regrettable drunkenness

whistlespeaker · 02-16-2006, 02:56 PM

Well, I unplugged a DVD burner while my computer was still on. Drunken upgrades... I know it fried an old hard drive, no big deal; it just had windows on it. I replaced it, reinstalled windows, which took and unusually long time, and now my computer just runs extremely slow. It takes about 10 minutes to load a song in WMP only to have it skip through the whole song. Any ideas on what I need to replace next?
Simon

**Doby** · 02-16-2006, 08:30 PM

Hi,

I would run diagnostics from the hdd manufactuer of the current hdd in the system and also replace the data cable.

Rick

**gamerman0203** · 02-17-2006, 07:40 AM

I would also run memtests to ensure you didn't inadvertently cause damage to your memory modules also.

02-16-2006, 02:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
whistlespeaker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 OS: server 2003 corprate	regrettable drunkenness Well, I unplugged a DVD burner while my computer was still on. Drunken upgrades... I know it fried an old hard drive, no big deal; it just had windows on it. I replaced it, reinstalled windows, which took and unusually long time, and now my computer just runs extremely slow. It takes about 10 minutes to load a song in WMP only to have it skip through the whole song. Any ideas on what I need to replace next? Simon

02-16-2006, 08:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 8,056 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Hi, I would run diagnostics from the hdd manufactuer of the current hdd in the system and also replace the data cable. Rick __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

02-17-2006, 07:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
gamerman0203 Retired Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,144 OS: XP MCE, Ubuntu Gutsy My System	I would also run memtests to ensure you didn't inadvertently cause damage to your memory modules also. __________________ Follow These Steps First! CPU-Z \| SensorView \| WinXP Clean Boot \| Latest DirectX \| ATI Catalyst \| Nvidia ForceWare Posting System Specifications