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Usually I can work my way through things and fix stuff myself. But not this
time.
A few months ago I went to a highly recomended computer store and bought a
new motherboard, processor and power supply. Ever since then i've been having
some problems. I paid them to install everything so it would be 'covered.'
But when I got it home and started having problems I phoned them and they
said they would fix it ... If I paid them $45 (Canadian $35 American?) an
hour. They lost my business there because they are the ones who installed it
improperly.
They stated everything was compatible because I took my comp in and showed
it to them so there would be no mistakes. The first problem I had, though,
was the insane load up times. It would show a pic of the intel HT motherboard
info for about 30 secs, try to load, get some writing that would only let me
bypass it by ctrl-alt-deling it and then back to another intel pic for the
motherboard info. I timed it once ... it took about 1.5-2.5 mins (i'll have
to double check it again sometime). I even d/led a program that monitors
performance for boot ups to see what was the problem, but it wouldn't even
recognize that long waiting periods as part of the boot up and other than the
intel stuff and the ctrl-alt-del part it loaded fast.
Now i'm having problems installing stuff. I get the BSOD that tells me its
beginning the physical memory dump everytime I try to install something large
from disc. Doom 3, Harry Potter game and now a pre order disc for Everquest
2. I somehow got Doom 3 to install after 2 full days of fiddling.
I plan on buying more memory and a new HD soon and possibly a new video card
but would like this fixed before I add more hardware onto the pile when maybe
some of the current stuff is messed and needs replacing.
Hopefully someone can help me out because i've spent countless hours trying
to fix it and searching help forums and FAQs galore and never once found
anyone with a similar problem. Lots of BSOD being triggered by different
things and never once the intel MB hanging problem.
Thanks in advance.
Specs (will open up my box to get more info if required, this is all off the
top of my head):
Windows XP
2.4 Ghz
512 RAM (Kingston?)
P-4
SP1
Radeon 9500/9700
HD 5400 rpm
MB Intel PERL865
Usually I can work my way through things and fix stuff myself. But not this
time.
A few months ago I went to a highly recomended computer store and bought a
new motherboard, processor and power supply. Ever since then i've been having
some problems. I paid them to install everything so it would be 'covered.'
But when I got it home and started having problems I phoned them and they
said they would fix it ... If I paid them $45 (Canadian $35 American?) an
hour. They lost my business there because they are the ones who installed it
improperly.
They stated everything was compatible because I took my comp in and showed
it to them so there would be no mistakes. The first problem I had, though,
was the insane load up times. It would show a pic of the intel HT motherboard
info for about 30 secs, try to load, get some writing that would only let me
bypass it by ctrl-alt-deling it and then back to another intel pic for the
motherboard info. I timed it once ... it took about 1.5-2.5 mins (i'll have
to double check it again sometime). I even d/led a program that monitors
performance for boot ups to see what was the problem, but it wouldn't even
recognize that long waiting periods as part of the boot up and other than the
intel stuff and the ctrl-alt-del part it loaded fast.
Now i'm having problems installing stuff. I get the BSOD that tells me its
beginning the physical memory dump everytime I try to install something large
from disc. Doom 3, Harry Potter game and now a pre order disc for Everquest
2. I somehow got Doom 3 to install after 2 full days of fiddling.
I plan on buying more memory and a new HD soon and possibly a new video card
but would like this fixed before I add more hardware onto the pile when maybe
some of the current stuff is messed and needs replacing.
Hopefully someone can help me out because i've spent countless hours trying
to fix it and searching help forums and FAQs galore and never once found
anyone with a similar problem. Lots of BSOD being triggered by different
things and never once the intel MB hanging problem.
Thanks in advance.
Specs (will open up my box to get more info if required, this is all off the
top of my head):
Windows XP
2.4 Ghz
512 RAM (Kingston?)
P-4
SP1
Radeon 9500/9700
HD 5400 rpm
MB Intel PERL865
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