Computer savvy people? update post 21

**Sirrahsim** · 07-12-2007, 12:21 PM

My computer will get all of the way to the full screen windows logo and then go black for a moment before coming up with the BSOD. When I try to load into safemode it runs through all of the files until it gets stuck at the file past drivers/mup.sys and then goes to the BSOD. My boys are both napping *gasp!!* so I'm going to go test the RAM now

**Sirrahsim** · 07-12-2007, 12:50 PM

It looked like a dust bunny family reunion inside my tower

I cleaned out the case and gave the fans a good scrubbing with a Q-tip. Throughout the time that my comp was working but messing up from time to time I was keeping an eye on the cpu temp and it never went higher than it is supposed to. It turns out that I only have one stick of RAM but it was filthy so I cleaned it off a bit. The wrench in the works is that now that I have plugged the essential things back in to test if it works my monitor won't work! As soon as I turn the computer on it says that it is entering power saving mode.... SO it might have fixed the problem but if it did I don't know it

I'm off to fiddle with the connections and make sure that I didn't knock anything lose.

**Sirrahsim** · 07-12-2007, 01:03 PM

Monitor works but nothing else does

It's a much cleaner doorstop now though!

**Blue_Frog** · 07-12-2007, 01:16 PM

If its not booting now, the only thing i can think of is to take out the cards one by one, and reseat them and hope it loads.

Sounds like a trip to a local computer shop might be in order though, if you suspect its a hardware failure

**Sirrahsim** · 07-12-2007, 01:27 PM

I'm so mad at my computer

Time to go be a Mom

**Jadapit** · 07-12-2007, 01:31 PM

I'm not real computer savvy, but our computer was doing what yours is awhile back. We took it into the shop it was the motherboard. We had to have a new one put in. I love computers but man they can be a pain in the butt at times.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-13-2007, 01:26 AM

Sure as heck sounds like a motherboard issue to me now...espeically if after you took it apart and it started to die. Do you have integrated video (the video slot is attached to the motherboard, as apposed to an expansion card).

Also, your hardware settings in windows may have gotten corrupted (a common XP problem) Both problems require testing that a computer shop can do, just dont let them rip ya off