hi
i've had this computer running stable for about 7 months. I went on vacation for 3 weeks and upon my return it is riddled with hardware problems. It WAS unplugged the entire time I was gone. When I first turned it on I noticed the fan was not up to its usual squeal and the PC never POSTed. I kept trying to restart it, sometimes the CDROM and HD would come on, sometimes not. Anyway I guessed the maybe power supply was screwed so I went and bought a crappy CompUSA one (300W). Sure enough it started. But now I am having corruption issues. Applications keep complaining that the executables have been modified, IE keeps crashing, sometimes the whole system crashes. I thought maybe my hard drive got messed up from the faulty power supply so I spent too much on a new one. But I can't install an OS on it cause Setup keeps having trouble copying files from the CD-ROM. I have tried multiple OSes from different CDs.
I'm guessing I have a mobo problem? Is this a good assumption? Can anyone reccomend any diagnostic tools that may help pinpoint the issue?
My System:
Abit KT7A (non-RAID) (KT133A)
Thunderbird 1.0Ghz (not overclocked)
2 Sticks PC133 SDRAM
WD 7200 ATA/100 (old drive)
Maxtor 7200 ATA/100 (new drive)
Creative CDRW
Zip 100
GF2MX AGP card
SB Live
Linksys Network Adapter
Windows 2000
thanks!
i've had this computer running stable for about 7 months. I went on vacation for 3 weeks and upon my return it is riddled with hardware problems. It WAS unplugged the entire time I was gone. When I first turned it on I noticed the fan was not up to its usual squeal and the PC never POSTed. I kept trying to restart it, sometimes the CDROM and HD would come on, sometimes not. Anyway I guessed the maybe power supply was screwed so I went and bought a crappy CompUSA one (300W). Sure enough it started. But now I am having corruption issues. Applications keep complaining that the executables have been modified, IE keeps crashing, sometimes the whole system crashes. I thought maybe my hard drive got messed up from the faulty power supply so I spent too much on a new one. But I can't install an OS on it cause Setup keeps having trouble copying files from the CD-ROM. I have tried multiple OSes from different CDs.
I'm guessing I have a mobo problem? Is this a good assumption? Can anyone reccomend any diagnostic tools that may help pinpoint the issue?
My System:
Abit KT7A (non-RAID) (KT133A)
Thunderbird 1.0Ghz (not overclocked)
2 Sticks PC133 SDRAM
WD 7200 ATA/100 (old drive)
Maxtor 7200 ATA/100 (new drive)
Creative CDRW
Zip 100
GF2MX AGP card
SB Live
Linksys Network Adapter
Windows 2000
thanks!