Basically I'm trying to figure out if my Asus P5KC board is broken. I'm running Windows XP, with a Q6600 processor, 2Gb of RAM, and a Nvidia 8800GT video card.
I wasn't in front of the computer when steps 1 and 2 happened, but here is the story:
1. Sound window came up several times indicating that something had been plugged into the Line Out sound output on the motherboard without the plug being touched at all.
2. Some time later, the computer blue-screened without any warning and would not start up again, complaining about a missing/corrupt system file.
3. Solutions on the net about the system file issue recommended running chkdsk, which seemed to fix the system file, and Windows was able to start up again.
4. The computer immediately complained about the firewall not being active, apparently due to the fact that the driver for my Ethernet controller were invalid, and no programs were able to access the network at all, not even being able to use an internet browser to access the router's config page.
5. Several solutions from the net later (registry fixes, resetting different network based things), the computer is still not able to access the network.
6. Video will not play (not a specific type, I tried several different video files on my computer).
7. Sound will not play (even in the standard Windows volume control, all devices are greyed out except for the Sound Recorder).
To me, this just screams a hardware problem, although I don't quite understand about the video not playing, unless that's symptomatic of a larger motherboard failure. I can still open different random files, and get files off the harddisk using usb drives and such, so at least that's still working.
I did clone/backup my hard drive when it happened a couple of weeks ago before I tried fixing it, so even if everything goes south, I've still got all my files.
Is there any way to determine if this is a hardware problem? I mean, it could still be a software problem, fixable only by re-installing the OS, or I could need a replacement motherboard. Is there any way to tell which? And does anyone know what kind of manufacturer's warranty Asus gives on the P5KC?
I wasn't in front of the computer when steps 1 and 2 happened, but here is the story:
1. Sound window came up several times indicating that something had been plugged into the Line Out sound output on the motherboard without the plug being touched at all.
2. Some time later, the computer blue-screened without any warning and would not start up again, complaining about a missing/corrupt system file.
3. Solutions on the net about the system file issue recommended running chkdsk, which seemed to fix the system file, and Windows was able to start up again.
4. The computer immediately complained about the firewall not being active, apparently due to the fact that the driver for my Ethernet controller were invalid, and no programs were able to access the network at all, not even being able to use an internet browser to access the router's config page.
5. Several solutions from the net later (registry fixes, resetting different network based things), the computer is still not able to access the network.
6. Video will not play (not a specific type, I tried several different video files on my computer).
7. Sound will not play (even in the standard Windows volume control, all devices are greyed out except for the Sound Recorder).
To me, this just screams a hardware problem, although I don't quite understand about the video not playing, unless that's symptomatic of a larger motherboard failure. I can still open different random files, and get files off the harddisk using usb drives and such, so at least that's still working.
I did clone/backup my hard drive when it happened a couple of weeks ago before I tried fixing it, so even if everything goes south, I've still got all my files.
Is there any way to determine if this is a hardware problem? I mean, it could still be a software problem, fixable only by re-installing the OS, or I could need a replacement motherboard. Is there any way to tell which? And does anyone know what kind of manufacturer's warranty Asus gives on the P5KC?
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