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Noodleface

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You might want to try a fresh OS install. Have you run ccleaner?

For the other guy I wouldn't be surprised if you find blown out caps on the motherboard. It is more than likely toast.
 
Aaron

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You're probably right, but why would it start booting up the first time? Just curious.
 
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aaron_sl said:
Need some help diagnosing what went wrong with my Mother's computer today. First of, what I know:

The PSU fried and shorted out the electricity in the house. Went and bought a new PSU and hoped for the best. Stuck the new one in and on the first boot I got up to the "Starting Windows" screen, but it froze before the four coloured windows showed up (Win 7 btw). Next boot I got past the BIOS boot text, but no further. Boots since then, the puter starts up, fans whirr (box, CPU and GPU fans), HDD churns but nothing, no text on the screen and the monitor doesn't register a turned on computer.

I removed the HDD and placed it in my puter and it looks fine (thank god).

So, it seems that one or more of the following are bust:

- MoBo
- CPU
- Memory
- GFX card (Nvidia 8800 GT - Hey, I gave he my old machine when I upgrade mine. I know it's overkill for a Facebook/e-mail machine).

My gut instinct says the MoBo is fried, possibly the CPU too. Are there any good ways to diagnose this for sure?
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Check all the power cable connections and reseat the ram. Disconnect all the drives and see if it boots up to where it's looking for an OS to boot from.

If you can't even boot up to that point, it's fucked.
 
Seananigans

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So my Firefox browser's volume (for embedded videos via youtube, etc) is super low all of a sudden, and none of the random shit I found googling it helped. Cleared my history (I think this includes cookies for Firefox?), raised the volume for the program via Win 7's sound controls, etc.

Thoughts? This is super annoying. Although it should only affect me for another few days until I build my new one, but still pisses me off.
 
jeydax

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When you're playing a video see if Flash Player is listed in the volume controls on the bottom right and is turned way down. Sometimes they don't play through Firefox (or Chrome) and it might just be Flash somehow got turned way down.
 
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Gnomedolf_sl said:
I ran a program called Don't Sleep, which is specifically make to keep computers from going to sleep. It didn't work. My PC still goes to sleep. I have never seen this before. I am stumped!
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I don't know if I am correct on this, but my gut tells me you shouldn't be using programs that alter basic windows functions, instead you should search for the registry settings that do that or, even better, find the command line command like gore suggested for hibernation.
 
Seananigans

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jeydax_sl said:
When you're playing a video see if Flash Player is listed in the volume controls on the bottom right and is turned way down. Sometimes they don't play through Firefox (or Chrome) and it might just be Flash somehow got turned way down.
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Yup, this was it. Thanks a bunch!
 
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Ok, so I've built the computer I purchased with help in the Desktop Computers thread above, and I've installed windows and a couple drivers and such. I'm wondering though, this motherboard's network drivers are installing this "Killer Network Manager" crap program that seems to be tied to its network drivers. What the fuck is this, and can I just get some network drivers that don't have this bullshit program?
 
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Also, what's the anti-virus program(s) smart people use nowadays? On my old PC I just have AVG free, but I don't even know if that's any good. I attribute my general PC cleanliness mainly to being smart about what I click, and running firefox with noscript.
 
Jysin

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Seananigans_sl said:
Ok, so I've built the computer I purchased with help in the Desktop Computers thread above, and I've installed windows and a couple drivers and such. I'm wondering though, this motherboard's network drivers are installing this "Killer Network Manager" crap program that seems to be tied to its network drivers. What the fuck is this, and can I just get some network drivers that don't have this bullshit program?
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Usually junk add-on programs have a tick box option to not install. Sometimes you need to select the "advanced" installation option to see it.

Otherwise, are you using the CD that came with the motherboard? Sometimes they have a bunch of bloat. I usually just download them off the web and they are usually more up to date and do not come with extra bloatware.

*For your AV question, I have always used Norton Internet Security. You can find it for about $40 on sale (if not better) and it is good for 3 computers.
 
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Seananigans_sl said:
Also, what's the anti-virus program(s) smart people use nowadays? On my old PC I just have AVG free, but I don't even know if that's any good. I attribute my general PC cleanliness mainly to being smart about what I click, and running firefox with noscript.
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AVG free is fine. Pair that up with a decent spyware program like Malwarebytes and you should be well protected from most things.

Also, go here and snag everything you need for a new PC, and it all auto-installs with zero effort on your part
Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

My default downloads for a fresh PC are:
Chrome
Skype
VLC
K-Lite Codecs
WinRAR
Open Office
Adobe Reader
AVG
Malwarebytes
Google Earth
Steam
Dropbox
Google Drive
 
jeffvader

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noticed my fans were loud yesterday and checked my temps and my cpu cores were 100c/212f x 4. checked my pump in bios and it was dead. been running like this without noticing for up to 3+ days since the last time i was in bios - i have overheat protection on my mobo - is it possible i damaged anything? i7 4770k stock and asrock z87 extreme4 if it matters.

on a positive note corsair was really cool about sending me a replacement.
 
Noodleface

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No, if it's still running then nothing got damaged. Usually when you overheat your PC will just shut off though.
 
Jysin

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Yes, CPUs generally will downclock themselves once overtemp. If it gets even higher, it will shutdown like Noodle said.
 
jeydax

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Like Noodle/Jysin said the CPU will have downclocked itself. Youmay havereduced the life of the CPU a little but have you ever heard of anyone's CPU just straight up crapping out due to time/life in the past 5-6 years? You're fine.
 
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