If you have a PC problem I will try to help

Empty_pockets

Hi,

Did a driver update for the first time. Got a NIVEDA 440?

Anyway, I was on 56 and they were on 93!

All working now, thanks.

roddydogs

How about this one......My Dell Dimension 3100C 4 years old, continously "Locks up" ie sticks at the "Welcome" screen, or goes to the Background, but the "Short cuts" dont appear, or they do appear, but the comp will go no further, and has to be swirtched off manally and on again (No reboot switch).Yes, ive run every free stuff, MSE, CC Mbam.Spybot, Eusing etc, and in Safe Mode as well. but it still does it. Help

swvillafan

roddydogs wrote: »

How about this one......My Dell Dimension 3100C 4 years old, continously "Locks up" ie sticks at the "Welcome" screen, or goes to the Background, but the "Short cuts" dont appear, or they do appear, but the comp will go no further, and has to be swirtched off manally and on again (No reboot switch).Yes, ive run every free stuff, MSE, CC Mbam.Spybot, Eusing etc, and in Safe Mode as well. but it still does it. Help

Might be better to start a new thread rather than tacking on the end of this one, probably get more views and suggestions!

roddydogs

"If you have any problems, contact me, I will try to help""..........or did i miss something?

LSEdwards

roddydogs wrote: »

How about this one......My Dell Dimension 3100C 4 years old, continously "Locks up" ie sticks at the "Welcome" screen, or goes to the Background, but the "Short cuts" dont appear, or they do appear, but the comp will go no further, and has to be swirtched off manally and on again (No reboot switch).Yes, ive run every free stuff, MSE, CC Mbam.Spybot, Eusing etc, and in Safe Mode as well. but it still does it. Help

How frequently does this happen? Is there any pattern to when it happens?

dell.mannn

roddydogs wrote: »

How about this one......My Dell Dimension 3100C 4 years old, continously "Locks up" ie sticks at the "Welcome" screen, or goes to the Background, but the "Short cuts" dont appear, or they do appear, but the comp will go no further, and has to be swirtched off manally and on again (No reboot switch).Yes, ive run every free stuff, MSE, CC Mbam.Spybot, Eusing etc, and in Safe Mode as well. but it still does it. Help

in such circumstance, i say reinstall windows for a fresh clean pc. :cool:

roddydogs

LSEdwards wrote: »

How frequently does this happen? Is there any pattern to when it happens?

Its happens, now more often than not...ive just had to switch of and on 3 times before i could get into the computer.. Its also does it 50% of the time on switchoff, I have to switch off manually.

roddydogs

dell.mannn wrote: »

in such circumstance, i say reinstall windows for a fresh clean pc. :cool:

Dell dont provide a reinstall disc.........or is it somewhere on the HD?

LSEdwards

roddydogs wrote: »

Its happens, now more often than not...ive just had to switch of and on 3 times before i could get into the computer.. Its also does it 50% of the time on switchoff, I have to switch off manually.

It could be a hardware problem and not a problem with Windows.

Do you feel confident enough to open the case and unplug and replug the SATA cable for the C drive (both ends)?

swvillafan

roddydogs wrote: »

"If you have any problems, contact me, I will try to help""..........or did i miss something?

The only problem is that if people just keep adding to this post you're gonna get one uber post. If other people are searching the forum for help they're not necessarily going to find it as easy as if it was a post in its own right! That's all I was trying to get across!