Good morning, a few days ago i was logging into World of Warcraft, as i do rather often, but after entering my login information my computer froze, this had never happened before, but i figured it was just one of those things that computers do to piss you off, so i restarted it, but much to my chagrin my computer started having random letters and symbols following my POST.
Here is a chronology of what usually happens.
As i sit at the POST screen there are like intermittant yellow lines vertically on my screen where there shouldn't be. Once the first screen passes, the yellow lines disappea, and i am left with something that looks like the following:
: !! : . . . ..
. !! :!!:: :: !! :: !! :: !!
This wil be basically in the background, all across my entire screen, basically it is a series of two exclamation points, and a bunch of colons (but they all have 3 dots instead of 2), and these will just remain on my screen while my computer continues.
Usually i am able to get to a screen that asks if i would like to start in safe mode, which works, but some of the options spell things that are traditionally other things, such as:
!!Suaru!Wioeows!Nosmalmy!!:::!!
Instead of, obviously, Start Windows Normally.
(I am beyond complexed at this result, and am beginning to think it is a hardware failure, i suppose it could be some sort of virus, but i've ran a few anti viruses--when i get to safe mode--and i have run hijack this, and nothing out of the ordinary pops up)
If i choose to start windows normally, it gets to the Windows XP loading screen, and it acts like it is going to load up, then the loading bar discolors a little, the screen flickers, and rows of white/purple/grey lines with boxes in them appear for a few seconds, before the monitor decides to shut itself down.
I cannot start windows normally, i have tried system restore, but it did nothing, as usual, so i have come here.
I have tried Clearing my CMOS, i have removed both harddrives, and the odd exclamation symbols were still there, so i have a feeling it is not the harddrives. I have removed both sticks of RAM and the oddities still exist.
Unless anyone has any better ideas, i am beginning to suspect either my Mainboard or my PSU.
I took down the voltages...
CPU Vcore 1.48v
+3.3v 3/15v (that is what it says..)
+12v 12.40v
+5v 4.96v
5v SB 5.07v
Like i said i tried to clear my CMOS, I moved the JBat shunt to 2-3, and removed the power cord, and left it on for 30 seconds or more, and upon replacing it, the problems still existed, if i did this wrong be sure and tell me.
My components are...
WD raptor 70gb hdd
AMD 64 3000+
2x512 ddr 3200 (i think, it's been awhile...) Kingston Value Ram
MSI k8n Neo v2.0 (nvidia nforce 3 250 chipset)
BFG 6800 GT video card
Anyway, that is about all i can tell you about the problems, and what i have tried, thanks for taking the time to read this, any help would be deeply appreciated, as i am a gamer without a computer, also there is some college stuff tossed in there too i could use some help with!
Here is a chronology of what usually happens.
As i sit at the POST screen there are like intermittant yellow lines vertically on my screen where there shouldn't be. Once the first screen passes, the yellow lines disappea, and i am left with something that looks like the following:
: !! : . . . ..
. !! :!!:: :: !! :: !! :: !!
This wil be basically in the background, all across my entire screen, basically it is a series of two exclamation points, and a bunch of colons (but they all have 3 dots instead of 2), and these will just remain on my screen while my computer continues.
Usually i am able to get to a screen that asks if i would like to start in safe mode, which works, but some of the options spell things that are traditionally other things, such as:
!!Suaru!Wioeows!Nosmalmy!!:::!!
Instead of, obviously, Start Windows Normally.
(I am beyond complexed at this result, and am beginning to think it is a hardware failure, i suppose it could be some sort of virus, but i've ran a few anti viruses--when i get to safe mode--and i have run hijack this, and nothing out of the ordinary pops up)
If i choose to start windows normally, it gets to the Windows XP loading screen, and it acts like it is going to load up, then the loading bar discolors a little, the screen flickers, and rows of white/purple/grey lines with boxes in them appear for a few seconds, before the monitor decides to shut itself down.
I cannot start windows normally, i have tried system restore, but it did nothing, as usual, so i have come here.
I have tried Clearing my CMOS, i have removed both harddrives, and the odd exclamation symbols were still there, so i have a feeling it is not the harddrives. I have removed both sticks of RAM and the oddities still exist.
Unless anyone has any better ideas, i am beginning to suspect either my Mainboard or my PSU.
I took down the voltages...
CPU Vcore 1.48v
+3.3v 3/15v (that is what it says..)
+12v 12.40v
+5v 4.96v
5v SB 5.07v
Like i said i tried to clear my CMOS, I moved the JBat shunt to 2-3, and removed the power cord, and left it on for 30 seconds or more, and upon replacing it, the problems still existed, if i did this wrong be sure and tell me.
My components are...
WD raptor 70gb hdd
AMD 64 3000+
2x512 ddr 3200 (i think, it's been awhile...) Kingston Value Ram
MSI k8n Neo v2.0 (nvidia nforce 3 250 chipset)
BFG 6800 GT video card
Anyway, that is about all i can tell you about the problems, and what i have tried, thanks for taking the time to read this, any help would be deeply appreciated, as i am a gamer without a computer, also there is some college stuff tossed in there too i could use some help with!
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