Oh no!!! Computer help needed, bad

[Balog]

So I'm playing WoW when, all of the sudden, the screen turns dark. It then resolves into huge pixels in either black or dark blue. I think it was still showing WoW, but I'm not sure. I ctrl-alt-del and the screen changed patterns, but still all in giant black or blue pixels. WTF?!?!

I had a butt load of trouble getting this machine going, and I've had some issues since day one. On the loading screen it still says no 80 connector attached on whatever channel I have the connector from the optical drive plugged into. When I try to start WoW the damn thing kinda freezes. I give it the old three finger salute and it says program not responding but when I tell it to end now it doesn't. Usually takes a coupla resets before it'll load, and even then it takes too long.

This is the first time it's ever done anything like this tho. Normally I'd email or call G98 or Revdisk, but G's email is hosed and it's way too late to call. Any suggestions?

[Balog]

Ok, update; it now rebotts every time I log into my character in WoW. Damn, I wonder if something is buggy with that one program? Hmmm, guess I'll be reinstalling it this weekend.

[Gewehr98]

Is that the machine that had problems with the motherboard shorting out against the chassis? 

[Bogie]

Go for the .45 through the CPU...
 

[Thor]

Balog, sounds like you have a couple of different problems. I'd check all of your connectors, and take a hard look at the video card and it's drivers.

[charby]

pull the hard drive

fill the case with tannerite

stand back about 100 or so yards

flip on video camera

shoot case with 30-.06

pick up the pieces if you can find any

Go to Best Buy and buy a new computer

slave your old hard drive, move data over

take video of the range session and post on youtube

post address of your video here.

[Cromlech]

It's a sign that you should not be playing WoW.

[Mabs2]

If he's playing WoW he's probably not going to buy a computer from Best Buy. =p
My guess is that he built it himself and is having trouble with it.  Every computer me or my uncles have ever built had issues that took some time to get straight...
Unfortunately, I can't help ye.

[Thor]

I used to have a little test program that would tell a person where the problem lies. I forgot which computer or CD it's on.

Here's a link to a site that might work. 30 Day free trial.

http://www.passmark.com/

and another:

http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdiag.html

[Balog]

Is that the machine that had problems with the motherboard shorting out against the chassis? 

That's the one. Weirdest thing; left the machine running all night, come home and it runs fine. Logging in and out of WoW no problems. WTF! How did letting it sit for a few hours fix whatever was wrong with it? Grrr, I honestly think my freakin mobo is jacked up in some physical way.

Balog, sounds like you have a couple of different problems. I'd check all of your connectors, and take a hard look at the video card and it's drivers.

Integral video, good drivers. As for connectors don't even get me friggin started.....  The IDE cable is fine, optical drive is good, but even tho it's reading CD's from the 80 pin, it insists it can't detect it and no cable is plugged in.


It took me several very frustrating weeks to get this damn thing running, so after it was up I really didn't want to start the all over again. Looks like I may have to.