soto21

Wouldn't both these problems surface in debugging mode?

Brian85

I dont think its overheating or ram problem since some people run fine in debugging mode. I can run fine in safe mode, but if i boot up safe mode with networking, or boot up regular windows I will freeze.

Brian85

Anyone have any updates?

bk7794

Well I was asking it to the person that had one. Mine had lights but this one is a dimension so it might not

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pullarius1

Hey guys. I contracted the same thing at the same time. It really confused me, though, because why would a virus that wants to spread disable the computer so quickly. I also don't really visit any sites but news sites.

Anyway, I ended up just reinstalling windows and everything works fine now. I know not an ideal solution, but eventually it crashed in the middle of a restore and corrupted my registry, so at that point I had had it. But yeah, I installed a new copy of windows on a different drive, and I guess am technically dual booting. I still haven't wiped my old drive, so if you want me to check anything there from a fresh install to try to figure out where it is, I'll be happy to.

skoops

That would be very helpful for us, thank you!

skoops

So you don't think it's too coincidental that we all started having the exact same problems, around the same time frame?

Seems too coincidental for me to be a CPU or RAM problem in my opinion.

mattdragon2

Always try system restore first, it solves many problems.

Steps you should take before buying new hardware:

1. Use memtest86 to find out if your memory is fine. About 5-10 passes should be enough.
2. Do a full chkdsk, requires restart. See if it finds any bad sectors.
3. Download a temperature monitoring program. It could be a heating issue. (Even try taking the side of your case off and put a fan next to it and turn it on and see if it crashes then).
4. Try running in diagnostic mode. I don't know what it means if it works, since mine kept freezing while in diagnostic mode.
5. If you are being redirected to any other web pages or have any pop ups, it's a virus.
6. Download prime95, do some stress tests on it for a few hours, I.E. it will use 100% CPU(or as much as it can) and 100% RAM. If it crashes within seconds then it is probably a hardware failure.
7. If you have no problems with the above, install windows from fresh, windows recovery will not work.

If all that fails, then it is most likely a hardware failure.

It is possible for a virus to actually damage hardware, it's been done before. It could be the fact that the virus was made to damage your hardware.

The only way I solved this was to buy a new hard drive and install windows fresh, I couldn't wipe my original windows and I couldn't back stuff up cause it would freeze.

I have formatted my old hard drives. Currently using them as additional storage, so far everything seems fine. (so probably not a hardware failure.)

CarlosABS

Hi guys

I'm having the exactly same problem since 01/02 April.

But, it works fine for me in "Debugging Mode".

I tried to find something about a new virus / malware but didn't find anything.

Like everybody else, i thought it was a hardware problem, but now i'm sure it's not.

I'm trying to find myself what is wrong, and waiting for somenone to get a solution, i don't want to re-install windows by now.

The_0ctogon

Hmm this is getting pretty widespread. This is definitely some type of virus/malware, since you all got it around the same time. Try booting into the XP setup disc, running the recovery console, and typing "FIXMBR" and "FIXBOOT." Some viruses manifest themselves in the MBR of the hard drive. If that doesn't work, the next best option is an extreme scrubbing of the hard drive (Fill with zeroes, wipe sector 0, etc.), and then reinstalling Windows.

Try using Killdisk for the wiping.

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