TheDingo
12-29-2007, 11:09 PM
Ok so a while back my comp started freezing and shutting itself off anytime I would get into anything such as designs in photo shop or even just being on the net for a bit.
So I figured it was just overheating. I went over to a buddies house to use some spare parts to see what the problem was (it took about a month before I did this so it sat for a while). When we plugged it up it went to the sign on screen but then we noticed that we didn't hook up a mouse so we did and restarted the comp.
(Bare with me Im a graphic design and just love case modding as far as actual computers go Im not the best with what goes on inside.)
Anyway Im not sure the name of the screen but when it shows you what drives you have hooked up and what not it freezes there and then all these colorful blocks pop up with different symbols inside like smiley faces, spades, hearts, Spanish letters, a lot of weird stuff.
Im not sure it could be a virus because it never happened before and the computer was never used since it started crashing and it had already once made it to the log in screen about 5 mins prior. And I didn't even think the hard drive "kicked in" or had anything to do with this part.
Anyway It sucks and since I run a design/print studio there is a lot of stuff on there I need and I dont know really what to do.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the lengthy post.
So I figured it was just overheating. I went over to a buddies house to use some spare parts to see what the problem was (it took about a month before I did this so it sat for a while). When we plugged it up it went to the sign on screen but then we noticed that we didn't hook up a mouse so we did and restarted the comp.
(Bare with me Im a graphic design and just love case modding as far as actual computers go Im not the best with what goes on inside.)
Anyway Im not sure the name of the screen but when it shows you what drives you have hooked up and what not it freezes there and then all these colorful blocks pop up with different symbols inside like smiley faces, spades, hearts, Spanish letters, a lot of weird stuff.
Im not sure it could be a virus because it never happened before and the computer was never used since it started crashing and it had already once made it to the log in screen about 5 mins prior. And I didn't even think the hard drive "kicked in" or had anything to do with this part.
Anyway It sucks and since I run a design/print studio there is a lot of stuff on there I need and I dont know really what to do.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the lengthy post.