Computer is dead/dying, help please.

2008-07-04 04:17:08

#1

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6058|Catherine Black

K when I start up my computer, all goes fine, until the log-in stage. I click my account and enter my password then my computer either freezes or I get these diagonal multi-coloured lines across the screen. I thought it was a hardware problem, but it wouldn't work from start up if it was, but I can't think of any software I have installed/uninstalled that would cause this, and it was working fine when I shut it down last night.

Currently running in safe mode with networking, and all seems fine.

2.4Ghz P4
7600GT
2GB DDR RAM

No O/C.

2008-07-04 04:29:02

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

Driver incompatibility possibly. Reinstall OS.

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

2008-07-04 04:33:26

#3

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6058|Catherine Black

Negative on the tinned pigeon.

(No can do)

Don't have the OS CD.

2008-07-04 04:45:18

#4

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6954|West Yorkshire, U.K

Save all your files/important stuff

re-format (and hope this works) and find an OS!

2008-07-04 04:45:41

#5

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6058|Catherine Black

Kurazoo wrote:
Save all your files/important stuff

re-format (and hope this works) and find an OS!

Nothing else?

EDIT: Can't system restore, no restore points, I wiped my temp folder, is that where they're stored?

Last edited by Sir Schmoopy (2008-07-04 04:46:16)

2008-07-04 04:59:05

#6

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|6941|UK

when you downloaded torrents while didnt you download something useful?

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2008-07-04 05:03:59

#7

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6058|Catherine Black

m3thod wrote:
when you downloaded torrents while didnt you download something useful?

Could you put that into English?

2008-07-04 05:46:38

#8

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6504|United Kingdom

Probably something like Acronis or of the like.

2008-07-04 05:48:25

#9

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6058|Catherine Black

When did people stop making sense in this forum.

o.O

2008-07-04 13:20:03

#10

signa: ~~~~~; +50|6998|Michigan, USA

if you think its a software problem maybe try creating a new account. and see if the problem happens there too. if it doesn't, then copy all your stuff to the new account and kill the old account.

2008-07-04 13:40:04

#11

=Karma-Kills=: "Don't post while intoxicated."; +356|6854|England

If this has only recently started happening, its probably a software / driver issue.

If you can get into safe mode, then your half way to fixing it.

When did this start happening? System restore to before that.

Start > run > msconfig Disable all non critical processes.

Start > run > services.msc What services are autostarting? Any new ones relating to recently installed programmes?

Start > Control Panel > Admin Tools > Event Viewer Whats failing?

2008-07-04 16:29:56

#12

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6986|Riva, MD

You probably don't have access to it, but you should torrent your OS and something to burn it to a CD with.

2008-07-04 16:32:49

#13

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

Sir Schmoopy wrote:
Negative on the tinned pigeon.

(No can do)

Don't have the OS CD.

I think Crazed has 5 copies of XP for sale.

2008-07-04 16:38:38

#14

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

Pfft, seeing how your computer looks, I'm not surprised.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-07-04 20:57:15

#15

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7035|Cambridge (UK)

Well, schmoops, baby, you're, well, quite possibly, um, fucked.

1. You need to re-install to check that it's not a software issue.
2. You don't have an install CD.

However, it may well not be a software issue.

Diagonal lines across the screen might be indicative of a video-card failure.

1. If you have a mobo with on-board video, switch to that in the BIOS and take out your video-card.
2. If you don't have on-board video, you need to find a spare video-card and swap it in for your 7600.
C. If that doesn't help, then it's time to start going through components - could be CPU - you got a spare P4? maybe mobo - what about that?

2008-07-05 08:38:15

#16

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7112|Alberta, Canada

Sir Schmoopy wrote:
When did people stop making sense in this forum.

o.O

It's the tech forum, they never make sense.

2008-07-05 10:48:04

#17

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7035|Cambridge (UK)

Ryan wrote:
Sir Schmoopy wrote:
When did people stop making sense in this forum.

o.O
It's the tech forum, they never make sense.

It was fine until the monkeys got here.

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