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Grrr. Still no computer at my house. Thank goodness my mother likes me and lets me sneak in to use her computer every once in a while! The new video card came finally, and we installed it, and now the computer turns on. This is an improvement. Then the computer crashes. This is not much of an improvement. Dane managed to convince it to backup last night, and tonight he’s reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows. Please tell me this will solve my every problem. Please.
Sounds like you had hardware trouble? If the computer wasn’t even coming on until you got a new video card that– to me– is a cause of concern.
The next thing to check would be the onboard memory. Some new BIOS’s let you run a memory check right from them (if your computer is newer, check for that). Otherwise, there are ones to download from the Internet (from wherever you’re getting on).
I pray that you don’t have file corruption!
How did this whole thing start and what error messages were you seeing? Could it be a virus or spam?
“This will solve your every problem.”
~annie
Did it work?
I totally missed that part of the post, Annie!
Yes, if it solves your every problem I definitely want to know the steps you take– I have a few problems of my own!
No, it didn’t solve my every problem. Or even my ANY problem.
We had error messages saying that our video card was bad, and then saying that windows wouldn’t start until we replaced it. But replacing it only made windows start and then crash… and reformatting led to more of the same. Yippee!