Hi,
I just finished repairing windows and ran a full system scan with definitions updated since 7/4/2008, a problem fixed with your help here -
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,54876.0.htmlAfter the repair, things worked fine, but the computer would freeze for a second or so every now and then - so I'm playing Call of Duty 4, and a sudden freeze every now and then, almost not noticeable.
So I figure might as well run a defrag - I analyze the drive, windows recommends a defrag, so I defrag overnight (500gb drive). I come back in the morning, defrag is completed. I click view report, nothing. I can move the mouse, but not click anything.
So I reboot. The initial bios screen listing components takes MUCH longer that usual - listing the dvd drive and hard drive. Then it goes to the next screen, and gives a message along the lines of please attach/insert a boot drive and press a key.
I turn it off, come back after an hour or so, and now the BIOS screen loads sooner, but nothing after.
Few other concerns:
1. The freezing also happened the same night after which I had to repair windows.
2. Windows update failed to install the latest update, which was the new windows update manager (3.1?)
3. The internet connection kept resetting every 30 minutes or so - as in it would be gone for less than a second, but it was long enough to disconnect me from Lord of the rings online. - This did not happen before the windows repair. Internet provided by Rogers cable, through a DLink router.
System Specs:Windows XP Professional SP2 with all updates. [Legal Tongue]
3 GB of DDR 333 RAM (2x512 and 2x1gb in dual channel mode)
500 GB Seagate hard drive (about half way used)
Asrock 939Dual -
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=939Dual-SATA2&s=nAMD Athlon 3800+ Dual Core (FX?)
Geforce 8800 GTO 512MB from BFG
Generic DVD writer.
Latest Update:I ran the Seagate diagnostics which I ran 2 times before, and this time during the short test I got an error message saying failure detected, please run the long test - so I'm running the long test atm, will keep this thread updated.
Any and all help is appreciated, thanks!