Major Problem!! (HELP NEEDED!!)

Irishpimpdude

Hi people ok i need help with a major problem im having with my computer random programs stop working after about 20 minutes and also taskmanager wont show only the little taskmanager icon in the notification area,then when i restart the computer it freezes completely like the mouse moves around but no programs respond,
,ive tried formating and everything.

At first i thought it was the harddrive, so i got a replacement.

Now im thinking the motherboard

Note: when i take my ram out and put it back in about 20mins later it works i got 2 sticks so i dont thing there both broken!


I really need help with this please post your thoughts!!!!!

Thanks in advance,

Darrell

snappieT

Can you get into Safe Mode?

Press F8 during startup, and you should get the option to boot into Safe Mode

Irishpimpdude

i will check now, brb

Irishpimpdude

ok yeah i can boot into safe mode but when i turned my computer off it wouldnt work for ages so i booted into safemode with networking and that works

quarryman

could it be overheating. what setup is your machine?

Irishpimpdude

i dont think it is overheating after 30mins man its a factory machine

emachines 190 lol i added to things though and ive taken them out to see if change and i have the case open

galwaydude18

Try disconnecting everthing lik all you cd drives, floppy drive anything like that. Just leave your hard drive with the os on it connected to the power supply. Might be something to do with a failing power supply....

Irishpimpdude

tried man :-\

Zounds

Have you tested the RAM sticks individualy?

Irishpimpdude

yes i have man im just confused!!

Zounds

don't suppose you have a spare CPU lying around so you could test that?

DsC

If it helps , and im sure it doesn't , my e-machine 820 went kaput a couple weeks ago , mainly cos they suck .. mother board blew after a few months with a nice sound card.

Its probably your bus or cache failing on the mobo.. e-machines usualy have a ****y 120 watt power supply

Irishpimpdude

its a 250w power supply and no i dont have an extra cpu

galwaydude18

Ah come on it's hardly the cpu. What would be the chance of that failing especially as it's a factory built pc. Can you try the ram in another machine? Say a friends or something just to eleminate that it's not faulty ram... If you can and find it's not faulty have you thought about reinstalling your os. Could be something gone wrong in there.
I would aslo recommond updating your anti virus and anti spyware and run the tests on them to make sure it's not a virus or spyware on your pc playing hell...

Zounds

If you're virus and spyware stuff is up-to-date, it'd have to be the OS or mobo at this stage

AFTERTHOUGHT: You should download "Hijack this" and check out anything suspicious looking with http://www.what-process.com/

galwaydude18

ya that's what I reckon myself but it could be also faulty ram... Ah the thougths of either the mobo or ram being faulty send chills down my spine...

Irishpimpdude

um there is no suspicious processes running and btw i dont think its the ram because i doubt the 2 sticks could be faulty.. one stick i got in the machine and the other i bought.

gamer

download spybot to get rid of any malware spyware,try safe mode see does it stll crash after 20minutes, you may be running too many process,s and you may not have enough memory.how much memory have u got, what os are you using.you should have 512meg for win xp .run virus check.and scandisk.

Mutant_Fruit

Well, if he formatted his HD and reinstalled, and that made no difference, it'd HAVE to be hardware. But its not a typical problem caused by hardware.

So i think he mustn't have formatted, he must have just reinstalled over the old version of windows.

Irishpimpdude

yes i have 512mb ddr pc 2100
celeron 2.20

yeah i know its outdated and a crap computer im gonna build a new comp soon anyways hehehe i just bought a motherboard off komplett does anyone know if i would be allowed send it back it it didnt fix the problem???

Mutant_Fruit

If you open it, then you can't send it back. If you don't open it you can.

If you open it and it doesn't sort the problem, then i'm afraid the only way to get money back on the mobo is to sell it as second hand.

Irishpimpdude

ok thanks mutant

gamer

try mem stick 1,take out 1 stick,use anti static precautions,earth yourself off water tap.if pc doesnt crash on 1 stick ,ie 256meg ram ,it means other stick is faulty.swap round sticks.they should be same speed and specification.take case off pc for hour, then see if it crashes,it cud be overheating,has cpu got fan on it.its easy to destroy memory sdrams if u dont take memory antistatic precautions.u shoud use anti static wristband,when handling chips or motherboards.

Peeps1977

there is a programme for checkin ure ram the longer u leave it run the better i cant remember what its called (mem test or similer) i got a link here b4 for it

Mutant_Fruit

If you're worried about static, leave the PC plugged in (but flick off the power at the socket) and touch the case with both hands.

Then leave one hand touching the case (or some part of your arm) and take out the memory sticks. Also, never put electronics on TOP of an anti-static bag. They should only ever go inside the bag, what with static charge always residing on the outside of the container.

Diarmuid

Download the cd iso for http://www.memtest86.com/ and run it on your RAM. If there's a problem with the RAM that will find it.

paddy

Peeps1977 wrote:

there is a programme for checkin ure ram the longer u leave it run the better i cant remember what its called (mem test or similer) i got a link here b4 for it

memtest

Download it and make a bootdisk, and you will know by the end of the evening if you have bad ram.

Peeps1977

thats the one paddy