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does anyone recomend a good computer shop to take my ****in computer too to have it beaten till it works properly?
it keeps freezing and is starting to Pish me off big time..... the only trouble is it will freeze then i turn off and it may come back on and stay on untill i want to do something and then freezes again.. i need it looking at before i throw it out of the window..... |
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Try the one near the bottom of Willows Lane, near the bike shop.
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There is one on the High Street in Rishton.
I think it is called Use-It Computers. Maybe they can help. :) |
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Yeah, use-it computers are good, I always took my pc there until I figured out how to do it myself :p
I went there on work experience too, was fun :) |
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Alternatively, format the hard drive and start again from scratch.
Works for me! |
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sounds like a hardware fault rather than software related problems
pcs locking up can be a few things ranging from iminent hard drive failure , faulty power supply i doubt it is your memory/ram as it wouldnt normaly boot up at all if it was the memory but hard drive failure can come on gradualy and also power supply units may fail as they get hotter switch your pc on ans see if the fam in the power supply is spinning around always a bad sighn if it is not as your pwer supply is no longer geting cooled |
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Know what u mean Steveo felt the very same way about my ******** pc a few weeks ago new pc re-format start from scratch thing But its behaving so far <touch wood> Have u ran an up to date virus checker?!?
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on reading yuor symptoms again i am more enclined to think it to be possible hard drive failure as nothing seems to go wrong until you start doing somthing which increases the workload on your hard drive
jsut to be safe try and back up any photos and important files to cdr or dvdr just incase your system fails btw: are you running a maxtor hard drive as they run very hot and are well known for crashing especialy in systems left running 24 hrs a day like mine are |
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Actually Memory can be one of the biggest causes of intermittant software lock ups, Get a memory checker(plenty of free ones on the net) and give it a proper test. If it fails you can try underlocking the memory a little to see if it solves it. Also try reseating all the internal cards, Video, modem, network, memory etc. A loose connection on any of these can also show similar symptons. Ian |
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the one in rishton has a good reputation , used to use the one in warner street until they conned two other people i know with cheap parts now i stick to pc solutions near burnley they come out and pick it up or repair at your house and they are pretty cheap
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i am going for the full format option....:eek:
hope i will be back to tell the tale....:end: |
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Good luck steveo!
Let us know how you get on. *a thought - do they have computers in his local library?* |
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:e36: yep
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So if it all goes horribly wrong he can still let us know!
Excellent!! :s_gupjump |
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Anyone would think reformatting your disk and starting from scratch is difficult. Set aside about 8 hours for Windows(or 2 tops for Linux :) ) and make sure you at the very least have the driver disks and login info to get back on the net. You can download the latest versions of all other drivers either before you start or from that nice shiny new install.
Actually, if you must use Windows make sure you install AV and Firewall before you even think about connecting to the net. The current avaerage time to infect an unprotected Windows install is less than 20 SECONDS!!!! |
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Tell me about it!
I rebuilt a friend's machine, installed the AV and Firewall and connected to install the upgrades. The AV didn't recognise the virus that hit as it was made before the virus was :mad: I had to get rid of the virus by deleting various files and fiddling with the registry. A word of warning: if you need to make changes to the registry, take a backup! |
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OOOOh it all sounds very scary to me.......I wish I knew more about the internal machinations of this box that I rely on for so much.
As for starting from scratch.......the scratching would be me......on me head! |
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I'm going to be brave and try something new.
Having made that decision I had a kerfuffle with AOL tonight and anything like that unnerves me a bit. |
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well i survived the difficult task as you put it....wish we could all be computer freaks like you....Thanks to everyone else for the help..seems to be running ok now:cool:
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