Wacky Computer Behavior

Taizer · 01-04-2008, 09:09 PM

My computer hadn't been working for a while, and I got the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) several times.
Just tonight a friend and I opened the case up and checked all the hardware, and nothing appeared to be wrong.

We booted it up, and first noticed a noise from the power supply. Somewhat like the electricity flowing.

After we booted it up, the taskpane froze up on the bottom. We were unable to click Start or any of the icons.
Disgruntled, we restarted it again, and were going to reformat the harddrive.
Throwing in a disk (Ubuntu), we went to boot it up again.

This time, the screen loaded with tons of green scanlines, and sat there.
Then, there was a few more lines.

I'm thinking it may be caused by Bad RAM. Before I buy any sticks, i'd like someone elses thoughts.
Thanks.

**speedster123** · 01-05-2008, 05:55 AM

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first noticed a noise from the power supply

dont use that supply.
Power Supply Information and Selection

Tumbleweed36 · 01-05-2008, 06:05 AM

Speedster has given you good advice. A bad power supply can damage other parts of your computer.

Taizer · 01-05-2008, 12:40 PM

Sorry, I said that wrong.
It was coming from the supply port on the computer.

Today we've ran it, and it's not making the noise.
We found various Trojans and backdoors that we think may have caused to problem.

We deleted them, and doing our best to clear them off.

01-04-2008, 09:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Taizer Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 16 OS: WinXP / Ubuntu	Wacky Computer Behavior My computer hadn't been working for a while, and I got the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) several times. Just tonight a friend and I opened the case up and checked all the hardware, and nothing appeared to be wrong. We booted it up, and first noticed a noise from the power supply. Somewhat like the electricity flowing. After we booted it up, the taskpane froze up on the bottom. We were unable to click Start or any of the icons. Disgruntled, we restarted it again, and were going to reformat the harddrive. Throwing in a disk (Ubuntu), we went to boot it up again. This time, the screen loaded with tons of green scanlines, and sat there. Then, there was a few more lines. I'm thinking it may be caused by Bad RAM. Before I buy any sticks, i'd like someone elses thoughts. Thanks.

01-05-2008, 06:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,647 OS: XP Professional	Re: Wacky Computer Behavior Speedster has given you good advice. A bad power supply can damage other parts of your computer. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

01-05-2008, 12:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Taizer Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 16 OS: WinXP / Ubuntu	Re: Wacky Computer Behavior Sorry, I said that wrong. It was coming from the supply port on the computer. Today we've ran it, and it's not making the noise. We found various Trojans and backdoors that we think may have caused to problem. We deleted them, and doing our best to clear them off.