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« on: November 09, 2006, 05:43:35 PM » |
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Is this a first for me??
OK PC working fine and dandy until this morning when son goes to go on Runescape and PC freezes - not a problem he reboots and tries again, PC freezes on reboot.
He screams for me, I scream at him for buggering my PC up. I reboot it, run a disk check and all is fine - off I go to work.
I come home, son is screaming, PC keeps turning itself off. Son gets chucked into next year (j/k btw). I managed to get it to boot up and stay on long enough to get halfway through a scan, then it decided to freeze again, on reboot it decided to keep turning off. PC will boot up for 5 - 10 seconds and then just turns itself off.
So, do I assume the fans knackered or do I assume the little sod has dumped some virus or 20 on it?
I am currently doing a virus scan in Safe Mode, but PC has been turned off for about 15 mins whilst I ranted and ranted and screamed and kicked next doors cat.
So chances are the sodding thing has froze or turned itself off again whilst I am typing this.
Suggestions? Pleassseeeeeeeee.
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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2006, 05:47:12 PM » |
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sounds like a virus but could also be hardware problem
have you tried doing a restore
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2006, 05:49:13 PM » |
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sounds like a virus but could also be hardware problem
have you tried doing a restore
That's my next step after I've scanned everything in safe mode. lol At the moment it is still scanning, so I'm thinking it's a virus. I really must get the vaccuum to it though, I bet it's gopping inside. Does anyone know if YouTube can have virus's on it? |
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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2006, 06:24:21 PM » |
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45 minutes into Virus Scan in Safe Mode and it freezes.
So I reboot and restore to a few days ago, just as it tells me what it has restored and AVG is trying to load its updates - BOOM! it freezes again.
I just don't know what to try next, I've now walked away from it in disgust before it takes a flying lesson.
Gone back in to look at it and it's turned itself off again.
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« Last Edit: November 09, 2006, 06:31:26 PM by Trace »
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2006, 07:06:41 PM » |
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WOW!!
I'm gobsmacked at all the help offered!!
Cheers guys....
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2006, 07:09:28 PM » |
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Trace, have you still got all the packaging that the computer came in ?
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2006, 07:15:59 PM » |
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What is "safe mode" and how do you get into it?
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2006, 07:23:49 PM » |
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There's been a fake youtube site recently that installed some malicious stuff on pcs - only adware though, nothing that should cause this.
When the PC shuts down does it autoreboot, or switch off?
What make pc is it? Can you get into the BIOS to check the temperatures?
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2006, 07:42:07 PM » |
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There's been a fake youtube site recently that installed some malicious stuff on pcs - only adware though, nothing that should cause this.
When the PC shuts down does it autoreboot, or switch off?
What make pc is it? Can you get into the BIOS to check the temperatures?
It switches off. It's a Novotech one, and I could get in to the Bios to check the temperatures, but I've just took the side off it and discovered that the fan on the Motherboard isn't working. <weep> I'm currently running an online virus scan - even though I'm now pretty sure it isn't a virus and even though I know it's all gonna go kaput before it finishes. I'm thinking it's time to fit a new fan to it - if I don't fry my motherboard before then!!! OH FFS!! Son has just walked in house and said "Why has the PC just turned itself off?" Weep I hate PC's. |
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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2006, 07:49:55 PM » |
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Should be pretty cheap to fix then.
It should shut itself down before it overheats but I wouldn't want to risk it.
Have you tried cleaning the fan out incase it's just clogged?
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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2006, 08:04:21 PM » |
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Should be pretty cheap to fix then.
It should shut itself down before it overheats but I wouldn't want to risk it.
Have you tried cleaning the fan out incase it's just clogged?
It was whizzing round a beauty when I had the Dyson on it! lol It doesn't want to whizz round on its own anymore though. Stoopid thing. Ever wish you'd stayed in bed? - laptop just froze and crashed too!! |
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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2006, 08:05:19 PM » |
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Trace, have you still got all the packaging that the computer came in ?
Have you still got the brains you were allegedly born with? ? ? ? pfftttt bloody men! |
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2006, 08:09:51 PM » |
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« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2006, 08:15:09 PM » |
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WOW!!
I'm gobsmacked at all the help offered!!
Cheers guys....
Charming, i can't believe people are not rushing to your aid. |
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