Hi everyone. Ever since I've had my computer, I've been having issues with random restarts, freezes, and BSODs. Restarts are more common than BSODs, but BSODs still occur nonetheless. Anyways, I recently got some horrible spam on my PC that I couldn't remove via normal means. I wiped my hard drive completely, formatted the hard drive. It was practically new. I was also hoping that this may help my BSODs too. It didn't. Now I can barely get on without it doing some wierd stuff. Even when I select "Start windows normally" after a restart it says loading files then restarts. I don't know. Since wiping my hard drive didn't fix it, this leads me to believe it's a hardware issue. But I have no idea what it could be. I suspect either the PSU or the RAM, since I've heard both can cause stuff like this and some of the BSOD error messages have been RAM related. Pre-installed PSUs are also infamous for being dumpy. Now, how could I figure out what piece of hardware is causing this? I'll post my specs here:
Gateway GT5678 Computer
ATI Radeon HD 2400XT Graphics Card
400 W PSU
Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core Processor
Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1
Note that I'm on a VERY limited budget and can't afford to buy new PSUs or whatever to test it out. will however spend the money on something once I'm sure it's the problem, but I can't buy a new stick of RAM just to stick it in and see how it works.
So how could I find out what piece of hardware is causing this?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Gateway GT5678 Computer
ATI Radeon HD 2400XT Graphics Card
400 W PSU
Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core Processor
Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1
Note that I'm on a VERY limited budget and can't afford to buy new PSUs or whatever to test it out. will however spend the money on something once I'm sure it's the problem, but I can't buy a new stick of RAM just to stick it in and see how it works.
So how could I find out what piece of hardware is causing this?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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