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Posted on Jan 16, 2005 10:05 am
Bruno
The Quiet Minded
Member Since: Jan 01, 2003
last week my computer suddenly lost performance after a blackout in my city. Yes, I use an energy stabilizer. May be some kind of coincidence but the fact is something very serious is happening. i cant even play any audio file cause the sound keeps pumping like I was running a 486. I have scanned the computer for viruses with two different anti-virus, I have scanned the hd for errors, I have defraged the hd. I am losing my hopes and starting to believe that it may be hardware problem. Another example, windows takes like three times more to load. HELP HELP HELP!
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Jan 16, 2005 10:13 am Not knowing the tools you used to scan with, I can say having two AV apps on your PC isn't gonna help...just one decent one is generally fine, more than one only uses up resources.
I registry scanner and good HD scanner might work, if you scanned with Microsoft ScanDisk (a.k.a. ScatterDisk) isn't that great, Norton has some good tools. I would recommend using caution before actually letting those apps change anything, but scanning with them and seeing the erorrs they find could prove useful, as if you PC was shut down over the blackout, it could have lost registry entries or HD sectors of info that the tool you scanned with didn't find.
Vcom also makes a PC management tool called "Fix It" that is pretty nice www.amazon.com/exec/obido...re%26n%3D229534 I've used it a few times and it gets less integrated with the OS than Norton does.
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Jan 16, 2005 11:20 am It's also possible a system file(s) or the page file was corrupted from the loss of power.
If your using XP, try a System Restore to a point before the power failure.
Dan
BleakA small pie will soon be eatenMember
Since: Aug 26, 2004
Jan 16, 2005 07:25 pm This might sound silly but try re-seating the Ram! i've seen this fix similar problems after power surges and the like.
Can't hurt!
BrunoThe Quiet MindedMember
Since: Jan 01, 2003
Jan 16, 2005 09:20 pm Whatever the problem might be, should reinstalling windows solve it?
Jan 16, 2005 09:26 pm if it's a software issue, ya, probably.
Jan 16, 2005 09:36 pm Another potential problem may be the Clock setting for your CPU in the bios. If you suffered a power outage, it is possible that when it came back on, your computer received a large jolt. This is common in power outages. This kind of jolt could very well reset your bios to it's default settings. If your using a motherboard that adjusts the clock speed for the CPU via the bios, then my money is on that. Pull out the manual and figure out how to go in to the bios and reset the clock speed to match the CPU you have.
BrunoThe Quiet MindedMember
Since: Jan 01, 2003
Jan 16, 2005 09:54 pm Thank you all again. System restoration did the job!
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Jan 16, 2005 09:55 pm Having more than 1 anti-virus application installed on your machine at 1 time is very bad! Every AV app that I've ever used has gone through great pains to tell me to be sure not to install it unless I had uninstalled any other AV apps first.
BrunoThe Quiet MindedMember
Since: Jan 01, 2003
Jan 16, 2005 11:14 pm BTW, I scanned with my avg free and with panda, which is a free non resident app, used via internet:
www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
actualy it has found more viruses than avg.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Jan 16, 2005 11:37 pm OIC, that's cool. Didn't think about one being a net app.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 18, 2005 12:43 am Well I may be a sceptic, but I dont know how much faith I would put in an application that scans your drives from the internet. How many doors is it opening, and how much other crap is it installing while it pokes around on you hard drive?
Just my thoughts on it.
