| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| I think the problem is the: |
| CPU |
|
0% |
[ 0 ] |
| motherboard |
|
14% |
[ 1 ] |
| RAM |
|
14% |
[ 1 ] |
| something else |
|
71% |
[ 5 ] |
|
| Total Votes : 7 |
|
| Author |
Message |
lion
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
|
 Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: What's wrong with this PC? |
 |
|
| What do you think is wrong with this PC? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:40 am Post subject: |
|
|
Really doesn't matter....unless you're buying it....  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: |
|
|
| simple way to rule out the ram is to run memtest overnight. any gremlin type errors like that have always involved bad ram for me. It also might be the power supply but that probably wouldnt explain the bsod. it also may be a corrupted harddrive, but again, im not sure that would cause the random restarts etc. Yup, I reckon its the ram. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Ram or bios...it has to be. You can get a new chip and it is cheap. The ram is cheap now and can be replaced. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lion
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
| hugekebab wrote: |
| simple way to rule out the ram is to run memtest overnight. |
Overnight? 20 hours and counting... thanks kebab! (RAM blameless so far btw...) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
| lion wrote: |
| hugekebab wrote: |
| simple way to rule out the ram is to run memtest overnight. |
Overnight? 20 hours and counting... thanks kebab! (RAM blameless so far btw...) |
hmm not the ram then...have you sorted out the problem yet? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lion
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Bored are we (bumping a 2 1/2 month old thread)? 
I have long since sent the PC up the river. I subsequently read a few articles about faulty motherboard capacitors (e.g. this one), and I suspect that may have been the problem because the list of possible symptoms matches what I was experiencing almost exactly, but don't have the box around anymore to visually inspect the caps.
Solution: MACBOOK 
Case closed. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Location: Your computer screen
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Not everyone has money to waste on a Macbook... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
