PC help? SoS {Update}
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I believe if you can believe out of nothing an explosion (big bang) happened then how far fetched can god be?
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I'd suggest this. My boyfriend is good with computers and when I had a stick of RAM go corrupt we just took them out and ran them one by one until we found the bad one. If you don't want to do it yourself, then it's something the guy you took it to should have checked. If he didn't check it before then you should make him check it this time as it's probably not going to be a video card problem.AdamSavage wrote:You can try taking a stick of ram out if you have more then one and see what happens.
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^This, definitely! My laptop hadn't been really cleaned and was running slow, some stuff wasn't working right, etc. but then my boyfriend cleaned it out and everything. He even replaced some of the thermal paste. Anyway, my laptop runs MUCH better. It'd be easier to do yours too since it's not a laptop! You'd be amazed at what you can find in there. I had this little square of densely packed lint... with a spider inside of it. GROSS.SgtMakkie wrote:Might sound odd, but when was the last time the PC was really cleaned? All fans wiped clean etc.. Quite often a good spring clean can make a hugh difference to the way the computer behaves. They are basically huge dust magnets
Good luck with your computer! I definitely recommend cleaning it out thoroughly and checking the RAM also!
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Exactly. *serious*SgtMakkie wrote:i.e. Get a big hammer and hit it repeatedly! xD
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If you aren't comfortable touching the inside, I'd vote to not do it. Just make sure the next time you take it in that you've been doing some research on online resources and you REALLY don't think it's a graphics problem, so you'd like him to check other options first, and that RAM has come up as the potential culprit. If he refuses.. just tell him you'll take your money elsewhere.
The reason I suggest not messing with the insides yourself is something that happened when I was younger. My mom bought us a network card for our computer, but didn't know what kind she should be buying. So when I installed it.. it caused our computer to not power on... If you took it OUT.. it would work.. but she kept saying I must have been doing it wrong.. and had me keep trying.. Eventually, it just permanently fried something and it wouldn't start up even after taking it out.. :/ We had to get it repaired.
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Press Super + R and then run the command winver and report what it says.
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It doesn't really say. I hope this repair guy knows what he's doing maybe upgrading will fix it i suppose it can't hurt at any rate lol
I decided to post what was on the invoice just incase anyone thought upgrading it wouldn't fix it and wanted to let me know. I appreciate all the help and any opinons since things are really crazy for me right now and im not sure what would be best to do keep trying to fix it or not if this doesn't work. Everything is probably so outdated now to you guys lol but it's still my baby even tho i understand maybe half of what this stuff means.
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