WTF is wrong with my computer

Discussion in 'Computers and The Internet' started by unfocusedanakin, Jun 6, 2012.

  1. unfocusedanakin

    unfocusedanakin The Archaic Revival Lifetime Supporter

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    So I have mcaffe and also ran the Microsoft malicious software tool and both come up with nothing.

    But sometimes my computer will just shut off. I will be typing and it will say "going into stand by mode" and the only way to fix it is to turn it off the hard way. Yet when I do this and turn it back on the screen I was on pops back up even though the computer had no power.

    It is also lagging on youtube. I listen to allot of music that is like 90 min long sets and it will just stop streaming but if I click a little father forward past the point it stopped it will start to stream again no problem.

    I have had the computer less then a year and it didn't do this before just in recent weeks. And I do not download anything at all. And I do not look at adult sites ( I have a gf for that). I understand those are full of malware because people know everyone looks at them so if making a virus you put it where people are most likely to be.

    Any ideas? The computer does not seem slow doing anything else.
     
  2. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    i had a problem like you describe a while back and couldnt figure it out then i removed one of the ram sticks and it got way worse so then i swapped the ram i left in with the ram i took out and it worked fine so then i brought back the bad one and they gave me a free replacement and the problem is gone ever since

    but im just guessing

    (mine was a laptop)
     
  3. papa wolf

    papa wolf Member

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    I don't know man , it's a wonder i can even turn mine on . All the tech crap , I get so lost , confused and angry . Some days it's all I can do not to have a spaz attack and light it and myself on fire . They didn't teach this crap to us old folks in school .

    But yours , sounds diff. . I think the bitch is just lazy . Slackin off and what not . I think you should smack the bitch around a little , so it whose boss . That will fix it up real good , yes sir ,real good .
     
  4. midgardsun

    midgardsun Senior Member

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    lol were discussing about future wars, weapons, nuclear plants to be....and you wonder why your computer has problems? Since we started the discussion my computer has been cut off at least 10 times already, that never happens when Im in weather forums or so lol
     
  5. papa wolf

    papa wolf Member

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    I got a "ram stick too " . Never knew I had the option to swap it though . The old one does have a lot of miles on it . Perhaps it's time for a replacement . Or at least a pump . :2thumbsup:
     
  6. unfocusedanakin

    unfocusedanakin The Archaic Revival Lifetime Supporter

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    Yeah I have wondered that. Maybe the government doesn't like me posting what I do.

    I don't want to take it to Geek squad because they will charge allot and probably only do what I have already done. Plus I don't want other people seeing who unfocuedanakin is haha
     
  7. Death

    Death Grim Reaper Lifetime Supporter

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    reinstall windows..
     
  8. unfocusedanakin

    unfocusedanakin The Archaic Revival Lifetime Supporter

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    I can do that? I thought the computer would not work without an OS. I will look into how to do that.
     
  9. Aerianne

    Aerianne Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    Could you try restoring it to a date before the problem started?
     
  10. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    Skynet

    :eek:

    j/k. Sounds like kind of complex problem to me. I've done a lot of working with computers (mainly my own) solving problems, googling, downloading fixes... technology these days... definitely doesn't come without it's kinks. I'm not so sure about the Youtube thing. Only that it sounds like it might be lack of connection through your WiFi network. That's my only idea of why the videos would be lagging. As for going into stand-by or sleep mode unexpectedly, if it's not some crazy hardware problem, try checking your display options. Sounds like you know your way around on a PC, but if you're wondering, go into control panel, display, and there should be either display options or sleep settings. On Vista you can change sleep settings to where the computer will go into stand-by or hibernate mode after so long that the computer is inactive. A rather simple fix, if your problem isn't more complex.

    :eek:

    Hope this helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to send me a message.

    :2thumbsup:



    You could try system restore too. Completely forgot about that until I scrolled up :lol:
     
  11. arthur itis

    arthur itis Senior Member

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    My computer (a DIY project from around 2001, with a P4 running at 1.8 GHz, using Windows 2000 Pro, back then) was doing that for a while. It would shut down on its own, or freeze and then not be able to shut down without just holding the power button down for about 8 seconds.

    It seemed to begin after I added a second, large hard drive, which was used. At first I suspected a setting that would allow "LBA" (large block addressing), since it was a lot bigger drive (160 Gigs) than my original drive (60 Gigs). But the LBA was enabled, so I went on with my research.

    Eventually, I tried fixing it by doing a "diagnostic" test on the hard drives, using software that was free, from the manufacturer's site. It was a Seagate hard drive, and the software is called "Seatools". I downloaded the DOS version (since it was an older computer, using W2000) and saved it to a floppy disk, and booted off of that disk. To do this, you have to be certain that in BIOS, the "A" drive (floppy drive) is set to be 1st in the order of boot, and then start up the computer with the floppy in the drive.

    So, I booted with the diagnostic disk and it ran a diagnostic on the drive, actually on both of my drives, because I wanted to check the integrity of the original drive also. The diagnostic came up with bad sectors, and "fixed them".

    From that point, it worked for a while, but the original problem came back after a while, so I re-ran the diagnostic, and it found a few more bad sectors, but still, said it was "repaired" after I told it to fix the drive.

    And still,,it kept doing the spontaneous shutdowns, every time I accessed that new drive for more than, say, ten minutes. I'd be right in the middle of watching a movie and then,,,off.

    I also tried swapping out the RAM, and still,,,

    So,,finally, I went into BIOS again, and deciding to be adventurous and brave (since the computer was acting like a piece of shit anyway), and messed with some default settings. There are two of them in my BIOS (I don't think everyone has these default settings available to them in BIOS, but you may). One setting sets the defaults for "optimal", and the other sets them for "best performance". I wasn't sure which one to choose, so I chose each one, in turn (though I think one default actually over-rides the other, so whichever one I chose last must have been it).

    Whichever one I chose seemed to do the trick. I haven't had a problem since that time, at all, in relation to spontaneous shut-downs, freezes, or whatever. Since I selected the default settings, it's been problem free,,for a couple of years now.

    I think the default settings simply set some timing options to make the computer communicate better with the RAM. Without setting the defaults, I think the RAM is timed wrongly, and every so often has a problem. The reason I believe this is that after setting the BIOS to default (can't remember if it was for "optimal" or "best performance"), when I looked at the RAM settings in another free program, it showed a different RAM speed than it was before. I think the original speed setting was "133", and now it was set to "100". So, I think the RAM just couldn't keep up with the speed it was set for, and slowing it down a bit got rid of "the hiccups".

    Anyway,,it sounds like a memory problem, whether it's in the settings, or the RAM itself.
     
  12. unfocusedanakin

    unfocusedanakin The Archaic Revival Lifetime Supporter

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    I think it's an adobe update. It occurred to me this all started when suggested I update. Now Adobe crashes all the time, I am going to try an old version of it. It says I am version 11.3

    I am no expert though.
     
  13. Tyrsonswood

    Tyrsonswood Senior Moment Lifetime Supporter

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    Maybe, but I can't see how Adobe could cause the symptoms you mentioned. Sounds more like hardware or the Windows operating system.

    What ever, do a backup of any important data you have, then I would do the fresh install of windows. Hopefully your system came with disks to do that.
     
  14. andrew45

    andrew45 Member

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    you noob tube .
    do this .
    format pc . old pc 4+ years need every 3 months format .
    check ram .
    clean it from the dust . sometimes you have to do that .
    unplug the pc . push the power button for 10 sec . plug it again . open . motherboard failure sometimes .
    before touching inside pc , touch with your hands something metal . or your pc case from outside .
     
  15. unfocusedanakin

    unfocusedanakin The Archaic Revival Lifetime Supporter

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    I am a noob? Well I am certainty not a pro IT person like my friends

    but the computer is less then a year old. I'm taking it to one of them, just have to unplug it from the wall which will be a bitch and a half.
     
  16. andrew45

    andrew45 Member

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    one year without format ?
     
  17. Tyrsonswood

    Tyrsonswood Senior Moment Lifetime Supporter

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    Why do you think a system would need formatting so often?
     
  18. andrew45

    andrew45 Member

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    many site use complex cookies and cache , and if you use it a lot . then a simple delete cache and cookies is useless . all pc need format maximum after 4 month . i am talking about microsoft system .
     
  19. desert-rat

    desert-rat Senior Member

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    One thing you might try is to run a distro of Linux as a live cd/dvd . If it runs fine then its probly a soft ware problem , if it still crashes then its a hard ware problem . http://distrowatch.com/ desert rat
    p.s. if you you dont know a live cd runs from the cd drive and is not installed on the hard drive , unless you want to install it .
     
  20. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    Did you check your settings for standby/power mode? What are they? What OS you using, how old is your hardware?

    All you guys using RAM sticks should try NOT using them and instead assign HD space for a RAM cache. Works way better. Problem is on many machines those RAM sticks are too slow. I never was able to get a RAM stick to work decently.
     

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