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i DARE you to actually help me fix my computer...
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311saint
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17. November 2005 @ 16:46 |
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Hi! I'm having a major, super, apparently unfixable problem with my computer.
Here's what happens, I turn on my computer like normal. Although now it's taking a lot longer to load, but I'll get to that in a minute... it loads, I do, whatever on it for a time. A long time usually, the better part of a day. I turn the screen off and leave it on to continue sharing torrent files, or whatever.
Anyway, by the time I wake up or shortly into the next day, it will crash. Now, it's not a typical crash. It's a crash that contains no text at all, no error message. What happens is a simple blue screen comes up, that looks something like a desktop background. It's blue and it goes in a diagonal line like this /, all across the screen. I can't see anything. Apparently, the programs still run underneath this, screen, but I can't see them. If audio was going, I can still hear the audio, but nothing else. Also, if I'm watching a movie in full-screen mode at the time, instead of crashing to the blue desktop thing, instead little black lines pop up that are also diagonal like the blue background.... or rather, foreground.
As far as I can tell, I have no possible idea what is causing it. I have tried getting in touch with Dell support many times, and if I get them on the phone, I get someone who speaks in broken English, and I can barely understand them. Or I go online and talk to them, and they take forever to respond, talk in broken English, and they all say I should do different things.
I have even gone and reinstalled Windows using this as a guide http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdrepair I encountered a few problems while doing it, like error messages saying my disc didn't past Windows Logo testing or something, but apparently it went through.
I then couldn't get any sound, so I found a driver off Dell's site and installed that. I thought, well, my troubles are over, I've completely wiped Windows, anything that was going wrong with it should be gone by now.
It isn't. It crashed on me, about an hour or so after I had logged onto Guild Wars.
So, I am fresh out of any... ANY ideas of what to do. I don't know how to delete EVERYTHING ON THE COMPUTER EVER, but even if I did, that would set me back so far. I've lost many discs to things I've already installed, don't have registration numbers anymore, there's all kinds of files here, and bookmarks, and cookies, and whatnot. I don't want to have to just start this thing from scratch again, but unless someone out there has any idea of how to fix this, it looks like I'm going to have to.
In which case, someone please tell me how to start this thing up again from scratch. Thanks.
According to a survey everyone who read this signature has offically wasted a small amount of their time.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 17. November 2005 @ 16:48
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17. November 2005 @ 17:50 |
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I don't do dares, but since you do the torrents, check for a virus.
I would add that I have no sympathy for you, but that would be unkind, so I won't say it.
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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ddp
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17. November 2005 @ 18:32 |
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if everything is still running in the background when you have the diagonial blue screen than i would try another videocard to see if still does it or not. start saving your info on cds as 1 day you will loose all your info off your hd for some reason.
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311saint
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17. November 2005 @ 22:55 |
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Quote:
I don't do dares, but since you do the torrents, check for a virus.
I would add that I have no sympathy for you, but that would be unkind, so I won't say it.
I don't do anything illegal with it, jackass.
According to a survey everyone who read this signature has offically wasted a small amount of their time.
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colw
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18. November 2005 @ 02:33 |
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Try replacing interface between chair and keyboard - suspect it is malfuctioning.
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rugripper
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18. November 2005 @ 03:46 |
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LMAO @ colw
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ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
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ddp
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18. November 2005 @ 06:25 |
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a junior member shouldn't insult another member especially senior & above as could result flames & thunder!!
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18. November 2005 @ 06:47 |
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It's ok, ddp. I was semi-trolling.
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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ddp
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18. November 2005 @ 06:53 |
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only semi!! hate to see what full blown trolling does than!!
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311saint
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18. November 2005 @ 13:13 |
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I got more help on a GameFAQs board than here, and GameFAQs is notorious for having non-helpful people... that's saying something, that I got more help from them than you guys.
According to a survey everyone who read this signature has offically wasted a small amount of their time.
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18. November 2005 @ 14:55 |
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your hard drive is not spinning at the correct RPM and it will die real soon get a new one and start backing up files.I hate dares.
Is it crap or is it memorex?
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rugripper
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18. November 2005 @ 14:55 |
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you know what saint,lets play hangman,a game of your style and class.i will even give you 2 letters,here we go:
---- -ff have fun d--- < heres your bonus round
thermaltake tsunami dream case windowed-all aluminium
ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
amd64 3700+ san diego 64 bit
corsair 3500LLpros ddr500
evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
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