Hello people I am new to the forums. I haven't really had a chance to look around but needed to make a quick post since im leaving here soon so sorry if this is in the wrong place.
COMPUTER: Gateway FX6800-01e (stock)
PROBLEM: Computer freezes during start up at the screen where it says Microsoft Corporation and the green loading bar scrolls across. Sometimes taking multiple restarts to get past that point. Games that once played smoothly (CoD4 and Left 4 Dead) now lag spike during offline gameplay (haven't checked online but I'm sure if its doing it offline its doing it online ). Also the computer will not shut down entirely sometimes.
This problem started occuring after the power flickered in my house a few days ago while I was playing World of Warcraft. While the computer was restarting I unplugged my cable modem and plugged it back in letting it reset and all that mess then the computer froze at the loading screen.
I contacted Gateway Support and they think its a corrupt windows file. They're sending me a recovery disk since my computer is still under warranty. I'm here to get a second opinion and see what everyone else thinks. Thanks in advance.
COMPUTER: Gateway FX6800-01e (stock)
PROBLEM: Computer freezes during start up at the screen where it says Microsoft Corporation and the green loading bar scrolls across. Sometimes taking multiple restarts to get past that point. Games that once played smoothly (CoD4 and Left 4 Dead) now lag spike during offline gameplay (haven't checked online but I'm sure if its doing it offline its doing it online ). Also the computer will not shut down entirely sometimes.
This problem started occuring after the power flickered in my house a few days ago while I was playing World of Warcraft. While the computer was restarting I unplugged my cable modem and plugged it back in letting it reset and all that mess then the computer froze at the loading screen.
I contacted Gateway Support and they think its a corrupt windows file. They're sending me a recovery disk since my computer is still under warranty. I'm here to get a second opinion and see what everyone else thinks. Thanks in advance.