I have had issues with my pc since I had it built in January 08 but I've just dealt with them and went on. I should have never went to the local place that I did but you learn from your mistakes.
Anyway, the main issue I've had with the computer is that every once in a while it would freeze (random times - never doing a specific thing) and the screen would blink on and off. I would have to force it to shut down and restart. It sucked but it still worked very well.
Wedday night it got worse - the computer is frooze as soon as windows came up. My backgroud appeared, the icons appeared, then shortly after it would freeze. There was a couple of the 20+ times that I restarted that it would boot up completely then as soon as I would click on any program it would freeze.
I checked the fans, they were working fine. I blew out the dust and I checked the temp which was fine. So last night I started in Safe Mode and ran Error Checking (took about 8 hours or so) This morning - same thing - it froze as soon as windows came up.
I haven't installed any new programs in quite a while. I haven't changed any drivers that I can recall recently. I am just kind've at a loss and don't know where to look next. Sometimes my bios beeps but it's never consistant patterns. I checked for an update and was told by e-support several weeks ago that my bios was current.
I have XP, Nvidia GForce 8 series and a Pentium Prcoessor.
Any suggestions what I might could do next?
Thanks,
Caren
Anyway, the main issue I've had with the computer is that every once in a while it would freeze (random times - never doing a specific thing) and the screen would blink on and off. I would have to force it to shut down and restart. It sucked but it still worked very well.
Wedday night it got worse - the computer is frooze as soon as windows came up. My backgroud appeared, the icons appeared, then shortly after it would freeze. There was a couple of the 20+ times that I restarted that it would boot up completely then as soon as I would click on any program it would freeze.
I checked the fans, they were working fine. I blew out the dust and I checked the temp which was fine. So last night I started in Safe Mode and ran Error Checking (took about 8 hours or so) This morning - same thing - it froze as soon as windows came up.
I haven't installed any new programs in quite a while. I haven't changed any drivers that I can recall recently. I am just kind've at a loss and don't know where to look next. Sometimes my bios beeps but it's never consistant patterns. I checked for an update and was told by e-support several weeks ago that my bios was current.
I have XP, Nvidia GForce 8 series and a Pentium Prcoessor.
Any suggestions what I might could do next?
Thanks,
Caren