switching of RAM modules all over the place:
- CoH crashes, xp bluescreens while on welcome screen loading profile
- quick format
- usb devices don't work after mobo install
- attempt full format, stops at 6%
- quick format x2, usb devices never work after mobo drivers install
- nuke the hard drive to get rid of corruption, do a full format
- usb devices still don't work
- use ps2 mouse/keyboard to get sp3, usb devices work
- start installing shit over the course of a couple days, play one game of CoH just fine
- played one game of CoH today, extremely stuttery despite the fact that my cpu/memory was not at full load for maybe the first ten minutes of the game.
- get home, computer takes a long time to boot. It takes 2-5 minutes to get past the bios loading screen, and longer again to run the OS. Restarted a couple times, issue was never resolved, eventually got into windows with sheer perseverance. After starting up my usual programs I got a blue screen about PFN list corrupt.
- unplug second hard drive, run a full diagnostic on my hd using WD diagnostic tools. It checks out fine.
- Been switching memory modules around ever since, still takes a bitchlong time even to load the pre OS start up screen (not sure what it is called, before the bios). Sometimes when it finally loads it give me this error: " Warning! Now System is in Safe Mode. Please reset CPU or Memory Frequency in the CMOS setup"
I think my motherboard may be fried. Please help me out here, I am leaving for college a week from Saturday and I still have to pack around another 38 hours of work before then. I don't have a lot of free time to resolve this issue, especially if I need to find, buy, install and troubleshoot a new motherboard. Because of course, something else will go wrong with the new mobo too in these circumstances.
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I'll fill in the details in a bit, hopefully when I can get off of this netbook keyboard, but long story short I formatted and have a fresh install of XP. However, as soon as I install motherboard drivers, my mouse and keyboard stop working. This has happened about three times. Ideas?
So...I've been having some problems with my desktop lately, CoH didn't like being on for more than one game straight without restarting, errors on startup, etc. General 10 month old XP install bullshit I thought. Today CoH crashed mid-game, couldn't get out of it, had to hard restart. After I boot the comp back up again, it stopped on the "loading user info" on the welcome screen (auto-login) and eventually BSOD/dumps memory. Kept doing that, I repaird the install of XP, now I can get just to my desktop. No usb devices work (mouse/keyboard), and after a bit it has another BSOD that says there is a "hard error". I am presently reseating RAM/checking connections. I would like to get this install to work for tonight if possible, and start a reformat tomorrow. Halp?
- CoH crashes, xp bluescreens while on welcome screen loading profile
- quick format
- usb devices don't work after mobo install
- attempt full format, stops at 6%
- quick format x2, usb devices never work after mobo drivers install
- nuke the hard drive to get rid of corruption, do a full format
- usb devices still don't work
- use ps2 mouse/keyboard to get sp3, usb devices work
- start installing shit over the course of a couple days, play one game of CoH just fine
- played one game of CoH today, extremely stuttery despite the fact that my cpu/memory was not at full load for maybe the first ten minutes of the game.
- get home, computer takes a long time to boot. It takes 2-5 minutes to get past the bios loading screen, and longer again to run the OS. Restarted a couple times, issue was never resolved, eventually got into windows with sheer perseverance. After starting up my usual programs I got a blue screen about PFN list corrupt.
- unplug second hard drive, run a full diagnostic on my hd using WD diagnostic tools. It checks out fine.
- Been switching memory modules around ever since, still takes a bitchlong time even to load the pre OS start up screen (not sure what it is called, before the bios). Sometimes when it finally loads it give me this error: " Warning! Now System is in Safe Mode. Please reset CPU or Memory Frequency in the CMOS setup"
I think my motherboard may be fried. Please help me out here, I am leaving for college a week from Saturday and I still have to pack around another 38 hours of work before then. I don't have a lot of free time to resolve this issue, especially if I need to find, buy, install and troubleshoot a new motherboard. Because of course, something else will go wrong with the new mobo too in these circumstances.
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I'll fill in the details in a bit, hopefully when I can get off of this netbook keyboard, but long story short I formatted and have a fresh install of XP. However, as soon as I install motherboard drivers, my mouse and keyboard stop working. This has happened about three times. Ideas?
So...I've been having some problems with my desktop lately, CoH didn't like being on for more than one game straight without restarting, errors on startup, etc. General 10 month old XP install bullshit I thought. Today CoH crashed mid-game, couldn't get out of it, had to hard restart. After I boot the comp back up again, it stopped on the "loading user info" on the welcome screen (auto-login) and eventually BSOD/dumps memory. Kept doing that, I repaird the install of XP, now I can get just to my desktop. No usb devices work (mouse/keyboard), and after a bit it has another BSOD that says there is a "hard error". I am presently reseating RAM/checking connections. I would like to get this install to work for tonight if possible, and start a reformat tomorrow. Halp?
