- Mar 9, 2005
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Well, my system is going on 2 years old, and I thought I was doing well until recently. So, I am back on here to ask for your opinion, or best guess in trouble shooting.....
Symptoms:
A. Approximately 2 - 3 months ago, I noticed over time my system began to lock up unexpectedly. So, naturally I'd just reboot, and most of the time everything seemed okay. It seemed to happened when I was really putting the systems through the ringer w/ multi apps open, or running defrag and still working on computer.
B. Finally, yesterday, the system locked up, and while I was defragging (2nd time), and running my browser, as well as a few other programs. So, I reboot.
C. Nothing happens, the systems seems to fire up, and I hear a hard drive turning, but I know it isn't fully loading because my webcam usually turns left to right after the driver is loaded during boot up.
D. I do not see video, but at the same time, I don't think the system fully loads, as I would hear "the windows theme", when vista loads to the login screen.
Possible issues:
1. My hard drive (C
is a Raptor, and approximately 3 - 4 years old.
2. Everything else on the system is less than 2 years old.
My guess:
1. It is the motherboard or hard drive. It seems motherboards go out more often than anything else. I don't think it's the memory. As I said, the system seemed to be running great before the lock up. But again, over time (last 3 months), I missed a possible problem when I had repetitive lock ups, about 1 - 2 every 2 weeks.
My next step is to trouble shoot, and disconnect the harddrive. Or, start there and work backwards to see if I can get the BIOS screen to load. Or, until I see something.
In advance, thank you for your help.
Symptoms:
A. Approximately 2 - 3 months ago, I noticed over time my system began to lock up unexpectedly. So, naturally I'd just reboot, and most of the time everything seemed okay. It seemed to happened when I was really putting the systems through the ringer w/ multi apps open, or running defrag and still working on computer.
B. Finally, yesterday, the system locked up, and while I was defragging (2nd time), and running my browser, as well as a few other programs. So, I reboot.
C. Nothing happens, the systems seems to fire up, and I hear a hard drive turning, but I know it isn't fully loading because my webcam usually turns left to right after the driver is loaded during boot up.
D. I do not see video, but at the same time, I don't think the system fully loads, as I would hear "the windows theme", when vista loads to the login screen.
Possible issues:
1. My hard drive (C
is a Raptor, and approximately 3 - 4 years old. 2. Everything else on the system is less than 2 years old.
My guess:
1. It is the motherboard or hard drive. It seems motherboards go out more often than anything else. I don't think it's the memory. As I said, the system seemed to be running great before the lock up. But again, over time (last 3 months), I missed a possible problem when I had repetitive lock ups, about 1 - 2 every 2 weeks.
My next step is to trouble shoot, and disconnect the harddrive. Or, start there and work backwards to see if I can get the BIOS screen to load. Or, until I see something.
In advance, thank you for your help.
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