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There's a ghost in my computer! AH!

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Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: November 25, 2005 at 20:03:30 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home
CPU/Ram: 1.4 GHz/480 MB
Comment:

Hello everyone! :-D
OK, I've been having some trouble with this comp since a long time ago... the first thing that ever happened was that it shutted off for no reason and then showing a blinking red LED in the power light, which is usually static green... I formatted, and it fixed. After a while it started doing it again. Then the HDD started clicking... I cleaned the case and it fixed everything, and it never happened again. Then, once in a while, after I shut it off, it turns on again after 5 seconds or so, without asking me for my boot password... And today... I was playing Digimon Digital Card Battle on ePSXe (popular PlayStation emu) when it suddenly restarted. When Windows came back up, I got 2 messages:

http://sulfurmidis.com/videoprobs.jpg

What do I do at this point? It's a Compaq Presario 6010US, and I have upgraded it with a 2nd hard drive, a DVD-RW drive, and 256 more of RAM... Does anyone know? Thanks! ;-)

http://sulfurmidis.com/sulfursoft
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

If I connect my microwave to my PC, will I be able to download food?



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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: November 25, 2005 at 21:02:47 Pacific
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It's pretty obvious that the problem is with your video drivers...uninstall them, then reinstall them.

Then change the settings so that your system doesn't restart when it encounters a problem:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02may13.mspx

Also, I suggest you do the first 4 tweaks on this list (at least):

http://www.pcnineoneone.com/tweaks/tweekz_xp.html


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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: November 25, 2005 at 22:05:30 Pacific
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Response Number 3
Name: plainandsimple
Date: November 25, 2005 at 23:47:54 Pacific
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El-Trucha - welcome back, yes it the the Emulation Software messing with the Video Drivers. Also your HDD may be dying have you run diagnostics ?


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Response Number 4
Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: November 26, 2005 at 00:10:02 Pacific
Reply:

Alright... I went ahead and tried the HDD diagnostics first, I downloaded the Maxtor PowerMax diagnostic tool and I made a floppy. I restarted, with the floppy in drive, and Windows logo appeared... I shutted off at that point and rebooted. WHAT?! Where did my boot password go?! I shutted down again, but this time, I opened BIOS setup. Boot order was set to floppy first... I set a new boot password, saved changes and rebooted. Still my floppy won't boot! What the hell?! Maybe my BIOS battery's gone? How can I replace it? Thanks! ;-)

BTW: I'll try reinstalling video drivers now...

http://www.xthost.info/sulfurik/
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

Ruffle Mayo says ROFLMAO! :D


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Response Number 5
Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: November 26, 2005 at 00:21:39 Pacific
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Alright, did that! ;-)

BTW, DAVEINCAPS... I didn't know there was a sequel to Ghostbusters... :-|

http://www.xthost.info/sulfurik/
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

Ruffle Mayo says ROFLMAO! :D


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Response Number 6
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: November 26, 2005 at 12:05:22 Pacific
Reply:

Yeah, though it was nowhere near as good as the original.


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Response Number 7
Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: November 26, 2005 at 14:35:40 Pacific
Reply:

Hmm... I gotta watch it anyways... :-P

http://www.xthost.info/sulfurik/
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

Ruffle Mayo says ROFLMAO! :D


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