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Computer problem - opinions?
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 04:50 pmSo my computer is going bugfuck bananas.
A few days ago, the guy who made this computer for me came over to do a wipe and reinstall on it. Everything seemed okay for a couple of days, then the computer froze during a video game. This game was one of about 15 that I had installed for months before the wipe, and which had always worked perfectly before. I had re-installed it after the wipe, and had been playing it okay up 'til then. I restarted the computer, but it happened again, twice more in a row. I tried installing some of the other games. All of them, having worked perfectly before, now reacted badly, but each in a different way. One lost the video but not the sound, one would shut down after only a second or two of opening, one claimed there were no HAL devices, whatever they are, etc.
Also, all my video files suddenly had a hard time playing. The audio was fine, but the video was sticky and slow. This started the same time as the trouble with the games.
Manny happened by again the next day and we went over things - drivers, settings. We could see no reason for this. He played a bit with the drivers and managed to clean up the problem with playing vid files. But the game problem persisted. He said he'd look into it.
Now there's another thing. Suddenly, all my video files are playing upside-down. I've never seen that before, or heard of it happening.
Anyone have any thoughts? I'm not well-versed in a computer's innards, but I'm hazarding that I need a new video card. This computer's guts are almost 8 years old now, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's time to replace some stuff.
A few days ago, the guy who made this computer for me came over to do a wipe and reinstall on it. Everything seemed okay for a couple of days, then the computer froze during a video game. This game was one of about 15 that I had installed for months before the wipe, and which had always worked perfectly before. I had re-installed it after the wipe, and had been playing it okay up 'til then. I restarted the computer, but it happened again, twice more in a row. I tried installing some of the other games. All of them, having worked perfectly before, now reacted badly, but each in a different way. One lost the video but not the sound, one would shut down after only a second or two of opening, one claimed there were no HAL devices, whatever they are, etc.
Also, all my video files suddenly had a hard time playing. The audio was fine, but the video was sticky and slow. This started the same time as the trouble with the games.
Manny happened by again the next day and we went over things - drivers, settings. We could see no reason for this. He played a bit with the drivers and managed to clean up the problem with playing vid files. But the game problem persisted. He said he'd look into it.
Now there's another thing. Suddenly, all my video files are playing upside-down. I've never seen that before, or heard of it happening.
Anyone have any thoughts? I'm not well-versed in a computer's innards, but I'm hazarding that I need a new video card. This computer's guts are almost 8 years old now, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's time to replace some stuff.
