My computer is down AGAIN!

[johno590]

Well, this summer my house got hit by lightning and alot of my stuff also got hit, including my PC.  Ever since then I've had troubles with it.  The first time the power supply and ram got hit.  A month or so later... the motherboard, power supply, and video card were gone.  And now a few more weeks later, for sure the power supply is dead, and who knows what else.

This is getting frustrating, I think I might just buy a new computer if when I take it to the shop something else is wrong with it.

Sorry I just needed to vent about this.  Anyone else have alot of computer troubles?

[Arrrhalomynn]

I spent 7,5 hours yesterday messing with my computer. The network was acting freaky and it made no sense at all. I reinstalled windows several times, and changed the position of most of the pci cards, untill it worked.
Now it's fine, but I won't be surprised if certain things will stop working again soon. I guess my pc is just too full of crap.

[Izret101]

My network gets screwed up all the time.
My computer disconnects from the internet for no reason and i will have to reboot and repair the connection manually.
Sometimes i have to restart a few times. Sometimes i just have to unplug the router and plug it back in.

My computer 95% of the time isn't trouble.
And my old computer i gace my bro on the other hand there is almost always something going haywire.

[Zimbacca]

A few days ago whenever I would turn on my computer nothing would show up on my monitor.  So after about an hour of messing with it, it turns out that one of the ram sticks so now I have to settle with only having one gig of ram until they send me the replacement.

[Hydrobond]

My little black box is fine.  Though its due for an oil change as soon as I get time for it.  Just did it to the lappy, and that breathed some life into it, it's fairly old though.  

I would recommend getting all new components if your computer was struck by lightning.  If some of the capacitors (or more likely inductors) have broken, the thing may still function, although it will not be safe to use it.  If some of those components are near death, they can spike and cause further damage to the other components.  Are you using a surge protector?  

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I need to get RAM and a new video card. My pc is so slow. Maybe tomorrow i'll go over to micro center.


Dude Hydro, that galstaff thing rocks. I'm currently DM'ing a group of 8 to 10 year olds and its not unsimilar.

[Hydrobond]

Wait a month or so, and get some RAM and a video card real cheap on black friday (day after thanksgiving).



Where are the cheetos?
Next to the Mountain Dew, duh!

[Tynstar]

My old PC was very slow for no reason at all it seemed.

My new PC flies and I am happy.

[Arrrhalomynn]

My old PC was very slow for no reason at all it seemed.

My new PC flies and I am happy.

Is it my imagination or do computers get slower over time? I have the feeling my computer was quicker when I had just purchased it, and I'm using pretty much the same software on a clean install of windows xp.

[Hydrobond]

They absolutely do, using a computer will make it slightly slower over time.  Some things that can help are minimizing the amount of software you have run on system start and making sure you defrag regularly.

[den68]

I know mine has slowed considerably since I first got it. My problem is I work with a lot of hi-res art. It gets backed up and removed when I'm done with it but when work is in progress my PC is pretty loaded down.

I pretty lazy about file management and defragging too.

[Hydrobond]

It's also healthy to re-install Windows every 6 months or so.  It makes a considerable difference.

[Tynstar]

I would reinstall window Xp every 6 months or so but it still didnt seem to make a difference.

[johno590]

I just took my computer up to the shop a litle while ago, so hopefully I'll find out what all is wrong with it.  If its more than the power supply I'm just going to build a new computer.

[Hydrobond]

I would reinstall window Xp every 6 months or so but it still didnt seem to make a difference.

Strange, I usually re-install every 3-4 months, and I can notice a  large performance difference when I do.