My computer freezes or turns off.

[dogert]

I can't find what is wrong with my computer it will boot up fine but sometimes it will just freeze and lock up and sometimes the screen will just go blank. I kinda supect it is the video card but i am not sure. I would appriciate any knowledge on this. Thanks.

 

[amdskip]

Hello and welcome to the forums. For us to help you we need more details. What does your system consist of and what operating system. I'd run adaware, do a full system scan for viruses, apply any windows updates available.

 

[BG4533]

Welcome and please give the info amdskip asked for if you want help. Also, is it doing these things during boot up, just idling in Windows, when playing games, etc? It could be any number of things from virus, Windows problems, video card, PSU, etc.

Brian

 

[Eliteboy]

Right Click on the desktop and click on the "Settings" tab ... under "Display" it will tell you your video card model .. if it's a nvidia, goto http://nvidia.com to download the latest driver ... if it's ATI then goto http://ati.com ... or else list your operating systems and video card like what the other two guys said and we can further help you

 

[dogert]

My computer has windows xp pro and I have a geforce 4 ti4200 graphics card, I have the latest driver for the video card. Also when my computer freezes or the video goes it is when i am browsing the internet or somtimes with other prorgrams and games. When it does freeze or lose the video the fans stay on though. Right now I am having a hard time even getting it to boot up (the screen stays blank and there are now beeps from the computer starting up). Hope this helps. Thanks

 

[Eliteboy]

Seems like one messed up PC to me ... it could be a virus, spyware, driver, bios, hardware, or a combination of any of these ... I wouldn't even bother fixing it manually even thou you could ... i'll just reformat the whole machine ... follow these steps and you should be fine (unless it's hardware incompatibility issue)

1) Backup everything that is important to you
2) Update Your BIOS (check your settings afterwards)
3) Reformat and install your OS
4) Install all drivers especially Chipset and Video
5) Goto Windows Update and install necessary fixes, drivers, and critical updates
6) Install must have software : Antivirus (Norton), Ad-aware and Spybot (both are spyware remover make sure you update them)
7) Defragment your PC monthly

Be very careful updateing your BIOS ... these steps are for advance users ...

 

[dogert]

Now when I try to turn on my computer the fans and hardrive start but nothing shows up on the screen and the Bios thing doesnt beep, so does that mean it is my motherboard that is faulty? I cant get the computer to display anything on the screen and I am pretty sure its not the video card because I swaped the videocard with my other computers and it didnt work.

 

[Eliteboy]

It's either F1, F2, F8, or Delete to enter the BIOS ... seems like your hard drive got corrupted ... u need to set the startup in BIOS to boot from CD ... then put your Windows XP CD in to reformat and install Windows again .... first i would check all your wireing, including if the Memory is put in corrrectly

 

[dogert]

Now my computer wont even boot up to bios it just stays blank, right now all i have hooked up is the cpu, motherboard, and 1 stick of memory. What could be the problem or how could i figure it out?

 

[Eliteboy]

 

[Eliteboy]

Now my computer wont even boot up to bios it just stays blank, right now all i have hooked up is the cpu, motherboard, and 1 stick of memory. What could be the problem or how could i figure it out?

Can't boot up to BIOS? you have a serious issue ... is your video card plugged in? ... if not then you won't be able to see anything ... leave everything plugged in and do what i told you earlier to get to the BIOS

 

[skyking]

If you get no video, you will never get to bios.
Bad ram or a bad processor will do these things also, as well as a toasted card. Time to start switching out components one at a time, and hopefully you know someone who has a few spares to help.
I would clear cmos first, and try it.
remove all cards but video and try it.
remove IDE and floppy connections and try it.
then pull video card and put any old PCI or agp vidcard in and try it.
A completely different stick of ram and try it.
Different Power supply and try it.

Those fail, it is either a totally borked BIOS, Mobo, or processor.
If you can find another free processor for testing, try that. No joy, then the board and/or bios is bad.

 

[dogert]

I think it was a bad stick of ram becase it seems to be working without one of the 3 sticks. Although when I boot the computer and it does the memory test the numbers go from 0 to 512 (which is how much memory i have) and then it goes back to 0 and loops forever unless i have it skip the test. Could that mean that more of the memory could be bad or that there is a problem somewhere?