Just freakin great

[LilAcorn]

I’m fucked either way. In a major pits of all and can’t afford to fix this computer at all. Been struggling with car fixing, utilities, food, fixing the house and more and we can even afford to get me a freak working cell phone. That’s how bad it is here and this shit happens. I’m fed up that this computer keeps breaking down and I’ve been taking care of it by keeping it cleaned and all.  It restarts itself when it freezes, black screen or whenever the fuck it feels like. A few times I have to cold shut down cause it can’t kick the restart from whatever.  I have ran repair scans and nothing is wrong, always on top of the drivers too.

things I have replaced or upgraded

cpu fan n heat sink

north and south bridges 

graphics card 2x

hard drives 1t & 2t

powersupply 3x

2 fans

 

so yeah this computer has eaten a lot of my money for the past 8 yrs

[deerejon]

Thats a bummer Acorn...I hope shit turns around for you. 

[7Toes]

sounds like a software problem might need to a clean install of what ever operating system you have

 

Edited September 14, 2018 by 7Toes
because i can lol

[Angelz]

Do you have windows 7? If yes then use that.

What are your pc specs?

Edited September 14, 2018 by Angelz
Because 7Toes said he can hahahaha

[LilAcorn]

That’s the other thing no matter how many times I reformat n etc same ol crap. 

[LilAcorn]

I. Sticking with windoes 10, my daughter is gunna be using my old windows because she has vista. She needs to upgrade badly. 

[Slackernet]

from your explanation it is sounding like you are having a main board issue. either the capacitors are failing or the north or south bridge i damaged. Either way it would seem like you need to rebuild a bit. if everything around the main board is replaced its time to look inward. If you post what cpu type and ram type maybe one of us idiots has an extra board laying around that you could use. It's worth a shot

ps: don't forget the case / board size  ATX MATX are a few examples. The easiest way to tell is just measure the length and width of the board

[Lovyan]

awww that sucks lilacorn, i hope your hubby can fix the problem....

[LilAcorn]

Goofaloop aka licklotapus built this for me and he knows the motherboard very well. Not sure when he gets on. I took very good care of this system. Cleaned it as much as I can, made sure it had fresh goo stuff for the heat sinks, drivers and all that. All I know is that my mother board is a nvidia GeForce and he said it’s a really damn good motherboard

[LilAcorn]

Lovyan he won’t do shit can’t afford it. we just make sure bills, insurance, food, kids stuff and pet stuff is taken care of. Gotta have internet cause it’s my only source of communication to family and friends and hubby. No phone at all. 

[7Toes]

this might sound stupid but have tried another cord from your vid card to your monitor or tried another monitor?

[Slackernet]

the north and south bridge heat sinks never get  new material added to them  unless a crazy cooling system is added to the case. That info alone is telling me you have electrical surge or heat damage on the main board. if i recall correctly its the south bridge that handles video and by the looks of that display its prob damaged and the board is dying

[BUDMAN]

I have some old boards laying around from upgrades, if I have what u need you are more then welcome to it...

 

[LilAcorn]

Well the graphics card could be taking a shit. Had to downgrade from analog cord to hdmi and it’s also doing another windows update. Forced some wi Dow’s updates and ran repair scan. Guess my desktop is being a hormonal bitch lol just like my pregnancy hormones going up the wall.

 

 Btw analog is suppose to be better than hdmi according to reviews for gaming n etc  

[LilAcorn]

well got that resolved then discovered my sound was gone yet it was saying it was going, so i had to move it to another USB slot cause couple of em wouldnt work and the jacks. (flips the desktop off) LOL.... think ill crawl back into bed for a nap... running on about almost 3 hrs of sleep. got too hot upstairs last night. *begs for rain*

[Krackennutz]

cough try switch cleaner, even though old  or even new and are gold plated they tarnish bad contact,had trouble with my hdmi on card turned out wrong hdmi lead needed a 2b,yup there are different ones lol

load this will give you infor on whats in your PC its free...use latest..https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html#version-history

or this does same but gives you what heat your components are running use free and make sure if it offers avast free before download you uncheck it

Speccy.......https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy

 

to check sound in run  type.... dxdiag   will give you info on whats conflicting or broken if any

for other shutdowns dunno  if win 7 has it but win 8/8.1/10 does ..Control panel-System- bottom left Action Center-scroll down to Maintenance,click upside down arrow, look for " View Reliability History",gives you a graph over time period of shutdowns ,failures and errors ,click on em gives you the info.....some are as helpful as a brick ,but can help

Edited September 14, 2018 by Krackennutz

[Timmah!]

Personally, first thing I would replace is the mainboard; I've always had great results with Gigabyte...one of my older rigs is 10 years old & the Gigabyte still runs like a champ.

[Evil-Monkey]

main board what socket is your chip I have some good boards I can send ya.  I also have a GTX 970 video card that is like brand new. I may even have some memory just let me know 

 

Edited September 15, 2018 by Evil-Monkey

[Dessy]

On 14-9-2018 at 6:03 PM, LilAcorn said:

Well the graphics card could be taking a shit. Had to downgrade from analog cord to hdmi and it’s also doing another windows update. Forced some wi Dow’s updates and ran repair scan. Guess my desktop is being a hormonal bitch lol just like my pregnancy hormones going up the wall.

 

 Btw analog is suppose to be better than hdmi according to reviews for gaming n etc  

by analog  what you mean by that  just normal dvi? or vga