Many problems - Unknown cause - Please help!

[Graham_s]

for a while now, my girlfriend's computer has been playing up. It would randomly put itself into "sleep mode" (screen would go black and the words "entering sleep mode" would appear on the screen). the computer didnt switch itself off or anything, but the only way to get out of it was to reset or switch off the computer via the buttons on the front. Also, there was a problem with the graphics suddenly going all funny, it would come up with an error message regarding the graphics, and it would show as if it had the most basic graphics card ever - low resolution etc. Over the past week or two, the internet has suddenly decided it isn't going to work, except on safe mode. we have scanned for spyware, viruses and such using the appropriate programs, and I have upgraded the RAM, and there is no longer the issue with the graphics, but still the sleep mode problem and itnernet problem. The firewalls on the computer are all set up to allow internet access. sometimes the internet will connect but only for one page... and I plugged in my computer to the same point, and the internet didnt work at first, but did after restarting the router. literally nothing was done to the computer to make it not work so suddenly, except updating firefox. I dont even think that this is the issue, as the internet doesn't even work on internet explorer. We sent a ping to google.co.uk and the information was being sent but nothing being received.

Please help if you have any ideas!!

Thanks,

Graham

 

[billcan]

Graham,
I'm sorry that I don't have a solution to your problem, but am intrigued by your expression "acting the goat." Have never heard that before and wonder what its origin could be. I could understand its being used to describe the male role in a relationship, but not in the context here. Is it commonly used in the UK?
Best wishes for the resolution of your computer headaches.
Bill

 

[Graham_s]

Graham,
I'm sorry that I don't have a solution to your problem, but am intrigued by your expression "acting the goat." Have never heard that before and wonder what its origin could be. I could understand its being used to describe the male role in a relationship, but not in the context here. Is it commonly used in the UK?
Best wishes for the resolution of your computer headaches.
Bill

its an english expression. im sure you can work out what it means from the context it's in.

 

[Graham_s]

anyone? please?

 

[billcan]

re sleep mode

Graham,
Don't know if all your problems are related. Have you tried disabling sleep mode? That may cure the symptom, but not the cause.
If your OS is Windows XP, you can do that by right clicking on a blank portion of your screen and selecting "properties."

Then select screensaver and click the "power" button.
Under power schemes change the system standby setting to "Never"
Click OK to save the change.
If you're running VISTA, you should be able to find instructions on a search site..

Something may have also corrupted your graphics drivers. You can also download the appropriate drivers online from the manufacturer's website.

If the drivers have been corrupted, a possible cause is malware or memory, which you've addressed. Try a variety of (freeware) spyware scanners such as Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy and AVG's online scanner (formerly EWIDO) because one may pick up what the others have missed. You can also check online for viruses on the Panda and Kaspersky sites
and you can download a free trial version of Trojan Hunter.

Have you checked your power supply? That can cause strange problems from time to time.
I'm sure that with time others will respond with better answers.

I googled your expression "acting the goat" and found some interesting information. Will use it with some of my friends and see what they say.
Bill

 

[Graham_s]

cheers for the pointers. I havent tried disabling sleep mode, but I will give it a go. graphics - I had suspected it from the start, and I guess reinstalling the drivers won't hurt, so will try that too. Power supply isnt a problem, as I have tested it and used it on my computer in all the cables from that computer.
I am on XP SP2 - forgot to mention
I am using CCleaner, AVG, Spybot SD, Spyware Blaster, Ad Aware SE.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Graham_s]

...anyone??

 

[LQQK4Kaye]

media problems

Hello everyone,
Not sure if this is the right place for this questions .. my problems is everytime i tried toput music on the mp3 player ..i get half way throu and my sceen turns blue and then reboots. any idea why this happens?
Thanks

 

[LQQK4Kaye]

media problems

Hello everyone,
Not sure if this is the right place for this questions .. my problems is everytime i tried to put music on the mp3 player ..i get half way throu and my screen turns blue and then reboots. any idea why this happens?
Thanks

 

[Rik]

LQQK$Kaye, you need to start a new thread about your problem.

Graham_s, would you please follow steps 4 and 5 in these instructions Viruses/Spyware/Malware, preliminary removal instructions, then attach an HJT log into this thread, please do not cut and paste it.

 

[Tedster]

Hello everyone,
Not sure if this is the right place for this questions .. my problems is everytime i tried to put music on the mp3 player ..i get half way throu and my screen turns blue and then reboots. any idea why this happens?
Thanks

DO NOT piggyback on threads with problems. START YOUR OWN.

 

[Tedster]

...anyone??

have you run memtest 86+ to test your RAM? run for 7 passes or more.