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noodles · 08-31-2005, 05:59 PM

ok so i have two computers, a desktop and a laptop.
both are now broken in some form and since i'm not quite experienced enough to diagnose properly and apply correct fixes, i was looking for some input.

problem 1) my laptop suddenly developed a problem about two weeks back. i'm a gamer and i was playing WoW. i'd been playing for two solid hours very smoothly with no problems when suddenly there was a lot of choppy video and my laptop suddenly powered down. no reboot. it was like i held down the button to force it to turn off, but i didn't. i've had overheating problems in the past and i don't believe this to be the (direct) cause. usually when i reboot after a overheating problem, i get a message about it. since i had the problems a long time ago, also, i purchased a cool pad which is just a pad with fans to help cool down the laptop. no problems since i bought and used it. i have absolutely no clue about this one -- dell won't help me since my warranty ran out. its not just a WoW problem because it happens on anything which requires intense memory access or processing like watching DVDs and such.

problem 2) one day a long time ago my desktop fan gave out. i'm running an AMD and they run hot. i wasn't around at the time, so apparently it kept going for like 2 days and didn't power itself down. now the slave HD isn't working properly (it used to), things are running very slowly in general (mostly the OS -- random programs will run fine but swapping processes and doing simple things like looking at the start menu are slow and balls) hough there's nothing else running (i'm certain), and it also randomly powers down like my laptop does. i'm almost positive its just a processor issue, but i'm low on the $$$ and i don't want to buy a processor to find out its not just that. i'm thinking of buying a lower grade AMD and another stick of ram anyway. any comments? could the motherboard have been affected? or the HD?

any help would be appreciated. and you don't have to talk down to me in case anyone feels like they need to, just because i'm asking opinions doesn't mean i don't know what i'm talking about

08-31-2005, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
noodles Psycho Location: sc	Diagnostics Help ok so i have two computers, a desktop and a laptop. both are now broken in some form and since i'm not quite experienced enough to diagnose properly and apply correct fixes, i was looking for some input. problem 1) my laptop suddenly developed a problem about two weeks back. i'm a gamer and i was playing WoW. i'd been playing for two solid hours very smoothly with no problems when suddenly there was a lot of choppy video and my laptop suddenly powered down. no reboot. it was like i held down the button to force it to turn off, but i didn't. i've had overheating problems in the past and i don't believe this to be the (direct) cause. usually when i reboot after a overheating problem, i get a message about it. since i had the problems a long time ago, also, i purchased a cool pad which is just a pad with fans to help cool down the laptop. no problems since i bought and used it. i have absolutely no clue about this one -- dell won't help me since my warranty ran out. its not just a WoW problem because it happens on anything which requires intense memory access or processing like watching DVDs and such. problem 2) one day a long time ago my desktop fan gave out. i'm running an AMD and they run hot. i wasn't around at the time, so apparently it kept going for like 2 days and didn't power itself down. now the slave HD isn't working properly (it used to), things are running very slowly in general (mostly the OS -- random programs will run fine but swapping processes and doing simple things like looking at the start menu are slow and balls) hough there's nothing else running (i'm certain), and it also randomly powers down like my laptop does. i'm almost positive its just a processor issue, but i'm low on the $$$ and i don't want to buy a processor to find out its not just that. i'm thinking of buying a lower grade AMD and another stick of ram anyway. any comments? could the motherboard have been affected? or the HD? any help would be appreciated. and you don't have to talk down to me in case anyone feels like they need to, just because i'm asking opinions doesn't mean i don't know what i'm talking about __________________ This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves. Nietzsche Last edited by noodles; 08-31-2005 at 06:20 PM..