Problem With My Pc crashes very frequently

[klusk 0]

My home PC has got a very seious problem....i took it about half a year ago..and in these six months it has come up with more problems than my 6 year old PC....It crashes very frequently...i have tried good antivirus programs and i maintain it well too ...actually i have stopped doing it now because every week during start up, a black screen shows up and the OS fails to load....I then reinstall XP and then again hope that it survives for another week...i am fed up of ths reinstallations as it consumes the whole day.......The problem is..I still don't know what the problem is...I am sure about a few things:1> Its not my hard disk as i have changed my hard disk thrice and still the problem is not resolved...2>Its not any kind of virus or anything as i have tried many good antiviruses and i have formatted the whole disk many times... but still the problem persists....3> My ram is alright I have checked it with memtest....yeah....there is one ting ...BIOS about which i can do nothing...please tell me if such problem can happen because of some BIOS error...and if yes, how to rectify it...I have tried updating my BIOS as per the automatic method provided by my BIOS ....but it failed to update...If you guys know what's happening ...please tell... Will it be right to get my motherboard changed....

[mrintech 0]

Friend,

Try these steps:

1. Clean your system RAM Gently. Yes, Again clean it.

2. Clear dirt inside the CPU. Also ensure that their is proper air flow.

3. Apply heat resistant pastes or employ good cooler/system fan, so that over heating will not occur.

4. Get your SMPS checked.

Also install SMART hard disk checking utility like from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/

And be sure that don't tweak your system hardware of your own. whatever be the reason go to a good vendor and ask him for help. All processor and mobo comes with 3 years warning or so.

regarding anti virus and anti spyware go for a-sqaured and spyware terminator. you can connect your hard drive to your friends PC to scan it with latest updated virus definitions.

[bluedragon 0]

My home PC has got a very seious problem....i took it about half a year ago..and in these six months it has come up with more problems than my 6 year old PC....

 

Happens .. I like my Athlon more than my Quad Core

 

It crashes very frequently...i have tried good antivirus programs and i maintain it well too ...actually i have stopped doing it now because every week during start up, a black screen shows up and the OS fails to load....

I then reinstall XP and then again hope that it survives for another week...

i am fed up of ths reinstallations as it consumes the whole day.......

Could be because of a hardware conflict or BIOS error.

Another possibility is that one of the Devices is causing a bios conflict.

Does your system properly supports Windows XP ?

 

For the reinstalling part .. I'll say create a recovery partition and Norton Ghost Disk .. You can lessen your hassle of reinstalling it again and again.

 

One more thing .. Is your XP legit ? many of the pirated XP versions are bad that could also be the reason

 

The problem is..I still don't know what the problem is...I am sure about a few things:

1> Its not my hard disk as i have changed my hard disk thrice and still the problem is not resolved...

2>Its not any kind of virus or anything as i have tried many good antiviruses and i have formatted the whole disk many times... but still the problem persists....

3> My ram is alright I have checked it with memtest....

 

yeah....there is one ting ...BIOS about which i can do nothing...

please tell me if such problem can happen because of some BIOS error...and if yes, how to rectify it...

 

I have tried updating my BIOS as per the automatic method provided by my BIOS ....but it failed to update...

 

If you guys know what's happening ...please tell...

Will it be right to get my motherboard changed....

Since you were not able to update the BIOS .. You should contact the customer support for the Motherboard

 

 

PLEASE WRITE YOUR SPECIFICATIONS NEXT TIME

 

ALL OF IT. PROCESSOR , MOTHERBOARD , RAM , DRIVES, SMPS .. EVERYTHING AND THEIR MAKE ALSO

 

 

finally If by any chance this issue is unresolved .. I'll suggest , you should switch to Linux.

Edited October 9, 2008 by bluedragon (see edit history)

[klusk 0]

yes i have switched to linux....
i do most of my work in linux and i use vista to play fifa08....the PC is working fine now.....no PC crash for about a month....
i guess there was some device conflict in XP,which is being handled well by linux or vista....

Try these steps:
1. Clean your system RAM Gently. Yes, Again clean it.

2. Clear dirt inside the CPU. Also ensure that their is proper air flow.

3. Apply heat resistant pastes or employ good cooler/system fan, so that over heating will not occur.

4. Get your SMPS checked.

i don't understand ...if my OS does not load or crashes....then what has the dirt in my cpu got to do with it ......
i guess the only hardware that can be linked with this problem may be my hard disk...which i said i changed thrice...
in case of SMPS ...why will my files get curropt if i have a faulty SMPS.....I think its my BIOS or some IRQ or other conflict....
anyways switching to dual boot linux,vista has resolved my problem.....

[Saint_Michael 3]

The reason dirt and dust have to do with your computer overall is that the more their is the hotter your computer will get and so you have to after blow your computer with a can of air at least once a month. It has to be a hardware issue and so what you need to look for is make sure all the hardware is set in place correctly, all the wires are properly connected, and you should check to see if you need some thermal paste on the CPU. Of course, the other way to do is get yourself a set of hardware replacements and see which one is defective.