Follow Up: More computer Trouble

Jurollo · #1 11-04-2005, 04:05 PM

I posted about a problem I was having after updating Windows about a week ago. Essentially the computer shut down and would get to the windows logo then would flash a blue screen and fail. after 30 minutes of trying to fix it it finally came back on. I thought it was solved, however, it has since started to do so again, after uninstalling all the updates and doing a system restore. While doing regular things the computer will just shut down and when i try to restart it I get STOP: c000021a as the fatal error code. Then after waiting a little while it starts again, I built this computer and never had issues for the first two months, I leave it on all the time so could this be a heating issue? Or is it something else? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
~Justin

KneeCo · #2 11-04-2005, 04:08 PM

Do you have something called Go back on your PC?

Jurollo · #3 11-04-2005, 04:11 PM

Nope I don't KneeCo. I am stumped right now, don't know where to turn to get this thing solved. For any of you that may gripe about this not being in the computer help forum I am putting it here because I can get the quickest answers and this directly effects the moderation of this forum.
~Justin

EddieMoney22 · #4 11-04-2005, 04:22 PM

I am not a computer expert at all, I hate the things, however I did have this happen to me I got the blue screen with the fatal error and could not figure it out at all, so I called Dell and I had to reset my whole computer which means everything got erased it was back to like I just took it out of the box. I know you probably have alot of stuff on there that you don't want to lose so Im not sure what you can do for that, but once I got that fatal error I couldn't get the computer back on at all.

Exitonly · #5 11-04-2005, 04:11 PM

could definitley be a heating issue.. go and check the fan on the processor, or maybe clean the heatsink..

if that wasnt it, i'd probably try and save what i could, and then format it.

#6 11-04-2005, 04:19 PM

Have you made sure all the wires inside the computer are still in all the way? I had problems like this and all I needed to do was unplug the cords going into my hard drive and plug them back in.

locutus2002 · #7 11-04-2005, 04:30 PM

Probably heat, power, or memory. It could be expensive to isolate and fix (in terms of time and lost hands). I recommend getting a new CPU. A CPU for playing cards is cheap (about $500). The expensive thing is two or more large monitors and all the accessories (including the backup internet connection).

Jurollo · #8 11-04-2005, 04:34 PM

Well I just built this thing 2 months ago, I am definately not buying an entire new cpu to fix this. I have a feeling it may be due to overheating so I might add another fan and check the heatsink.
~Justin

adanthar · #9 11-04-2005, 04:52 PM

Are you overclocking? If you are, it's got around a 100% chance of being related to that.

If not, it's likely memory, heat, CPU, motherboard in that order...maaaaybe a hard drive going bad, but I doubt it. For starters, try opening/removing the side of the case and putting a big regular fan right up against the PC; if it runs for two hours while that thing is blowing, it's heat. If not, buy a cheap memory stick, remove the existing memory and see if that works.

skoal2k4 · #10 11-04-2005, 11:59 PM

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Are you overclocking? If you are, it's got around a 100% chance of being related to that.

If not, it's likely memory, heat, CPU, motherboard in that order...maaaaybe a hard drive going bad, but I doubt it. For starters, try opening/removing the side of the case and putting a big regular fan right up against the PC; if it runs for two hours while that thing is blowing, it's heat. If not, buy a cheap memory stick, remove the existing memory and see if that works.

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ya, that just about sums it up.