my comp is malfuctioning

[Thornwhistle]

Last night and today,my computer has not been working. Yesterday,it kept on rebooting,so I had to call a friend orf mine in to fix this problem. She was sucessful. Today,I turned on the monitor and hard drive tower,it refused to come online. So,I called my friend to come back and work on this new problem,only this time,she couldn't do much to fix it. So now,I'm using a different (and older) computer. *sigh*

[Carlaz]

That's too bad. Hope you can get your PC working again.

[kageri]

Was it doing that thing where it looks like it's starting up normally but reboots, and keeps doing that over and over? I've had that happen to me several times. It's lame.

[One Radical Dude]

Originally Posted by Thornwhistle

Last night and today,my computer has not been working. Yesterday,it kept on rebooting,so I had to call a friend orf mine in to fix this problem. She was sucessful. Today,I turned on the monitor and hard drive tower,it refused to come online. So,I called my friend to come back and work on this new problem,only this time,she couldn't do much to fix it. So now,I'm using a different (and older) computer. *sigh*

Do you perform spyware and virus scans? If not, you should start. Also, when you say "it refused to come online", are you talking about the hard drive tower, or are you saying that you couldn't connect to the Internet? What type of speeds do you have -- dial-up, cable, DSL?

[Thornwhistle]

It's like this:

I turn the hard drive and the monitor on,I heard the hard drive making it's noise,but the screen shows nothing,it's like it's not on. So,I turn them both off again,because they're not working. I even checked the wires,but nothing came loose.

[SkittleMonkey]

What, you mean like your screen stays black when you can still hear everything booting up? How old is your monitor? I had that same problem once before, and it turned out that my monitor just died. If that's not it, it's probably some kind of virus you got. I got a virus one time that erased one of my startup files, and I couldn't get past the startup screen.

[montitech]

Originally Posted by Thornwhistle

It's like this:

I turn the hard drive and the monitor on,I heard the hard drive making it's noise,but the screen shows nothing,it's like it's not on. So,I turn them both off again,because they're not working. I even checked the wires,but nothing came loose.

Most computers have internal speekers.
If you press the power on your computer and everything sounds normal, ie: Hard drive does not sound funky or skipping but normal.

Then you are likrly looking at the issue being the monitor.
If the computer has a speeker (internal) when you power up, if it does not detect a default vidio bios then the computer is suppose to beep. In other words if the monitor and cable are on correctly and working when you start up you should either hear some strange beeps or see the vidio bios flash on the screen, If neither of these happen then the monitor is usually the problem. sometimes if you look at the pins on the cable one may be bent and they are extreamly difficut to straiten.
I have seen some BAd CPU/Motherboards that did not beep, this is more common on cheeper computers made in the past 4 or five years.


Good Luck

Monty

[Thornwhistle]

When I wrote the last message,the mouse cursor froze. I tried to fix it by turning off the hard drive,then turning it back on. Now,it's malfucntioning again. I had the person come back ,but this time,she wasn't able to fix it.

I might have to get a new comp.

[montitech]

Originally Posted by Thornwhistle

When I wrote the last message,the mouse cursor froze. I tried to fix it by turning off the hard drive,then turning it back on. Now,it's malfucntioning again. I had the person come back ,but this time,she wasn't able to fix it.

I might have to get a new comp.

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The mouse freezing is different from windows freezing, If windows freezes it may be a Bad CPU Fan, Bad Memory or even a bad Power Supply. (assuming it is Hardware. naturally it could be software see below.

if the problem is only that your mouse unexpectently freezes. Then try as others sugested to run spyware and virus softare.
adaware from lavasoft.de is free for spyware cleaner (not protection but will clean when run manually) and avast is also free virus protection.
that should help if the problem is software. if the problem is hardware, then it may be the mouse or the port the mouse is pluged into. try using a different mouse, I usually go through one mouse every 18 months before I have to refurbish or buy a new one. on newer computers with USB ports it is easiest to try a new USB mouse. naturally if you donot have USB it is harder to diagnose and fix.

Monty

[Carlaz]

Originally Posted by One Radical Dude

Do you perform spyware and virus scans? If not, you should start. Also, when you say "it refused to come online", are you talking about the hard drive tower, or are you saying that you couldn't connect to the Internet? What type of speeds do you have -- dial-up, cable, DSL?

Definitely do spyware & virus scans if you haven't. These can bog your PC down so it won't run.