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Help computer acting very weird HELP!
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2002 7:19 pm
by fearfox
I came home from lunch decided to turn off computer. I started messing with my ohther computers. Then i decided i wanted to play gangsters 2 so i turn it on it loads everything except after the loading window for windows xp i get a bluescreen and it just resets itself have no idea what is up with it. It resets so fast it does not even give me time too look at blue screen error. i thought maybe it was cause its overclocked so i put it back to stock speed 1 ghz and still same thing. Safe mode same thing.
HELP! HELP! PLZ!
My specs
Abit VP6 Mobo
Dual 1.0ghz@1.2ghz Pentium 3 cooled by Dragon orb 3
1.0gb Ram pc 133 by IBM
Ati Radeon 32MB DDR
Turtle Beach Montego sound card
NIC Linksys
I think either my win xp partition got corrupted or just does not want to work
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2002 7:38 pm
by fearfox
so theres nothing good but to start fresh again i have reformatted my 5 gig partion of win xp. Man my win xp has given me more trouble than previous OS.
Look at format % its going pretty fast hopefully this is whats wrong
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2002 7:48 pm
by marscheese
aright...I had the EXACT same problem. the first time I had it, I just his F5 repeatedly while the OS was booting, this brought up a sreen that had different boot options--choose "the last known configuration that worked". This allowed it to boot to the Windows screen. But, about 2 weeks later, the problem arose again and the previous solution didn't work. So, I just decided to format and install WIn98SE. If their is a known fix for this, or if their is a known cause, I'd LOVE to know...
I hear ya i am thinking of going back to win2k
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2002 7:54 pm
by fearfox
this is going be my last time installing windows xp and if it crashes one more time that is it i will go back to win2k. enought is enough. Just annoying the format. 3 strikes on windows xp and its out
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2002 11:09 pm
by PreDatoR
Ever thought that just maybe your processor is causing this to happen... Try running it at default and see if those problems come up... I had trouble with my chip running well over specks with XP... It was flaky at 1.53.... wouldn't even do 1.6.... I reloaded Win2k and it was stable at 1.6 for a while now running at 1.53 with no problems... My PSU is slowly dying and my 5v is too low to run it at 1.6.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2002 12:10 am
by FlyingPenguin
Really. There's no reason that WinXP should be getting trashed on a regular basis. I'd be concerned that something else is corrupting the drive.
Overclocking is certainly a possibility. XP and 2K are both fussier about overclocking than Win9x.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2002 12:21 am
by JC
I can't help you with your WinXP prob, but....
Look at format % its going pretty fast hopefully this is whats wrong
You know about the "/q" switch for format, right?
yeah thx but its all foramted now can you still tell me what was wrong
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2002 12:30 am
by fearfox
what was wrong?
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2002 12:46 am
by JC
I don't know what was wrong, just sounded like you were waiting on format, thought I'd save you some time
JC