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The Red Guy
October 24th, 2002, 21:27
My computer has been crashing continously for quite some time, and even if I use it, for about 50 mins there's bound to be a jam or something bad. Any ideas on solving it? I've tried defragmenting the disk, scanning everything.
Bruce
October 24th, 2002, 21:33
Knowing your OS would be helpful...
The Red Guy
October 24th, 2002, 21:39
Win ME, 128 MB Ram and 20 GB hard disk.
trenzterra
October 24th, 2002, 21:47
time for a reformat I guess.


Well if you're using Win9x, there are bound to be crashes everytime.
The Red Guy
October 24th, 2002, 21:48
Originally posted by trenzterra
time for a reformat I guess.


Well if you're using Win9x, there are bound to be crashes everytime. Any other way? I don't want to lose all my files, although I can back-up. But it's gonna be messy, and things are bound to be lost.
chicos
October 25th, 2002, 00:16
i recently got some new (cheap) ram that made my system sooo unstable that i couldn't run more than 1 window at a time! i got a refund and will be sticking with my HP ram until i get a new pc.
The Red Guy
October 25th, 2002, 00:20
Originally posted by chicos
i recently got some new (cheap) ram that made my system sooo unstable that i couldn't run more than 1 window at a time! i got a refund and will be sticking with my HP ram until i get a new pc. I didn't get new hardware, except for a mouse.
Canuckkev
October 25th, 2002, 00:23
Well, maybe try unintalling your new mouse, and see if that fixes, or format and reinstall. You should format and reinstall often, it will make a huge difference.

You may also check how many programs are running at startup, you can download some software off download.com to check that (or run that win 9X program that I forgot what it's called).
The Red Guy
October 25th, 2002, 02:02
Originally posted by Canuckkev
Well, maybe try unintalling your new mouse, and see if that fixes, or format and reinstall. You should format and reinstall often, it will make a huge difference.

You may also check how many programs are running at startup, you can download some software off download.com to check that (or run that win 9X program that I forgot what it's called). Strange, my mouse provided no software like the others. And what do you mean by formatting? Thanks!
is0lized
October 25th, 2002, 02:32
msconfig, type that in the run command and click startupo


also ditch winme its the death of you!
Jan
October 25th, 2002, 02:41
Originally posted by is0lized
also ditch winme its the death of you!
Have you tried it? I don't have any problems with it crashing and I have used it for a long time.

It is probably some software conflict. Or too much running in the background. Use the msconfig and disable unnecessary files on startup as suggested.

As for formatting, that is something I would only do as a last resort. I haven't had to do it for over 2 years *touch wood*
Canuckkev
October 25th, 2002, 16:12
No, you may not need to format, but it's good to clean up your computer. Makes it run hella faster. And yes, MSCONFIG, that's the program.

Also, try Adaware, it will cleanly delete any spyware components running.
Ashed
October 25th, 2002, 16:23
If my computer crashes that often, I would just format and never look back. :D
The Red Guy
October 26th, 2002, 02:32
Now it's better, but whenever I play graphically intensive games such as RTCW it jams!
Daniel
October 26th, 2002, 12:09
Originally posted by The Red Guy
Now it's better, but whenever I play graphically intensive games such as RTCW it jams!

Playing RTCW with 128MB RAM?? How much frames you getting on that? :eek: