I know to ground myself. Besides I only have one hardware problem which I have now identified as the RAM and no new hardware problems have shown up.
I’d help if you weren’t such an ass.
And @ your sig, there’s a very big difference between stupidity and not being knowledgeable.
So does anyone know how to override EDID?
Lolwut. I’M the one offering help and advice to YOU.
Please don’t be one of those people that think static electricity and its damaging effects on sensitive PC hardware is just some sort of made up conspiracy. PC parts don’t come in those anti static bags for fun. Don’t confuse your luck with knowledge.
I appreciate your help, but I’d much prefer it if you worded it in a much more friendly tone.
See my sig. Read it. Understand it. Act upon it. The choice is yours.
I really don’t want to fight with you but once again, there is a huge difference between not being educated and bing stupid. This is my first computer, I am still learning. That doesn’t make me an idiot, just a noob.
Anyway, I am looking to replace the RAM. Here’s the RAM I had: OCZ DDR2 4096. It got good reviews and it’s the cheapest so I’m thinking of buying it again. What do you guys think?
Make sure it’s your ram!! Test it!
I forget which tool is best for it, I switched to Mac a few years back. ;D
Try this one. https://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Should report any problems
Heck, it could be one memory modal on a stick gone bad.
Diving right into and messing around with PC hardware without educating yourself about it first IS stupid. If you don’t know about something you’re about to mess with, go and learn about it FIRST. If you had never used a chainsaw before and stuck your hand on it and cut it off would you still cry “I didn’t KNOW and wasn’t educated about it!” or would you admit it was a stupid thing to do and that you should have gone and learnt about it first? You could have avoided this whole conversation by just saying “shit, I didn’t know about that. I guess I should have researched a bit first instead of just shoving my hands in and ripping out PC parts. Thanks for the info, now I know in future”.
But alas you instead chose to try and defend / excuse your stupidity and lack of research. I taught myself about PC’s, and before I messed with any parts on my first PC I made sure I knew as much as I could about it. Don’t make indefensible excuses, just LEARN from your mistakes, and accept advice / criticism - even if it sounds harsh.
I get those too and there is no reason foe me to be having them its making it a waste for me to have bought the computer.
A) I do know enough to ground myself before touching pc parts
B) Me messing with my parts TOLD me what the problem was, not caused it
C) Maybe I should have looked up vacuuming computers before I did it, but I had no idea vacuums create static electricity
D) Nothing I did (that I am aware of) caused any of the problems with my computer (except the monitor thing, that happened cause my computer froze really badly and I killed the power)
E) I don’t even want your help anymore, fuck off
I’ve completely given up dealing with this, my friend knows a lot about computers and he’s going to be back in town soon so I’ll just give him some money and leave everything to him. Thanks anyway everyone.
No need to be a crybaby about it dude.
-You told us you vacuumed your PC.
-I told you it was a silly thing to do.
-You continued to handle your PC parts.
-I went into further detail as to why it was stupid.
-You claimed that not knowing much about static and PC hardware was not your fault. (Who’s fault WAS it then?)
-I re-iterated the facts.
-You had a hissy fit.
Calm down mate.
Once accidentally poked a power prong on the motherboard and shorted the whole computer and turned it off. Static is bad for the computer, but it is way less of an issue then you make it out to be. Replacing components is simple, touch the case before you do anything and you’re fine.
Shasta, yes, he did make a few mistakes, but you’re being a dick. Stop trying to provoke him.
Also, if wiggling your cables and unplugging bits seems to help, it could be the motherboard, because that’s what everything is plugged into.
Actually…
And I even try to keep it civil while people go off their nut and refuse to accept that they were just plain wrong.
What Ram said is fine and all, but there are limits, the guy needs help with his PC not a lesson in life, especially from you.
Garthbartin, try memtest86 on your ram, one stick at a time, both in the first slot, if it doesn’t find an error, it’s not your ram that’s causing the problem.
Could the cables or contacts themselves be at fault? This isn’t my most knowledgeable area (most errors I blame on computer demons, tricksy little bastards), but with my extensive experience with my ageing Renault, most electrical problems, especially intermittent ones, are caused by bad contacts or leads.
Anyway back to me knowing what I’m talking about, I came across an excellent book in my library not too long ago, the Haynes manual of computer repair (I dunno if Haynes exists outside the UK, but over here its the definitive repair manual for any car, as well as a few other things). It gives you a pretty good understanding of computer repair, and takes you through quite a few procedures step by step
Why not? If you give a man a fish, it feeds him for a day. Teach a man to fish, it feeds him and his family for life. A little hit to his pride now, could help him be much more prepared and thorough when learning new things in the future.
Why not from me? I clearly have a better understanding and knowledge base of this sort of thing than him. It’s pretty logical that someone who knows less than someone else would benefit from a few lessons from the smarter person.
You don’t need to be so negative you know.
Shasta, please leave this thread. Anyway like Sersoft said you should try doing memtest and see if any errors pop up. You have to be sure that the ram is the root of your problem. And what kind of friend charges you for helping out? That isn’t a friend. :what:
He doesn’t charge, but I’d offer to pay him anyway.
I already ran memtest, but I only ran it for 40 mins with both RAM cards in, I’ll try again.
Have you tried to clean your RAM slots? Have you tried using only one RAM card, then the other one? Have you tried the 6-years old CPU? Do you remember when the problem began?
I’m just asking because I think the problem is something related to the RAM cards or the CPU.
I’ve switched around the RAM cards a lot, and one appears to work worse than the other. I haven’t tried switching the old cpu, I guess I can try that now but I’m afraid the cpu will be too slow to run windows 7. The problem started probably around 1 to 2 months ago, and only got bad when I installed windows 7.
I ran memtest for 3 hours on one of my cards and no errors showed up. I’ll leave the test running over night on my other card.
If that CPU fits in the same socket format it would surely be fast enough to boot windows 7.
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