WHHYYYYYYYYYYYY AKA The official "My computer is broke" thread

[B_Metal]

SO. My computer keeps freezing at the login screen. And that's only 1 out of 10 times I try to reboot. My computer is broke, also I think my external hard drive got slammed. I think the Chud Virus hit me late. I'll be blaming them regardless of what caused it anyway. I hope I don't have to rebuild. That would = teh not kewl.

Feel free to share your broken CPU stories here. Or just point at me and laugh as I now have to use my iphone and work CPU for my interwebs activities.

[Abraham Smashington]

Can you boot it in safe mode?

[B_Metal]

Can you boot it in safe mode?

It freezes once the safe mode begins to boot too.

[Shit Dickface]

360, now this? You should stop buying electronics.

[B_Metal]

360, now this? You should stop buying electronics.

Well in my defense these are the only two things electronic that have broken down. Plus it's not like 360's are known for stability. My CPU is like five years old and this is the first time it's crapped like this. Just not sure what to do. I could rebuild but that's not cheap, repairing it is a crapshoot as I don't have a clue whats wrong and I'm not aware of any "reputable" computer repair men.

Also I built this CPU and it's been fine till now and this problem is so randomly out there that I'm not sure if it can be fixed.

[Abraham Smashington]

to be honest, you may need to take your HD out and get it virus scanned and test it with another computer.

[B_Metal]

to be honest, you may need to take your HD out and get it virus scanned and test it with another computer.

That's what I was afraid off. Alright, well thanks for the input. Hopefully I didn't lose all my stuff.

[Abraham Smashington]

Really, it's gonna be a "test every piece until you figure it out" problem. But make sure you virus scan it if you hook it up to a new machine. Check out Bitdefender. There is a free trial that works pretty well ( I have all of my machines on that program, catches everything so far)

[B_Metal]

Really, it's gonna be a "test every piece until you figure it out" problem. But make sure you virus scan it if you hook it up to a new machine. Check out Bitdefender. There is a free trial that works pretty well ( I have all of my machines on that program, catches everything so far)

Will do. Brother in law had a few ideas but I'm not sure on them. He thinks the computer is trying to boot the wrong drive or the boot log or someshit was corrupted. I think I'll try your idea first though.

[Abraham Smashington]

Well if you get to the XP login screen, then it's booting. But check your BIOS for any irregularities.

[B_Metal]

Well if you get to the XP login screen, then it's booting. But check your BIOS for any irregularities.

That's what I thought on the booting as it gets to the screen where you select user and freezes. If I can get it to boot again I'll check bios. I'll post on here this evening if anything looks wonky. At this point I'm willing to try anything as I don't want to rebuild but I don't want to get a prison sized corn holing to get it repaired.

[nerdious dorkus]

Have you tried turning off and on?

[B_Metal]

Have you tried turning off and on?

Holy crap in a can?!?! Who would have ever thought to do that? /sarcasm

Only about 600 times nerdious. It will attempt to boot about 1/8th of the time and the rest it freezes at the user select screen.

[nerdious dorkus]

Holy crap in a can?!?! Who would have ever thought to do that? /sarcasm

Only about 600 times nerdious. It will attempt to boot about 1/8th of the time and the rest it freezes at the user select screen.

Apparently, somebody here does not watch The IT Crowd.

[B_Metal]

Apparently, somebody here does not watch The IT Crowd.

Guilty. My crappy job sucks up a lot of quality tv time. Sorry.