Computer Locking Up Minutes After Starting
Replies: 18 | Post Date: 04-29-2009, 09:21 PM | User: Lucifer Morning Star | Forums: hardforum.comI'd been having a problem with crashing to blue screen and getting the error of "irql is not less or equal to" for about a year. Now for the past 3 days my computer has started completely freezing either as soon as my desktop shows or 10-15min after startup. The only major change i've done is adding a second hard drive last weekend. But as stated, i didn't start having this problem till about 3 days ago, so i'm pretty sure it isn't the additional hard drive i added. Any help is appreciated. At this point i'm thinking that my only option is to just reformat.
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Computer Keeps Randomly Locking Up
I can be surfing the internet or listening to music and my computer keeps randomly locks up and when it does it i have to switch it off at the mains and back on again. I have tried removing the cmos battery, reinstalling windows. I have also tried a new power supply but still it makes no difference.
Posted On: June 17th, 2007, 01:42 PM . View 8 Replies .
I can be surfing the internet or listening to music and my computer keeps randomly locks up and when it does it i have to switch it off at the mains and back on again. I have tried removing the cmos battery, reinstalling windows. I have also tried a new power supply but still it makes no difference.
Posted On: June 17th, 2007, 01:42 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Not Starting
I was messing around and decided i wanted to delete the old system files from my c: drive from a previous install of windows xp. (Because since i have reinstalled on the d drive and i assumed i did not need 2 copies of the system files) i had assumed that the system files from the older install were not needed. So of course i had figured that i would just delete the old file's which were a pain in the back to get rid of because i had to do some major permission changes and reset's for each and every single file to gain "administrator" privelages even though i am already set as admin on my own machine. Anyways i went to restart my computer about 2 days later and i come to find out when i get to my "veryifying dmi pool data" screen it comes up shows the normal information then at the bottom it say's something along the lines of "missing ntldr press ctrl+alt+dlt to restart" and it will not boot into windows no matter what i can seem to think of doing. I'm not sure if i deleted something that has to do with raid or if it has just to do with windows system files. But i would really like to be able to keep or backup the really important stuff that i have on my drives. (Such as my family pictures from the last 5 years i don't have backed up anywhere else, and my last 3 years worth of my college work. (Papers, and graphic projects and what not. ))
Anyways i have a 3rd hard drive which is not on my raid which is also pretty empty, but i can't seem to isntall windows to it because it seem's to give me erors about a page fault on a non-paged area everytime i go to format that drive and install windows. (In hopes i can install it on that drive then read the info off of my other drives. ) If anyone knows how i can either just fix the ntldr or whatever file im missing or has any recommendations besides something along the lines of "it's busted forever and never gonna work again you might as well give it to me".
Posted On: 03-22-2004, 10:47 AM . View 7 Replies .
I was messing around and decided i wanted to delete the old system files from my c: drive from a previous install of windows xp. (Because since i have reinstalled on the d drive and i assumed i did not need 2 copies of the system files) i had assumed that the system files from the older install were not needed. So of course i had figured that i would just delete the old file's which were a pain in the back to get rid of because i had to do some major permission changes and reset's for each and every single file to gain "administrator" privelages even though i am already set as admin on my own machine. Anyways i went to restart my computer about 2 days later and i come to find out when i get to my "veryifying dmi pool data" screen it comes up shows the normal information then at the bottom it say's something along the lines of "missing ntldr press ctrl+alt+dlt to restart" and it will not boot into windows no matter what i can seem to think of doing. I'm not sure if i deleted something that has to do with raid or if it has just to do with windows system files. But i would really like to be able to keep or backup the really important stuff that i have on my drives. (Such as my family pictures from the last 5 years i don't have backed up anywhere else, and my last 3 years worth of my college work. (Papers, and graphic projects and what not. ))
Anyways i have a 3rd hard drive which is not on my raid which is also pretty empty, but i can't seem to isntall windows to it because it seem's to give me erors about a page fault on a non-paged area everytime i go to format that drive and install windows. (In hopes i can install it on that drive then read the info off of my other drives. ) If anyone knows how i can either just fix the ntldr or whatever file im missing or has any recommendations besides something along the lines of "it's busted forever and never gonna work again you might as well give it to me".
Posted On: 03-22-2004, 10:47 AM . View 7 Replies .
Computer Starting Problems
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Posted On: October 30th, 2004, 04:28 PM . View 5 Replies .
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Posted On: October 30th, 2004, 04:28 PM . View 5 Replies .
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My computer works fine, but i wanted a new graphics card. I had to buy a new psu as well, as my hiper hpu-4s425 wouldn't do the job. I bought a hiper hpu-4m580 as it was recommended, and put the new psu in the computer. The computer doesn't start. The cpu and psu fans spin for a second or so, then it turns off. After a few seconds, it tries to start again, and repeats. Put the old psu back in, and the computer runs fine. I sent the psu back as faulty, and received a new one in the post. It does exactly the same thing! I tried the psu in a different computer here at work, and (although the second computer only needs a 20 pin motherboard power connection) the computer starts fine. My computer is a core 2 duo 2. 66 ghz, on a ecs g33t-m2 motherboard. I've tried with everything unplugged, just the motherboard, processor and ram. No joy. Any suggestions please?
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My computer works fine, but i wanted a new graphics card. I had to buy a new psu as well, as my hiper hpu-4s425 wouldn't do the job. I bought a hiper hpu-4m580 as it was recommended, and put the new psu in the computer. The computer doesn't start. The cpu and psu fans spin for a second or so, then it turns off. After a few seconds, it tries to start again, and repeats. Put the old psu back in, and the computer runs fine. I sent the psu back as faulty, and received a new one in the post. It does exactly the same thing! I tried the psu in a different computer here at work, and (although the second computer only needs a 20 pin motherboard power connection) the computer starts fine. My computer is a core 2 duo 2. 66 ghz, on a ecs g33t-m2 motherboard. I've tried with everything unplugged, just the motherboard, processor and ram. No joy. Any suggestions please?
Posted On: March 27th 2009 . View 7 Replies .
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Posted On: 09-17-2007, 01:27 PM . View 8 Replies .
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Posted On: 10-10-2007, 10:35 AM . View 13 Replies .
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Posted On: 10-10-2007, 10:35 AM . View 13 Replies .
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Posted On: 05-04-2009, 10:51 AM . View 14 Replies .
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Re-seat ram
Re-seat sound card
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Remove all unneeded devices/items(all usb stuff, etc. )
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Creative x-fi xtreme sound card
Special heatsink
Antec 550w psu
Gigabyte 3d aurora case
Posted On: 05-04-2009, 10:51 AM . View 14 Replies .
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Posted On: October 15th, 2006, 01:52 AM . View 11 Replies .
Pc Keeps Rebooting And Randomly Locking Up
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Posted On: June 3rd 2005 . View 14 Replies .
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Posted On: June 3rd 2005 . View 14 Replies .
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Posted On: June 9th 2008 . View 3 Replies .
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Posted On: June 9th 2008 . View 3 Replies .
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Posted On: 03-15-2005, 05:47 PM . View 4 Replies .
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Posted On: 03-15-2005, 05:47 PM . View 4 Replies .
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Posted On: 08-03-2005, 03:32 PM . View 8 Replies .
Yesterday i formatted my pc, so i could add a smaller system drive, and then use 3 ide hdd's and 1 dvd-rw. Heres the setup i did:
Primary ide master - system drive
Primary ide slave - applications drive (empty)
Secondary ide master - docs drive (half full/half empty, up2u)
Secondary ide slave - dvd-rw
First boot from format, everything seemed snappy and fast, no problems. I started installing a few drivers, for nothing major, other than the nvidia hardware firewall on my dfi lanparty mb, and the basic mb drivers. Upon a required reboot, the machine now takes an immense 15 minutes to boot.
Posted On: 08-03-2005, 03:32 PM . View 8 Replies .
Internet Disconnect And Reconnect Every Few Minutes
Why does my internet disconnect and reconnect every few minutes? I use wireless internet for my pc, and when i use the internet, it works fine for 3-5 minutes then after that, it just disconnects. I already switched my wireless channel and nothing seems to help.
Posted On: 1 month ago . View 1 Replies .
Why does my internet disconnect and reconnect every few minutes? I use wireless internet for my pc, and when i use the internet, it works fine for 3-5 minutes then after that, it just disconnects. I already switched my wireless channel and nothing seems to help.
Posted On: 1 month ago . View 1 Replies .
Keys Are Starting To Stick After Spilled Soda On Keyboard
Yes, i did it. Laugh at me if you will. It still works fine, but some of my keys are starting to stick, especially the "e" key. Anything i can do to remedy this?
Posted On: 11-14-2008, 01:04 AM . View 24 Replies .
Yes, i did it. Laugh at me if you will. It still works fine, but some of my keys are starting to stick, especially the "e" key. Anything i can do to remedy this?
Posted On: 11-14-2008, 01:04 AM . View 24 Replies .
Nvidia Mx440 Blink Problem On Starting Winxp
When starting windows (xp) and when the desktop appear (is loaded) the screen "blinks" (went from normal to black and back for a fraction of sec) for 2 to 4 times (depending on the driver version i use). I have dual display enabled but with or without it the blinks are still there. I tried different drivers, uninstalled/installed the monitors (also i saw that i have 4! Monitors installed by default in cp/monitors by the graphic card driver, i guess this is normal)
The blink also appear when i access the driver settings dialog, so i'm sure it is related to the driver -> or maybe hardware. The blink is similar to the situation when the display resolution is changed, but in my case no display resolution is changed. What is the cause of this behavior? And how can i remove this blinking?
Posted On: 03-11-2005 . View 10 Replies .
When starting windows (xp) and when the desktop appear (is loaded) the screen "blinks" (went from normal to black and back for a fraction of sec) for 2 to 4 times (depending on the driver version i use). I have dual display enabled but with or without it the blinks are still there. I tried different drivers, uninstalled/installed the monitors (also i saw that i have 4! Monitors installed by default in cp/monitors by the graphic card driver, i guess this is normal)
The blink also appear when i access the driver settings dialog, so i'm sure it is related to the driver -> or maybe hardware. The blink is similar to the situation when the display resolution is changed, but in my case no display resolution is changed. What is the cause of this behavior? And how can i remove this blinking?
Posted On: 03-11-2005 . View 10 Replies .
Artifacting / Crashing When Starting Any Game / Full Screen Video
Really strange problem i've been having for a month. Whenever i run any game or a video in full screen or semi full screen, the computer instantly comes up with a screen full of artifacting for about 10 seconds, then restarts the computer. I've run cpu z, gpu z, and realtemp to see if there was some kind of thermal issue but the gpu core never goes above 58 before a crash, cpu sits at 32-38. All the ram has already been swapped out along with the power supply, hard drive and im in a very large and fan friendly case. At one point if i didn't restart the computer it wouldn't give me any trouble, but now it doesn't matter how many parts i re-seat or how many times i reboot, it happens every time without fail. Nothing appears in the windows event logs, and there are no blue/green screens. This has happened in windows vista 32-bit and windows xp pro so the os has nothing to do with it. I don't want to drop 500 bucks on a new vid card if i don't have to and i don't have a spare board or vid card laying around for further testing. Rig: bfg gtx 280, vista 32-bit home prem, 4*1gig dual chan, 650watt psu, intel core 2 duo e8400 3. 0ghz, systemboard: asus p5q series
Not overclocking, all bios/firmware updates installed, drivers have been updated and down-dated to newer/older versions.
Posted On: 07-15-2009, 12:58 PM . View 3 Replies .
Really strange problem i've been having for a month. Whenever i run any game or a video in full screen or semi full screen, the computer instantly comes up with a screen full of artifacting for about 10 seconds, then restarts the computer. I've run cpu z, gpu z, and realtemp to see if there was some kind of thermal issue but the gpu core never goes above 58 before a crash, cpu sits at 32-38. All the ram has already been swapped out along with the power supply, hard drive and im in a very large and fan friendly case. At one point if i didn't restart the computer it wouldn't give me any trouble, but now it doesn't matter how many parts i re-seat or how many times i reboot, it happens every time without fail. Nothing appears in the windows event logs, and there are no blue/green screens. This has happened in windows vista 32-bit and windows xp pro so the os has nothing to do with it. I don't want to drop 500 bucks on a new vid card if i don't have to and i don't have a spare board or vid card laying around for further testing. Rig: bfg gtx 280, vista 32-bit home prem, 4*1gig dual chan, 650watt psu, intel core 2 duo e8400 3. 0ghz, systemboard: asus p5q series
Not overclocking, all bios/firmware updates installed, drivers have been updated and down-dated to newer/older versions.
Posted On: 07-15-2009, 12:58 PM . View 3 Replies .