Right, the problem I have with my computer is perhaps the most confusing one I have ever encountered. I'm hoping that someone among you may be able to give a final, diagnosis.
Here is a list of my computer's components. Please help!
CPU: 1.8 GHZ-AMD
Motherboard: K7VZM Micro ATX
Video Card: ATI 9600 Radeon (occasionally ATI 7500 Radeon to solve problem)
Memory Card(s): 256 Micron Memory and 512 Micron Memory
Hard Drives: 2
PSU: 350 Volts, later 430 Volts
OS: XP (previously ME)
My problem has gradually worsened. It started out with the following symptoms during some of my games, and occasionally using a normal word document: freeze ups, logging out on its own, and the occasional rebooting on of the computer its own. It had existed before I upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP, but the problem still got more frequent as time went on. I attempted scanning and defragging my hard drives and this solved nothing. A friend of mine suggested removing one of my two memory cards since they were different sizes. This did not help either. I did notice, however, that I had allowed my computer to be filled with dust. In addition to clearing out as much dust as possible, I replace my video card with one I had used earlier. Temporarily solved my problem, however another friend suggested that it might not have been the video card, but rather the PSU. I began searching for a new PSU (the 430 Volts unit), and during the course of that time my computer completely crashed. When I would try and start it up, it would load Windows but never get to accessing it, and boot up sequence was extremely slow. I tried replacing the video card again and nothing changed. I purchased the 430 Volts unit and installed, but there was no change either. After that, I considered that my C Drive was damaged and tried to repair XP with the CD, but it wouldn't come up.
My conclusion is that the problem must be either the CPU or the Motherboard. I am leaning toward CPU, since I had already replaced the Motherboard when the previous one crashed the computer due to a burst capacitor. Please, if you have any idea as to which part is causing my computer to be ill, post away.
Oh, and I thoroughly scanned my Hard Drives and Memory Cards. No problems indicated.
Here is a list of my computer's components. Please help!
CPU: 1.8 GHZ-AMD
Motherboard: K7VZM Micro ATX
Video Card: ATI 9600 Radeon (occasionally ATI 7500 Radeon to solve problem)
Memory Card(s): 256 Micron Memory and 512 Micron Memory
Hard Drives: 2
PSU: 350 Volts, later 430 Volts
OS: XP (previously ME)
My problem has gradually worsened. It started out with the following symptoms during some of my games, and occasionally using a normal word document: freeze ups, logging out on its own, and the occasional rebooting on of the computer its own. It had existed before I upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP, but the problem still got more frequent as time went on. I attempted scanning and defragging my hard drives and this solved nothing. A friend of mine suggested removing one of my two memory cards since they were different sizes. This did not help either. I did notice, however, that I had allowed my computer to be filled with dust. In addition to clearing out as much dust as possible, I replace my video card with one I had used earlier. Temporarily solved my problem, however another friend suggested that it might not have been the video card, but rather the PSU. I began searching for a new PSU (the 430 Volts unit), and during the course of that time my computer completely crashed. When I would try and start it up, it would load Windows but never get to accessing it, and boot up sequence was extremely slow. I tried replacing the video card again and nothing changed. I purchased the 430 Volts unit and installed, but there was no change either. After that, I considered that my C Drive was damaged and tried to repair XP with the CD, but it wouldn't come up.
My conclusion is that the problem must be either the CPU or the Motherboard. I am leaning toward CPU, since I had already replaced the Motherboard when the previous one crashed the computer due to a burst capacitor. Please, if you have any idea as to which part is causing my computer to be ill, post away.
Oh, and I thoroughly scanned my Hard Drives and Memory Cards. No problems indicated.
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