Computer CRASHED! HELP!

[galbicake]

I was playing CS:S and it crashed. I rebooted and then it started showing multi-color lines and fuzz and snow.

I can only access my BIOs menu at the boot.

I recently installed a Hauppauge PVR-150 a couple days ago but it has been working fine. I did a fresh reinstall of Windows & reformat a few weeks ago. And no, I am not overclocking.

I have Fix It Utilities 6.0 and it was current with virus scanning files. Do you think I still received a virus of some sort? Also, how would I fix this or reinstall from the boot?

Please help!
Thanks.

These are my computer specs:
Antec PSU 350W
Nvidia MSI Neo 4
AMD Athlon 64 3200 Socket 939
Zalman Chip Fan
ATI Radeon X800
2x512 MB Kingston 3200 DDR
2x256 MB Kingston 3200 DDR
DVD RW Drive
Two 160GB HD Seagate
Audigy 2 ZS
Hauppauge PVR-150

 

[Jiggz]

Boot with the XP CD and then ran it like a regular re-installation. When prompted where to install choose the same hdd and then choose repair installation.

 

[CrackRabbit]

From your discription sounds like your video card fried. Borrow a friends card and see if that is your problem.

 

[galbicake]

I pulled out all devices from my PCI slots. The sound card & TV Tuner as well as all USB plugs. I got it to stablize and it works now.

But when I plug them back in it scrambles up again on the restart.

I am pretty sure I will have to reinstall these devices & their software but I need to understand why this is happening so I can prevent it from doing the same thing.

Anyone experience this?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

hmm...2 x 256 and 2x 512? try with just the 2 x 512 with everything in as well

 

[galbicake]

I do not think pulling out RAM which I have had in there for months would fix anything.

This appears to be some sort of hardware problem but I just do not know what. I am afraid that my card is bad and it is less than 1 year.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: galbicake
I pulled out all devices from my PCI slots. The sound card & TV Tuner as well as all USB plugs. I got it to stablize and it works now.

But when I plug them back in it scrambles up again on the restart.

I am pretty sure I will have to reinstall these devices & their software but I need to understand why this is happening so I can prevent it from doing the same thing.

Anyone experience this?

Nope, haven't experienced this.

Add one card in at a time. See if you can identify which card is the problem. That should help someone solve it.

Fern

 

[galbicake]

I am doing this. I was finally able to stabilize my video card. I had to pull everything off the MoBo.

I have pretty much rebuilt this PC. The only thing I did not pull off from the MoBo was the RAM.

I think it is the Hauppauge PVR-150 that I installed earlier this week. XP didn't like the installation of the hardware warning me that it may not be compatable. I am trying to update the driver as I type.

Cross my fingers...but I am glad it is not the video card that got fried.

Just very odd...

 

[rise]

windows said it was incompatible or just not WHQL qualified?

what are your temps like? runs some rthdribl and see what happens and what the temps are when it does.