computer issue

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:00 pm

how do you ground yourself? I guess your finding these parts on ebay. Is this what I need?
NEW 680W 20/24 pin Dual-Fan ATX PSU SATA Power Supply
There are lots of graphics cards on ebay. Dont know what Im lookin at or which I should get.

124JOE · Post by **124JOE** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:01 pm

low tec
put a bab of vasoline on the meatal case and hold it
as the metal case is a ground

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:09 pm

Thanx.

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:02 pm

spiderrey wrote:how do you ground yourself? I guess your finding these parts on ebay. Is this what I need?
NEW 680W 20/24 pin Dual-Fan ATX PSU SATA Power Supply
There are lots of graphics cards on ebay. Dont know what Im lookin at or which I should get.

I would stay away from Ebay, unless it is from a known seller with real support. I'd go to NEWEGG.com or TigerDirect.com
Yes, any ATX power supply will work. Make sure it has (2) SATA-configured power-cords, but most should, or at least come with a "splitter", which isn't bad. read the reviews from customers, and even google the part # for some other input.

For the video card, you want a PCI-Express x16 card. Don't get too caught-up with fancy features. Buy something cheap, see if it fixes the problem. Windows 7 has a cool feature that will analyze your system and tell you what the weakest point is in providing you the best "experience". You can use that when fixed to see if your system can benefit from a better card.

Follow this link for a PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 17-182-173

and follow this link for a video-card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... ageSize=50

Kent124 · Post by **Kent124** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:13 pm

Newegg is good. I've dealt with them many times.

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:25 pm

Rey, I think this is a good time to chime-in once more with a "remember, tying to trouble-shoot this via a forum is alot like guessing how old you are based on what words you're using" sort of comment.

What I've suggested makes sense based on the symptoms, but it could be wrong. Please understand this before proceeding and spending money. You may find it doesn't fix the problem. YMMV, in other words.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:58 pm

I understand. This is a learning thing for so so whatever happens, happens. Will this work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817159111
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121444

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:31 pm

yes. that card is a 2.1, which is backwards compatible to 2.0 as well as 1.1/1.0, so you should be great. (are you running a 64b version of windows 7? or a 32b? doubt it matters, but curious)

the psu looks to have only one SATA connector, so order something like this to go with it and you'll be fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6812196322

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:25 am

how do I find out which version of 7 I have.

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:49 am

spiderrey wrote:how do I find out which version of 7 I have.

go to the start menu, right click "my computer", select "properties". Look under the "System" section, next to "Syetem Type". If it doesn't say 64-bit there, then you're running 32bit.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:00 pm

Thanx for the ionfo, but thats impossible since it wont fire up a screen.

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:12 pm

spiderrey wrote:Thanx for the ionfo, but thats impossible since it wont fire up a screen.

DOH! I wasn't thinking!

I dont think it'll matter for ya here though. a 64b card should run either. if it were a 32b card, and you were running 64b, I;d worry. but i think that card'll be just fine for you.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:10 pm

Heres a challenge for you maytag. Started workin my g friends tower. Its been sittin here a few months broken i guess. I fire it up , then sign in. It says it has 5 problems.
Hard drive dosent respond to system commands.
Read time of hard drive cluster less then 500 ms critical error.
39% of hdd is unreadable.
Bad sections on hard driveor damage file allocation label.
Boot section of hard drive disc is damaged.
Funny thing is after all this is read there is a button to push to purchase a repair. So I think here daughter downloaded or let some garbage get onto this computer. Im gonna try and defrag it and compress and get rid of unnecessary files.

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:07 pm

you have a virus. before you try anything else, read this:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/

follow those instructions to the letter. make sure it is gone, and then defrag / checkdisc.

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:10 am

thanx 4 the info maytag. But I cant get that computer to hook into my internet connection for some reason.

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