Acehawk74
08-23-2005, 06:07 PM
Hey everyone. I was wondering if i could get some insight to what is going on with my computer here. I formatted last night because i suspected a virus/spyware even though none of my scanners were picking it up. I was having problems clicking links, and i kept getting wierd popups, as well as ceartin links just simply didn't work. Additionally, i found my system starting to slow down. So, i formatted, figuring that would clear up any issue. Well.. ever since then, I installed XP Home, all the drivers, and now things have gotten worse. Before i formatted, i was able to do all the following with relative ease, no real problems.
My system seems to lag immensly when running 2 apps, 1 on my secondary monitor, 1 on my primary monitor.
I consistently get random stoppages, my system locks up, and about 20 seconds later, it unfreezes.
I have 2 devices that I can't even install drivers for (WinTV 150 PVR) and a Texas Instrument Calculator driver.. as when i start the process the computer just restarts.
Overall, things just seem slow, Pokertracker, which usually imports at a reasonable speed took 8 minutes to import 3811 hands. That.. seems excessive. The only programs i put on the system were Mozilla, WoW, Empire Poker, Pokertracker, and WinRar.
Sorry that this is so winded, i just felt it better to describe the symptoms in detail. Could this be a bad hard drive? Or could my Ram have gone bad? I really pray that the Mobo isn't shot, because that would get costly. Any insight on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Here are my system Specs:
1.65 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V8X-X REV 1.xx
1 GB PC2700 Ram
RADEON 9600 SERIES [Display adapter]
My system seems to lag immensly when running 2 apps, 1 on my secondary monitor, 1 on my primary monitor.
I consistently get random stoppages, my system locks up, and about 20 seconds later, it unfreezes.
I have 2 devices that I can't even install drivers for (WinTV 150 PVR) and a Texas Instrument Calculator driver.. as when i start the process the computer just restarts.
Overall, things just seem slow, Pokertracker, which usually imports at a reasonable speed took 8 minutes to import 3811 hands. That.. seems excessive. The only programs i put on the system were Mozilla, WoW, Empire Poker, Pokertracker, and WinRar.
Sorry that this is so winded, i just felt it better to describe the symptoms in detail. Could this be a bad hard drive? Or could my Ram have gone bad? I really pray that the Mobo isn't shot, because that would get costly. Any insight on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Here are my system Specs:
1.65 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V8X-X REV 1.xx
1 GB PC2700 Ram
RADEON 9600 SERIES [Display adapter]