Curse

bigo688 · Apr 24, 2006, 04:08 AM // 04:08

Ok what happen was i was just doing a quest playing the game and then all a sudden bars and squares appear on the screen start shaking and moving. I closed the game restarted still there. Booted in safe mode screen looks fine. Now i have messed with screen resolution. desktop looks fine ok better but some icons look dull. When i start the game tho same thing bars and sqaures shake. specs..

Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp. 0G0728
Serial Number: ..CN4811236E0608.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A01 04/28/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
79.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
60.69 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A [CD-ROM drive]
SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616T [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD800BB-75FJA1 [Hard drive] (80.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAJ93890632, rev 14.03G14, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 0' has 256 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 0' has 256 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 1' is Empty
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 79.99 GB 60.69 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 4/23/2006 5:46:19 PM (admin)
Tony livia 4/23/2006 6:38:28 PM (admin)
local system accounts
ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never

DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

Canon MP780 FAX on USB002
Canon MP780 Series Printer on USB001
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) RADEON 9800 SERIES [Display adapter]
RADEON 9800 SERIES - Secondary [Display adapter]
DELL M

WIndows Xp sry for all that stuff didnt know what to show and what not to. Please when you explain make it clear im a big time comp noob. Ty for any help

Mustache Mayhem · Apr 24, 2006, 04:17 AM // 04:17

fan on the 9800 is probably out.. open up the case and replace it (it'll be 4 tiny screws and it'll pop right out- disconnect from the board and buy a replacement.. it happens- it can run fanless but soon as you kick into 3d your gonna need cooling

bigo688 · Apr 24, 2006, 05:48 PM // 17:48

So your saying the reason the bars show up is because of it over heating and i need to replace the fan? Im just trying to understand what is wrong. I guess that makes sense that it is being heated and cant work right?

Lord Cooper · Apr 25, 2006, 07:35 AM // 07:35

could be.. open up the case with the computer running and CAREFULY touch the fan lightly. you should feel some resistance as it keeps spinning past the pressure your finger is exerting on it. if not chances are its dead

Narada · Apr 25, 2006, 05:19 PM // 17:19

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Originally Posted by Lord Cooper

could be.. open up the case with the computer running and CAREFULY touch the fan lightly. you should feel some resistance as it keeps spinning past the pressure your finger is exerting on it. if not chances are its dead

Why wouldn't you just look at the fan instead? I don't see why you should even have to touch your fan... it should be plainly visible as to if it's working or not when you open up the case. Software diagnostic programs would also be a decent idea in making sure that it was still working well... it's probably not going to do much to try and gauge the RPM's by eye, but if you have an idea as to the fan's the range of operating speeds you can see if it may be starting to crap out on you.

Do you mean that by touching it and feeling resistance you are able to make sure that it is spinning "strongly", whereas without touching it it could still be spinning but at a relatively slow (and dying) speed without you noticing?

bigo688 · Apr 25, 2006, 08:56 PM // 20:56

ok checked out the fan. It is working fine. I wanted to just reformat my whole computer erase everything and start all over. Anybody have any links for steps on how to do that.

aeroclown · Apr 25, 2006, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigo688

ok checked out the fan. It is working fine. I wanted to just reformat my whole computer erase everything and start all over. Anybody have any links for steps on how to do that.

Find Memtest and run it before you jump into that, also locate and use Driver cleaner and install your video drivers cleanly and correctly.