Rebooted, now Freezes

[junuh]

Hi
I disabled all my disc drives as my comp rebooted randomly quite often. It doesnt do that now but freezes instead. Most of the hardware is quite old. When I open anything the pages come up slowly and have a ghosting appearance.

 

[fuz_master]

Have you checked for viruses before? Or spyware?

 

[junuh]

Yes, have run Ewido, Spybot etc. Panda Activescan reports this:


Incident Status Location

Spyware:Cookie/Com.com Not disinfected C:\Documents and Settings\Belinda\Cookies\belinda@ad.sensismediasmart.com[1].txt
Spyware:Cookie/Rn11 Not disinfected C:\Documents and Settings\Belinda\Cookies\belinda@rn11[2].txt

 

[jeremy]

sounds like a mobo or psu issue

check the mobo for bad capacitors (better use a flashlight as its kinda dark in there) , see examples
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=195
http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index27.htm
if youll find any then rma the mobo if still got warranty , otherwise just have em replaced at some electronic repair shop

download everest http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181
get into computer-->sensor and take a screenshot

as for the slowdown could be a dma/ide cable issue , check dma settings in bios make sure its set to auto , and if your mobo is nvidia chipset based and your using the nvidia ide driver then uninstall nforce & reinstall it without the ide driver , check if your using an 80 wires ide cable for the hd (you can tell by the connector colors,all black=40 , blue/grey/black=80) , ide hds run at ata100 (udma5) or ata133 (udma6,if its a maxtor) but a 40 wire cable limits to ata33 (udma2)

 

[junuh]

Hi jeremy
Thanks for all that info and advice...a bit too much for my anti-computer brain to comprehend but I know someone who will know exactly what you mean. Thanks again