Computer Problem Thread

[Police Girl]

Alrighty, I've got a problem with the Family Computer in my house, Turning it on today, I was greeted with a screen that said:

'Reboot and Select proper boot device
or insert boot media in selected drive and press a key'

The computer appears to be neglecting the presence of the OS as if it has been deleted. I would assume all we have to do is reinstall vista but I don't think we have a recovery disc.

[OBJECTION MAN]

Your hard drive could have died.

What I would try first is; open the case up, and take out the plugs from the hard drive. Make sure they're clean (blow them out) and reconnect the plugs. Then try booting up again.

[Hiryu]

If that doesn't work, the boot order may have changed. Go to the BIOS and make sure the hard drive(or other respective device) is chosen to be set 1st.

If that fails, there's a good chance your boot sector is corrupted. In this case your recovery disk would've helped. There may be a possibility that you can get one off the internet and burn it off another computer if you don't have one.

[Police Girl]

Your hard drive could have died.

What I would try first is; open the case up, and take out the plugs from the hard drive. Make sure they're clean (blow them out) and reconnect the plugs. Then try booting up again.

That appeared to have been the case.

Dad took it in today so we'll find out if the Computer can be salvaged.

If that doesn't work, the boot order may have changed. Go to the BIOS and make sure the hard drive(or other respective device) is chosen to be set 1st.

If that fails, there's a good chance your boot sector is corrupted. In this case your recovery disk would've helped. There may be a possibility that you can get one off the internet and burn it off another computer if you don't have one.

I actually did try that (1st device for boot was Floppy Disk for some unknown reason.) And all that did was make the computer freeze up when trying to access the HDD.

[Waifu]

I am using Compaq Presario computer but it doesn't have a lot of memory and it will be awhile before I afford good memory. I tried all sorts of browsers such as:

Chrome - it works but only for high memory computers. This consumes a lot of memory and that is soemthing this PC does not have.

Firefox - for the same reason as above

MSN - My computer doesn't seem to like my MSN account, it slows down and most I get some error messages.

I heard some alternatve browsers like Flock, Rockmelt, Safari and Opera but I am not sure about either of them. I am using Netscape now but AOL no longer supports it and I am not what would happen if I keep it around. My dad doesn't rust IE for reason being that it may leave me open to viruses. I am not sure how much that is true but is there any other alternative browsers that doesn't use a lot of memory?

Also, is there any safer way to uninstall and reinstall MSN Explorer?

[VixyNyan]

Opera is cool and fast. I use it all the time on the laptop at home.

[Waifu]

Is there any freeware that allows me to export MSN favorites?

[DarkWaltz]

Okay guys I have a problem. Turning on my computer I received this message:

Run DLL
Error in C:\\Windows\System32\spool\DRIVERS\x64\3\LXCGtime.dll
Missing entry:_RunDLLEntry@16

I have no idea what it means, and it seems that perhaps another driver has been messing up as well. I havn't had a chance to write it down because my computer would shut itself off. I have a fan on it right now, because I'm worried that it's overheating (It is rather hot in my room right now.) So does anyone know what it means and how to fix it if possible? Or should I start looking into getting another CPU?

[OBJECTION MAN]

It's a printer problem. Get on in safe mode, then uninstall your printer software, and the printe rout of the devices/printers folder. Then reboot and see what you get.

PS: I hate Lexmark.

[Waifu]

Hmmm I don't have the same problem with Lexmark but I can understand the drivers issues.

[DarkWaltz]

Yeah, that didn't work at all. I went into Safe Mode, and uninstalled it. My computer would run the proccesses and the screen refused to come up. Completley white but the mouse is apparent. Tried to go back into safe mode then it blue screened and shut off.

Knowing my dumb self I probably uninstalled the wrong thing and screwed it up even further. Lovely.

[Hiryu]

If you did manage to uninstall the wrong thing, it could possibly show up as another error when you go into a normal boot.

You wouldn't happen to have the OS installation disc, would you?

[DarkWaltz]

I probably do, although the computer came with the OS already placed on it. When I get back home from work I'll have to hunt it down. Dad's gonna try to help me boot it up again, if not, we may have to take it to a proffesional and I can onyl pray they can fix the porblem without me losing all my data.

[Turian]

Did you get it fixed? If not, what manufacturer makes it? You may be able to access a part of the hard drive  that has the installation backup and just repair your OS. The function key you have to press to access it is different for each manufacturer. 

[Waifu]

I need some help with my MSN Explorer install, not to long I uninstalled MSN explorer to make more space for alternative browsers but I realized that most of the browsers I have are essentially the same. I wanted to reinstall MSN Explorer but as you can see from this picture:




I cannot reinstall the program without those files and I am not sure about what other complications if I leave unistalled. I don't want to reformat the computer but I don't have a recovery cd as the computer did not come with one. Can you help me?

[Flame]

so this happens.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5965/glitche.png

they shift around, and doing things like typing causes them to move around too.

I was suggested updating my GFX card drivers. Alternatively, re-mounting the card. neither of which ive really done yet. The pixel problem just gets worse and worse.

EDIT: updated driver. did nothing.

EDIT 2: Remounted the card. nothing.I think my GFX card may be bad. thing is, It doesnt affect my gameplay performance. it doesnt show up when I play. mostly when im on the desktop or doing other things that the pixel snow happens.

I do get random spikes in the GPU load while online, about 24%, though I cannot remember if that happens normally when im on the internet or not because I never checked.

[Waifu]

I am want to try to get videos to my PSP but I have a hard time trying to do that. I want to transfer videos and I have Format Factory and Any Video Converter somewhere but I don't what settings to use or even how to get the PSP to recognize the videos.

[Hiryu]

Make a folder named "Video" in your PSP folder and put them in there. I think the PSP will play MPEG-4's and AVI's.

[Kirby Pink]

Okay here´s a puzzle for you.


I first had a pc my brother let me use and a hard drive.
I then got a new graphic card for it. Then a new motherboard and CPU.
Atm , all of the stuffon it is mine.

It´s got a Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 Ti Graphic card.
A WDC WD1001FALS-00JTBO Ata Device Hard drive
Intel(R) Core (TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10 GHZ (shows 4 in Device Manager.)
It runs Windows 8 x64 bit
Its got 8 GB of Ram.

Now here´s the trouble . Anytime i run any game that requires DX11 , it crashes after 5-15mins.
Ive checked the Event Viewer, but i can´t seem to find the answer there.
Running Ps2 or Wii Emulator at max? No Problem!
Try run Hitman Absolution on it? Pft! Nope! Crash!
Some games will actually run fine. Like Sonic Generations or World of Warcraft on DX11.

It´s not that there is any red lines or graphic glitches when it crashes, it just still freezes and the audio goes one tone high. Sometimes it will correct it self, but then the audio vanishes.
Now i did try run Realtek audio drivers, but once again, crashes.

Even with a clean new Windows 8 installation and updates to the Nvidia card? Crash!
Well, okay not crash, more like freeze.

The room im in isn´t very hot, and the fans on the PC are fine, they spin spin spin spin.

[Reaperoid]

Sounds like you don't have enough power.
The 560Ti requires 500W minimum for the whole system, so you should have a 600W or 700W at most supply, to be safe.

[Kirby Pink]

I have a...uh...CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

[Reaperoid]

At 500W, you're stressing your system for power when the GTX gets going. You seriously need a little more power to spare.

[Kirby Pink]

Maybe this will help any?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/Werty2132/CPUID_zpsdb72b87b.png

I put in a extra fan blowing at the graphic card, and lo and behold, it lasted 2 hours and 30mins before it crashed holding temp at 40c
Maybe it´s a overheating issue?

Atm , im playing Tomb Raider, and it has PC issues atm with Nvidia. So, can not confirm until next drivers are out.

[Waifu]

Is there any method that I can use to connect my PSP to my WPA2 connection?

[Flame]

I have a print spooler problem.

I have not touched my printer in a while, and I recently got myself a new ink cart, some paper, and tried to print something, only for nothing to happen. I tried bugfixing, but it didnt find anything. So i tried reinstalling the drivers, and there, I encountered a print Spooler Error 1053 that I've no clue what to do about.

Anyone?