outdated hardware?

[Kasper13]

win 7 64bit home premium

 

[nsafreak]

The ISO for Win 7 64bit Home Premium can be found here: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso .

 

[Kasper13]

So I would just copy that onto a disk, get the magic bean code, and then erase everything on both hard drives?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Blue screens and starts flashing then when my browser reloads I have this problem
Does it on opera and firefox.

Didn't find any crash reports

When you say "Blue screens", do you mean a BSOD screen, which is blue, with white text on it, describing an error code, and often listing a program or driver that crashed?

Or do you mean literally "blue screens", that flash, and then recover?

A BSOD is an OS crash, and you have to restart the computer and re-boot it.

The fact that you aren't seeing crash reports, makes me wonder if you are seeing GPU / VRAM corruption issues. Which could also be because of overheating or power glitches.

Edit: At this point, I would download and burn a Linux LiveCD/DVD ISO to a disc, and boot off of it, and then test out Linux (don't have to install it to the HDD). If it gives similar glitches, or crashes, then you have a hardware problem, most likely.

 

[Kasper13]

When you say "Blue screens", do you mean a BSOD screen, which is blue, with white text on it, describing an error code, and often listing a program or driver that crashed?

Or do you mean literally "blue screens", that flash, and then recover?

A BSOD is an OS crash, and you have to restart the computer and re-boot it.

The fact that you aren't seeing crash reports, makes me wonder if you are seeing GPU / VRAM corruption issues. Which could also be because of overheating or power glitches.

Edit: At this point, I would download and burn a Linux LiveCD/DVD ISO to a disc, and boot off of it, and then test out Linux (don't have to install it to the HDD). If it gives similar glitches, or crashes, then you have a hardware problem, most likely.

Just literally blue screens, no writing.

I posted on the other thing I had and it's giving me HDD warning errors

So I'm not sure what in the world is wrong with this thing.

Starting to think it's time for a new HDD...

 

[Kasper13]

Running a full scan now on the HDD

See if it pulls anything different then quick scan, if it does then new HDD time and a reboot of the OS.

Might fix something...

 

[escrow4]

You probably want to edit out that pic that has a folder called Porn on the desktop :awe:

I would:

- Check temps

- Blow out all dust

- Run Memtest (or the inbuilt Windows memory checker)

- Run a HDD/SSD diagnostic

- Run a stress test like RealBench to see if something falls over

- Scan for malware either with an online tool or something like Malwarebytes.

If it is hardware (that corruption possibly) then you can swap in a replacement GPU (what is your GPU?) otherwise I'd clean install 8.1 after erasing (or secure erasing for a SSD) the OS drive. Then make sure you have all other drives disconnected, install the OS, then start copying stuff across (after thoroughly scanning it).

 

[VirtualLarry]

Just literally blue screens, no writing.

Interesting. Is it just the active window? The entire desktop? Maybe your monitor, cable, or graphics card or IGP is failing or overheating.

Although, the picture you posted of your web browser with the repeated icons and stuff, makes me think of memory corruption, or overheating or power issues.

What kind of PSU do you have, and how old is it? Is it filled with dust?

 

[Kasper13]

I vacuum stuff regularly.

Everything less then 2 years old.

 

[Kasper13]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817207013

The PSU

 

[Kasper13]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226219

RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150590

graphics card

 

[VirtualLarry]

I would say disable hardware acceleration for the browser, but the symptoms you are seeing with the blue browser windows, may be indicative of a more serious problem, such as bad hardware.

Try downloading Linux Mint from http://www.linuxmint.com/ and boot the DVD ISO after burning it to a disc.

 

[Kasper13]

Now my games are crashing -_-

 

[Kasper13]

Had to reboot my whole pc

Couldn't alt+tab or ctrl+alt+del

 

[Kasper13]

Win 7 Home 64 bit, Win 7 Pro 64 bit, Win 7 ultimate 64 bit, Win 7 enterprise 64 bit? Yes, we need to know the specific version because your CD key can only be used with that version.

So I just put the iso thing on a disk, wipe the SSD clean, remove the HDD, and reinstall the OS with the cd key I found in magic jelly bean?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

So I just put the iso thing on a disk, wipe the SSD clean, remove the HDD, and reinstall the OS with the cd key I found in magic jelly bean?

Yes.

And don't restore anything from backups without installing antivirus first and scanning the heck out of them. You've got enough viruses to give Nurgle himself second thoughts.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So I just put the iso thing on a disk, wipe the SSD clean, remove the HDD, and reinstall the OS with the cd key I found in magic jelly bean?

Essentially.

You need to burn the Win7 ISO as a (DVD) image file. Not just copying the file to a disc.

To wipe the SSD clean, properly, would involve a secure erase. Which can be done with a bootable Linux LiveCD/DVD, and some Terminal commands.

Removing the HDD, and plugging the SSD into the primary SATA port is a good idea, before re-installation of the OS.

Make sure that in your BIOS settings, you have your SATA ports set to AHCI mode, and set your boot device order to boot from CD/DVD before HDD.

If you want, you can boot the Win7 DVD, and click "custom", and then when you get to the HDD/SSD partition screen, hit SHIFT+F10 to open a Command Prompt, type DISKPART.

Type LIST DISK. It should show the 120GB SSD.
Type SELECT DISK #, where # is the number listed for the SSD.
Type CLEAN
then type EXIT
and EXIT

Then on the screen with the partitioning tools, click "re-scan disks". Then create a partition, and format it. When you format it, it sends TRIM commands for all of the unused sectors on that parition.

Then select that partition, and install Win7.

 

[Kasper13]

Hmm

Have to see when my uncle can help me

I don't wanna make it worse.

 

[Kasper13]

Kinda weird though that now it's messing up steam...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Kinda weird though that now it's messing up steam...

It's a virus. They cause problems. You shouldn't be using the computer, because some dude in Russia is watching everything you do.

 

[Kasper13]

It's a virus. They cause problems. You shouldn't be using the computer, because some dude in Russia is watching everything you do.

I've ran 3 different antivirus programs on it, no virus detected.

The hdd scan never found damaged sectors but I got a ton of warnings.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I've ran 3 different antivirus programs on it, no virus detected.

The hdd scan never found damaged sectors but I got a ton of warnings.

Then you have a failing HDD. Use it as little as possible until it's time to copy old data to new HDD.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Actually, you could have multiple problems. Both a failing HDD or other component and tons of malware. Is this a prebuilt system?

If so, there may be a way to do a restore to the factory defaults from a secure section of the HDD without the windows disk. Otherwise, you should have made a set of restore disks when first running the system, but too late now.

 

[Kasper13]

Actually, you could have multiple problems. Both a failing HDD or other component and tons of malware. Is this a prebuilt system?

If so, there may be a way to do a restore to the factory defaults from a secure section of the HDD without the windows disk. Otherwise, you should have made a set of restore disks when first running the system, but too late now.

I built it myself 2 years ago...

 

[Kasper13]

Then you have a failing HDD. Use it as little as possible until it's time to copy old data to new HDD.

Hmm I might erase everything on the SSD and buy windows 8...

then BLOW UP THE HDD, that might a little too extreme.