Went to run a virus scan but the comp wont even go past the windows xp screen..all I get is a green screen with lines running down it. Tried to go into safe mode but can not read the screen so now I am really stumped on what to do??
Since this a reciently recieve tower ,have you ran any virus scan or spywre scans on it since you got it . start with this one . http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
I have run a spyware scan and a few turned up fixed that problem... going to run a virus scan very shortly. Will relpy with the results.
The refresh rate was originally at 60, I changed it to 75 but that didn't help. Major probs now. I took the Video card out to get the numbers etc off it to find out what video card it is, put it back in and now when I start the comp all I get is a signal cable disconnect note on the monitor??!! Everything is plugged in right, the power was off when I took out and replaced the video card I dont know whats happened??!! When I turn the comp on it doesn't sound like it's doing that POST thing it usually does...you know the noise I mean?
Yes I am referring to the whole tower as a hard drive, oops hehehe. I did not do a fresh install of windows. The harddrive thats in the tower I was given has Windows xp professional on it and I only have home edition so I want to keep xp pro.
I've just been given a spare hard drive that works great except for one thing. Whenever I move my mouse the monitor goes a reddy colour and sometimes has stripes. It's not my monitor, mouse, keyboard etc as they work fine when hooked up to my original hardrive. My refresh rate is 75 hertz my power is okay I guess because I run my comp on it with no probs. Am I up for a new video card or could it be something else??? Any help would be greatly appreciated as it's a great hardrive with everything I want in it. Cheers!!
