Re: Help Please! I My computer is screwed!

julian8888888@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
RAM is seated properly. I ran the tests and no errors. I swapped it
out for some other RAM and the problem is still there so I know now
it's not the RAM.

I think it's definitely a software problem or perhaps the hard drives.
But if it was the hard drives, I would gain no benefit from a fresh
install of the OS would I? The strange thing is, the computer runs
great for a while after a fresh install of the OS and then this
problem appears randomly and inconsistently.

If it was the hard drives this problem would be constant wouldn't it?

I suspect software, too. However, it *could* be an intermittent hardware
issue.

I ran Trend Micro online and found no viruses. That's two scanners
showing no viruses.

Probably not a virus -- unless it's a virus interfering with your
anti-virus efforts! That's why it's best to scan in safe mode with
up-to-date definitions.

So it's not a virus, it's not RAM, not spyware,
not corrupt registry (fresh OS install), no errors running chkdsk.
I'm going to do a fresh install yet again and this time won't install
the video card drivers or the chipset drivers and see what happens.

Good idea.

--
Dave


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