Re: System Prob or Virus?

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From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:28:22 -0600

The three prime suspects in my mind are:
1. Video card (if you have one). If your motherboard has a video adapter,
try removing the video card and seeing if running monitor off of the
motherboard adapter changes anything. You can also try reseating the video
card (make sure the latch at the end of the AGP slot snaps securely into
place).
2. Power supply. This requires a qualified technician, power supplies are
not especially expensife.
3. Memory. If you have more than one memory stick, try running with one
out, then another to see if it might be the memory.

"LMO" <lmo@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2t54jrF1rgbqdU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Hello all.
> Something strange just started happening to my XP Home system (AMDXP
> 1.3G). All of a sudden it seem to just shut down. Power light stays on,
> but screen goes black. Nothing I can do will revive it, other than shut
> off the power, then cold reboot. Sometimes it comes right back up,
> sometimes it blacks out immediately again and will not respond. I use
> GoBack, so was able to go back to the morning, when all was fine, and it
> worked for a couple days, but it just blacked out again. Cold booted right
> up. and is working okay now...for now. I have NAV with latest updates, and
> use Adaware regularly, but have found nothing with either prog.
> Could it be something insidious, or maybe a hardware problem? Any ideas?
> System works fine when it's up and running otherwise.
> Thanks!
>

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