Crashing

i have a problem that my computer crashes all the time under crash i mean that everything stops. . mouse doesn't move and no button functions. . only one is RESET okay. . the crash happens mostly if i download smthing it includes going to some webpage.

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i have a problem that my computer crashes all the time
under "crash" i mean that everything stops..mouse doesn't move and no button functions..only one is RESET
 
okay..the crash happens mostly if i download smthing
it includes going to some webpage...(i need to download temporary files to be on webpage)
 
mostly i happens if i want to download a file
 
i have noticed that it crashes usually when i download an *.exe file
but it happens also with other formats
BTW DAP,Getright and other download programs are not helping
 
okay..i can live with crashing .. i mean.. i can resume my downloads.. but it can be rather sucky if u'r computer crashes about 100 times per day...
 
my other problem is that...sometimes my download speed goes to zero and it wont go further..it just stops...like..pause/resume don't help..usually this is with most of 10 MB files ... but i am pretty sure that it doesn't matter if file is bigger or smaller..but i think that if the file is smaller it just doesn't have time to make my speed zero..
 
also i have noticed that when i'm using Kazzaa and Ares or smthing like that..i mean the file comes from looots of different users..not from server .. then it doesn't stop the download(speed doesn't go to zero)
 
i am really worried..i do not know what to do..
it's impossible to download smthing and i hate it..
really do..if i could get rid of it, it would be awsome..i could download like millions of things that i have wanted to download but never have had a chance
 
looking forward of your answer..btw sry about my english..it's not my mother language

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Turn off your print spooler, you don't need it: control panel/administrative tools/services/disable print spooler.
 
You say you're not using Internet Explorer, but I see MDM.exe in your processes list. MDM(machine debug manager) starts with IE, but you say you aren't using IE. That's not good, MDM.exe is also the name of a Trojan.
 
Do a search for the file on your HDD, let us know where it's running from, as in what folder it's in.
 

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You got some nasty entries in your log.
 
Here is analyzed log:
(valid for 30 days).
http://hijackthis.de/logfiles/440b7c2e6cb66461a7f3ae0246d2e4f1.html
 
Scan your system in safe mode with (at least) spybot search and destroy, adaware, ewido, avast!, stinger and what ever antimalware tools you can install to your computer. Ask your friend to download those and burn to cd, if you cannot download them.
 
And update your Windows! XP without service pack 2+latest updates is like leaving your house's backdoor wide open.
 
Good luck.

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If you can format and re-install the OS, then it is not the OS. It is a hardware issue. My computer was doing the samething as yours Char27. One os the capacitors was bad. The capacitors are the cylinders with a X on top. I am willing to bet you that one of them has a domed top. the top is normally flat. Just take a look and let us know. You have tried everything else. I have even ran diagnostic software and it found nothing wrong. CHECK the capacitors.

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where are those capacitors
and what they are?

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All over your motherboard and components and they look like little soda cans attached with two wires (from overhead you can't see the two wires).

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what means domed top?

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Like bulging...rounded...sticking up so it is not flat...or it could just be a different color than the rest (most likely brown or dark reddish).

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Bad caps make a system unstable all the time, not just when downloading, get off the "bad caps" BS people, I know this for a fact, I have swapped caps on my old mobo, this is not the problem, nor was it ever the problem, be cool if "shots in the dark" were not fired.
 
Char, when you format, do you do a quick format, or the full monty? Have you run chkdsk on your HDD? Have you tried downloading the diagnostic from your HDD manufacturer to check your drive fully? Have you tried writing your HDD to zeroes?
 
Bad caps on your mobo are definitely not your problem, RAM or HDD.
 
 

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Sounds like Relic is taking "shots in the dark". If he had read my earlier post than he would under stand that I change out the HD with a known good HD. But it still crashed. The first thing that people do after installing an OS is to do an update. Which is a download. I fack I have seen this issue twice. Once with my computer and another time with a friends. It is so easy just to check the capacitors. Easier than doing a format and less time consuming than a low level format. It sounds like he has tried everything but checking the capacitors.

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Originally posted by prestonmgb2003:

Quote:Sounds like Relic is taking "shots in the dark". If he had read my earlier post than he would under stand that I change out the HD with a known good HD. But it still crashed. The first thing that people do after installing an OS is to do an update. Which is a download. I fack I have seen this issue twice. Once with my computer and another time with a friends. It is so easy just to check the capacitors. Easier than doing a format and less time consuming than a low level format. It sounds like he has tried everything but checking the capacitors. 
Try to keep up, sunshine, the problem only occurs during downloads. Bad caps affect the system all the time, not just during downloads.
 
Being an avid overclocker/modder/enthusiast, I have been overclocking and building my own systems since 1995, my "mommy" didn't just buy my computer for me yesterday.
 
Having successfully removed, then reinstalled new caps on my old mobo(which I sincerely doubt you can say), which still works to this day, I do believe I have a clue as to what I am talking about.
 
Ya know, seein as how you seem to be an expert, I'll just leave this thread and let you solve his "bad caps" problem, good for you, you rock.

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For the expert Relic. Bad caps will pass diagnostic test as mine have. The only thing that was wrong was the caps. Why replace them? Not worth my time or trouble. But like I said he has tried everything else. Why not give it a try. Char27 let us know how the capacitors were.

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Originally posted by prestonmgb2003:

Quote:For the expert Relic. Bad caps will pass diagnostic test as mine have. The only thing that was wrong was the caps. Why replace them? Not worth my time or trouble. But like I said he has tried everything else. Why not give it a try. Char27 let us know how the capacitors were.  
3 caps => $3.
 
Time to replace, including pulling mobo, removing/installing new caps, reinstalling mbo, 1/2 hour.
 
New mobo => minimum $100. Time to pull mobo, swap parts from old mobo to new mobo, reinstall mobo and all new drivers and possibly your OS, 45 minutes to an hour.
 
Yuppers, I can see how that wouldn't be worth your time nor money.
 
 

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I thought idea was to help Char27 find a cause and solution to his problem. Not bicker amoung ourselves or blow our own horn. I had made a suggestion to the cause from having the same problem with one of my computers on my network. If we are going to be blowing our horns and not come up with solutions then we should not be here at all. We can either learn from each other or not. The choice is up to us.
 
 
If you always do what you have always done
You will always get what you have alsways got.
 
Look out side the box sometimes. It may suprise you.

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Originally posted by prestonmgb2003:

Quote:I thought idea was to help Char27 find a cause and solution to his problem. Not bicker amoung ourselves or blow our own horn. I had made a suggestion to the cause from having the same problem with one of my computers on my network. If we are going to be blowing our horns and not come up with solutions then we should not be here at all. We can either learn from each other or not. The choice is up to us. 
 
If you always do what you have always done
You will always get what you have alsways got.
 
Look out side the box sometimes. It may suprise you.
 
Yes, let's not blow our own horns. Oh, do you mean that I'm blowing my own horn? Why? Because I swapped out caps? It's very simple, anyone can do it, it's not rocket science, nor do you need a degree in electrical engineering to do it. It's a simple fix, wow I did it, so did thousands of others, that's not blowing my own horn. If stating that I saved myself a wad of cash by swapping out said caps is blowing my own horn, in your opinion, ah well, I can live with that. There, I'm over it.
 
I'm a firm believer in "KISS", Keep It Simple Stupid. Eliminate all the most likely suspects, then start delving deeper.
 
Char has not got back to us about running a diagnostic on his/her HDD. Memtest86 should also be run to test the RAM. Neither has been done.
 
Possibly, posters get overwhelmed when they ask a question, 10 different solutions all at once are tossed at them, they really don't know which way to turn.
 
The first response in this thread should have been something to this effect: Please post your full system specs. Have you run Memtest86? Do you have the latest drivers for your mobo and vidcard? What type of RAM are you using, and how much/number of sticks? Have you run a diagnostic on your HDD?
 
There should be a "sticky" in this forum, somewhere, that tells people what they should include in their post, when asking for technical help.
 
Posts/questions like: "My games are slow, how can I fix my vidcard, does it need new drivers?" with nothing else, are, well, impossible to answer. Maybe the guy is playing on an old 386SX, who the hell knows?
 
It generally plays out like this:
 
My games are slow, how can I fix my vidcard, does it need new drivers?
 
Make sure you have AGP fast writes turned on in your BIOS.
 
Okay, I finally figured out how to get into my BIOS, but I have no AGP fast writes option.
 
Hmmm, it should be there, what AGP options do you have?
 
None at all, but I do have options for PCI-Express, whatever that is.
 
Yuppers, if the full system specs were posted in the first place, NO ONE would be taking shots in the dark. I don't take "shots in the dark". Some people do, ahem, such as: "Your caps are bad because I had bad caps and had the same problem".
 
Peace.

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Since Relic is an expert on everything about computers. I will not be like him and say that I'm leaving this thread and not. This is the last I will post on this thread again. Nice to know that some people have so BIG of an ego that they can't see any other options. Relic since you are unable to accecpt anything that disagrees with you.
 
But my question is, Why are you replacing so many capacitors for? If you would quit burning up your boards they may last longer. But then you are the expert in everything about computers.
 
Char27, I do hope you find out what the problem is.
 
Also Relic if you had read all my post you would have found out that I had eliminated the ram and hd but still had the problem.
 
Have fun folks.

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Originally posted by prestonmgb2003:

Quote:Since Relic is an expert on everything about computers. I will not be like him and say that I'm leaving this thread and not. This is the last I will post on this thread again. Nice to know that some people have so BIG of an ego that they can't see any other options. Relic since you are unable to accecpt anything that disagrees with you.  
But my question is, Why are you replacing so many capacitors for? If you would quit burning up your boards they may last longer. But then you are the expert in everything about computers.
 
Char27, I do hope you find out what the problem is.
 
Also Relic if you had read all my post you would have found out that I had eliminated the ram and hd but still had the problem.
 
Have fun folks.
 
You may have eliminated the RAM and HDD, but obviously, Char has not. This is not your system we're talking about, it is Char's system.
 
I do not understand your question: "But my question is, Why are you replacing so many capacitors for? If you would quit burning up your boards they may last longer. But then you are the expert in everything about computers."
 
I had a DFI CA64 TN, that I found out after purchasing was well known for having bad caps. I replaced them. I have never had to replace caps on any other mobo. WTF are you talking about when you go on about "If you would quit burning up your boards"?
 
If YOU had read my post, and been able to comprehend it, you would not make such a statement.
 
You think I have a big ego? TFB, get over it. I don't ATTEMPT to answer questions I have no answer for, nor toss out shots in the dark, you'll never see me answering a question about a networking problem, that's not my forte. Anything beyond my scope of knowledge, I stay away from.
 
I come to this forum to help people, not for anything alse. I don't ask for help in these forums, I help when I can.
 
Senior members of this forum know that, you are a noob, you have no clue. I have no problem leaving this forum altogether, so noobs like yourself can take over, and your "shot in the dark" answers will rule the day.
 
Fuck you, asshole.