pc dilemma

2008-02-27 11:40:08

#1

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6760|Birmingham UK

sos bout the shit quality....got back from gym ...and i knew my pc wasnt going to start up so recorded it....hence the heavy breathin etc etc

whenever is start my pc ...well 90% of the time...it fails to do a proper startup first time...and then second time round its kwl...i always power down the pc properly ..an still get faulty startups like shown in the video...

any ideas???

spec is ...

e6750
8800gt
4gb ocz ram
550 watt psu
320gb samsung hdd
samsung disc drive
abit ip35 pro mobo

this has happened since the start by the way ...january time ..i just havent realli worried bout it till now...

2008-02-27 11:44:08

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

disable automatic restart. Should give you a blue-screen with an error code

Boot into Safe Mode (EDIT: actually if you are able to get into windows, you might as well do it from there)

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box.

Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times.

Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.

Last edited by max (2008-02-27 11:46:01)

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2008-02-27 12:11:01

#3

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6760|Birmingham UK

i think thts solved then for now...

im running 64bit vista an the startup is fairly slow...how can i speed it up ?

02

2008-02-27 12:17:56

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

enable boot up with both proc cores (msconfig-->boot-->advanced options-->number of processors: 2),
disable any startup items you don't need,
disable any services you don't need,
enable No GUI boot or OS boot information (msconfig --> boot),
defrag the drives,
disable any devices you don't need though BIOS (like IDE controller if your drive is SATA)

think that's it

got another one. make sure you're fully patched. There's been a lot of performance enhancing patches for x64 since it was released

Last edited by max (2008-02-27 13:30:32)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-27 13:11:33

#5

aimless: Member; +166|6403|Texas

max wrote:
enable boot up with both proc cores (msconfig-->boot-->advanced options-->number of processors: 2),
disable any startup items you don't need,
disable any services you don't need,
enable No GUI boot or OS boot information (msconfig --> boot), defrag the drives,
disable any devices you don't need though BIOS (like IDE controller if your drive is SATA)

think that's it

got another one. make sure you're fully patched. There's been a lot of performance enhancing patches for x64 since it was released

Will the /NOGUIBOOT and /NUMPROC=2 work with XP as well?

2008-02-27 13:27:23

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

aimless wrote:
max wrote:
enable boot up with both proc cores (msconfig-->boot-->advanced options-->number of processors: 2),
disable any startup items you don't need,
disable any services you don't need,
enable No GUI boot or OS boot information (msconfig --> boot), defrag the drives,
disable any devices you don't need though BIOS (like IDE controller if your drive is SATA)

think that's it

got another one. make sure you're fully patched. There's been a lot of performance enhancing patches for x64 since it was released
Will the /NOGUIBOOT and /NUMPROC=2 work with XP as well?

yes

I think the equivalent of OS boot info is /SOS on XP. Shows the stuff starting like when you boot into safe mode

Last edited by max (2008-02-27 13:28:25)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-27 13:37:04

#7

xRBLx: I've got lovely bunch of coconuts!!; +27|6633|England - Kent

Bad ram? I used to get a blue screen insted when using 4gbs of oz ram took the bad two out and no probloms since.
I still ant got around to RMDing that ram its been nearly 3 months now lol

2008-02-27 14:25:49

#8

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

I also think its ram. When my PC rebooted itself, I took a memory stick out and it solved the problem.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-02-27 14:27:08

#9

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6760|Birmingham UK

bhuuuurrr shit ...ive got like 2 x 2gb sticks

one in dimm slot 1.....and one in dimm slot 3 ...

anythin i can do ...really cba wit gettin it rma'd

2008-02-27 14:37:39

#10

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

download memtest, burn to disk/copy to USB stick and do a couple of rounds of it

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-27 14:39:20

#11

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

max wrote:
download memtest, burn to disk/copy to USB stick and do a couple of rounds of it

That takes ages.

2008-02-27 14:57:07

#12

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

.Sup wrote:
max wrote:
download memtest, burn to disk/copy to USB stick and do a couple of rounds of it
That takes ages.

run it overnight, doesn't matter that it takes ages when you're sleeping

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-27 14:57:52

#13

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

max wrote:
.Sup wrote:
max wrote:
download memtest, burn to disk/copy to USB stick and do a couple of rounds of it
That takes ages.
run it overnight, doesn't matter that it takes ages when you're sleeping

Isn't it easier to just take 1 stick out?

2008-02-27 15:04:08

#14

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6760|Birmingham UK

ive took 1 stick out an tested it
worked fine

ive swapped sticks and tht worked fine
an ive now wiped off the crap which was collectin on the heat sinks ..an they seem to be workin fine wit no startup probs...so fingers crossed

2008-02-27 15:05:47

#15

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

.Sup wrote:
max wrote:
.Sup wrote:

That takes ages.
run it overnight, doesn't matter that it takes ages when you're sleeping
Isn't it easier to just take 1 stick out?

how do we know that it's even a mem problem and not related to anything else? And which stick has (hypothetically) gone bad?

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-27 15:10:12

#16

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

max wrote:
.Sup wrote:
max wrote:

run it overnight, doesn't matter that it takes ages when you're sleeping
Isn't it easier to just take 1 stick out?
how do we know that it's even a mem problem and not related to anything else? And which stick has (hypothetically) gone bad?

You take one out and try. He says its going good so far. Lets hope it stays that way.

2008-02-27 15:12:00

#17

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6846|NYC / Hamburg

.Sup wrote:
max wrote:
.Sup wrote:

Isn't it easier to just take 1 stick out?
how do we know that it's even a mem problem and not related to anything else? And which stick has (hypothetically) gone bad?
You take one out and try. He says its going good so far. Lets hope it stays that way.

If you take one out and it doesn't crash doesn't necessarily have to mean that the other stick has gone bad. The only way to positively know that it's a mem problem is by running memtest

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-02-27 15:12:57

#18

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6760|Birmingham UK

i shall run memtest tomorrow afternoon an get back to u with what i find out....for now its off to bed to watch some south park lol

cheers for the help guys

karma to u

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