My Computer Exploded

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  1. limilim

    limilim Active Member

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    Was camping the forums when out of the blue my computer reset and basically exploded. It won't make it past the windows loading screen without randomly reseting. Currently reinstalling windows, but any ideas why this happened?
     
    limilim, Oct 22, 2009
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  2. John Brown

    John Brown [BB] Resident Alcoholic Admin

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    Did it legit go BOOM?
     
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  3. limilim

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    No, but it'd be cool if it did.
     
    limilim, Oct 22, 2009
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  4. giantzfan53

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    My graphics card blew up once and something similar happened. Are there weird squares all over your pc? Lol
     
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  5. limilim

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    Nope just keeps reseting.
     
    limilim, Oct 22, 2009
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  6. The Jerry

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    YOYOYOYOYOYOYOOYOYO

    THAT HAPPN'D TO ME DAWG! IS THERE A FIX?!
     
    The Jerry, Oct 22, 2009
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  7. limilim

    limilim Active Member

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    Durp
    Well fixed it somehow, by reinstalling windows

    ---------- Post added at 01:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:02 AM ----------

    Now just gotta do a virus scan.
     
    limilim, Oct 22, 2009
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  8. TopgunZX

    TopgunZX iYo vivo en el Internet!

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    After you reinstall windows, you don't need to do a virus scan... Your computer will be virus free.
     
    TopgunZX, Oct 22, 2009
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  9. Sin Vida*

    Sin Vida* Slayer of the Beast

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    Or he couldve been stupid and just installed windows over it and not clearing his HDD.
     
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  10. limilim

    limilim Active Member

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    Well it saved all my programs.
     
    limilim, Oct 22, 2009
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  11. Zeke

    Zeke [BB] Sub Admin Sub Admin

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    Yea he forgot to format
     
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  12. TopgunZX

    TopgunZX iYo vivo en el Internet!

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    I always format all my drives when i reinstall windows, it's the right way to go. Although, it does take more time to get all teh drivers again, and install all your shit.. plus you have to back it all up (Which you should do like every week anyway).
     
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  13. giantzfan53

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    Unfortunately, not a cheap one (as far as I know), no. I brought mine to the Geek Squad at Best Buy and they said that I would have to get a new graphics card. However, it works great now. Make sure it's your graphics card by hooking up your hardware to another monitor/labtop using a USB plug (I think). If it's still bad, then it's your graphics card. If not, dunno. In case you were wondering, I know all this from spending many hours talking to Best Buy's Iranian phone tech supporters. ;)
     
    giantzfan53, Oct 22, 2009
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  14. [BB]Bob

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    Lol who brings there pc into the geek squad.

    Google and asking us FTW?
     
    [BB]Bob, Oct 22, 2009
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  15. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Sounds like memory failure. Graphics card destruction would cause tearing, dodgy screen images etc etc. Bluescreens are caused by driver failure and faulty memory. More often the former.
     
    Teddi, Oct 22, 2009
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  16. The Jerry

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    Shit, well I tested it on another pc and it still was cunting (my old gforce 8800gtoc) but I had a backup card which is my current one (ATI FireGL 7350). So all good for now.
     
    The Jerry, Oct 22, 2009
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  17. Mc Diddles

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    This happened to me a long time ago.
     
    Mc Diddles, Oct 22, 2009
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  18. The Jerry

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    W/e tho, next card I'm getting is a 295 so tits
     
    The Jerry, Oct 22, 2009
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  19. King Cole

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    Someone delete this, what I was going to say, I put it somewhere else.
     
    King Cole, Oct 22, 2009
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