My computer is dying

FBG · January 27, 2003, 10:15:00 AM

Gawd last night really took the piss, every 10-20 minutes my computer crashed, fully locked and needed a restart. Its driving me TANGOing crazy.

What i cant understand is its hasn't done this before! Im thinking it may be the fact my cpu is running at a temp of 55'C but like i said why should this effect it now? its been fine for the last 1.5 years.

Im not %100 shure this is the cause, i dont think my comp crashes any other time, i.e. when im not playing CS. But its driving me up the wall!

So i guess i may have to upgrade to a cooling system of some sorts. I could initially put in an extra fan but would that really do much? or am i looking at a more extravagant solution?

ergh, I would go out and buy it know but alas im off to australia and cant afford it.

Fck fck fck fck

Dr Sadako · January 27, 2003, 10:31:43 AM

For how long have you been running your OS?

Maybe a format c: would help. Microsoft Virus 95/98/Me/2000/XP are known to go bananas after some time... :?

FBG · January 27, 2003, 11:09:45 AM

i think since ive had my computer ive installed the os all of one time. I have recently re-installed CS but i would like to think that cant be the cause?

anyway i really need to pamper my computer a little.

sheepy · January 27, 2003, 12:26:36 PM

a couple of extra fans cat hurt. especially with that running temp.

FrEnZy · January 27, 2003, 12:31:16 PM

Although god know what could happen if you take advise off that sheep! :lol:

Gandalf · January 27, 2003, 01:13:01 PM

QuoteFor how long have you been running your OS?

Maybe a format c: would help. Microsoft Virus 95/98/Me/2000/XP are known to go bananas after some time... :?

2000 and XP should not need to be re-installed after time as they handle memory in a completely different manner.

W9x however, needs to be re-installed every 3 - 6 months for peak performance.

smilodon · January 27, 2003, 01:46:04 PM

Personally I'd reformat before I spent any cash. XP & 2000 don't usually go belly up as Gandalf says (although installing the latest Nvidia drivers did a pretty good job of buggering up XP for me). I'd still rather invest a bit of time before I invested a lot of cash irrispective of OS.

Format and be damned :wink:

Dr Sadako · January 27, 2003, 01:54:55 PM

Well my 2000prof went belly after 1.5 years of hard use and I had to reinstall. I think that is good though for a Win OS.

Btw .. do you have RealPlayer installed? If you have U N I N S T A L L it asap. This program sucks your resources. It is a god damn virus if you ask me. :evil:

FBG · January 27, 2003, 02:04:48 PM

humm, yeah i think realplayer was installed, i think i managed to delete most of what it was running, even after i had unistalled it!!!

The best reason for a re-install is to get rid of all the extra crap that some games/apps/appz dont fully uninstall.

Gh0st Face Killah · January 27, 2003, 03:32:07 PM

First port of call would be to look at the software and then if you are still seeing problems hardware would be next. 55 degC is within the operating parameters of the processor so that shouldn't cause a problem but extra cooling probably wouldn't go amiss.

Anonymous · January 27, 2003, 05:29:02 PM

If you are running XP and have admin rights on the PC have a look at:

Start // All Programs // Accessories // System Tools // System Information

Then select VIEW // SYSTEM HISTORY from the menubar.

If you can remember roughly when the problem started the history may point to something you changed/installed. You may be worth looking at the event log too to see if any of the lockups were recorded there.

HTH?