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Reply With Quoteits probably got a yum chow motherboard in it
open it up and look at the capacitors around the cpu, do they buldge?
could be ram, run memtest
maybe try a clean install instead of recovery by formatting the hard drive
PC hanging I have an 18 month old medion tower i3 running windows 7 32 bit. It has 4 meg ram, etc etc
It is one with similar specs to this
I keep getting the same problem every month or so.
The pc will go through start up and either stops at the start up screen and goes no further, or in other instances, gets through to open IE and thunderbird, but then just does nothing.
The only way to reboot is holding the power button in.
This goes on like this infinitum.
If I run the pc in safe mode,with networking, it runs ok. Go back to the traditional way, and the merrygoround starts.
The pc has a D recover partition, so I recover, and the pc flies like a new one...couple of weeks later, same problem happens.
I recovered again yesterday, and all goes well again as usual.
Fortunately it also has an one terrabyte e-sata drive connected on top of the pc, and thus I am saving data to there and not losing anything other than my time and patience with running the recover mode to fix it
Can someone suggest some programs or utilities to help assist to diagnose the problem next time to see what the problem may be?
Thank you
its probably got a yum chow motherboard in it
open it up and look at the capacitors around the cpu, do they buldge?
could be ram, run memtest
maybe try a clean install instead of recovery by formatting the hard drive
viewer (27-06-12)
Thanks Phil,
Unfamiliar with that memtest page
Can I bother you again and ask you which of the links I should download?
Thanks
if it all runs sweet after a fresh install it could actually be an app
you install afterwards that is causing the issue.
I remember a while back when i used to use nero i would have a similar
issue and once i stopped using it i had no problems
Never take your partner or loved one for granted life is so short
viewer (27-06-12)
this 1 to make a usb boot Download - Auto-installer for USB Key (Win 9x/2k/xp/7) *NEW!*
or 2nd 1 down is bootable cd job
although
if you hit F8 on bootup, windows has its own memory diagnostics
viewer (27-06-12)
I tried getting on to microsoft support.
They put me on remote check
He was looking in an area somewhere here
event viewer/custom views/windows logs/application/applications and service/microsoft/windows/diagnostic performance/operation
It showed registry errors everywhere.
They wanted me to pay $149 to fix them
I said no
Suggestions
Go to task manager and see if there are any processes that are using alot of your cpu. Hopefully this will tell you what is causing it. After that try msconfig and untick all the startup programs except for antivirus. Also run Ccleaner just to get rid of some crap.
Stop being so stupid.. it’s my turn!!
viewer (27-06-12)
So the virus checker is the only program you need starting on start up correct?Originally Posted by ageno2gen1
I have the same pc with the same esata drive and sometimes I have booting problems and if I remove the drive it boots succesfully.
I then shut the pc down plug the drive in again and it boots Ok .
I can send you a copy of the Hiren boot disc which can be handy to sort a lot of problems out.
One of our tech guru forum members gave me the copy of Hiren 4 or 5 years ago and I am still learning to use it but it is a great utility disc.
PM me your address if you want a copy.
Cheers Marty
viewer (27-06-12)
Processes
CLMLSvc.exe (Cyberlink)
crss.exe
dwm.exe
dwm.exe (desktop)
explorer.exe(windows)
FlashUtil.10d.exe(adobe)
IAStorIcon.exe(IAStoreIcon)
iexplore.exe(internet)
msseces.exe(microsoft)
nvvsvr.exe
rtHDVpl exe(realtek)
sidebar exe (windows)
taskhost exe(Host proc)
taskmgr exe
TeaTimer exe
winlogon
Startup
IAStoreIcon
Cyberlink
Realtek
Microsoft security client
Microsoft windows operating system
Spybot
I would 'untick'
IAStoreIcon (never heard of that one)
Cyberlink
Realtek
Microsoft windows operating system (what you would need that for I don't know)
Now do a reboot.
When it restarts a window will popup telling you what it just did...put a tick in (don't show this again) and away you go. See what happens now!!!
viewer (27-06-12)
install
install
email me after that with teamviewer id & password
phill@philquad.com
PM coming phil
THANK YOU
I wish the PM was going rather than coming
loli wish the pm was going rather than coming
Hi,
Phil just had my pc by remote....I went dizzy watching him
For those THAT DON"T KNOW, Phil is always the first lending a hand, and this is by far the most helpful member on pc related problems that i know of.
That is not to say that others are not helpful, they are, and this is what makes this place what it is...one worth coming back to each day.
THANKS Phil
ageno2gen1 (27-06-12),anyone (28-06-12),OSIRUS (21-11-12),weirdo (27-06-12)
thanks, we all try hard
i doubt it wouldve fixed your problem though
see how it goes but it may be something bigger
viewer (28-06-12)
Update...
You were correct...pc crashed today.
Would not get past trying to boot up.
Went into it's own windows diagnostic page to try fix itself,but no good, it just kept shutting down
Tried safe mode..no go.
I have contacted Medion,and await a return authority number.
Now using laptop in between getting issue resolved.
Thanks
yea like i said, mb maybe flakey
best test is to throw a xp or win 7 cd at it
wipe the hd altogether
make a 100 gb partion
install on that
if it still mucks up, its physical
tower picked up by medion today...no charges, off it goes for repair or replacement under waarranty conditions
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