Author Topic: Will my computer break soon? (Read 4903 times)

RiMiNi · « **on:** July 26, 2009, 06:24:51 PM »

Don't know the actual specs but its 6 years old and recently its been making funny noises etc. Also its pretty slow (though that's probably because its filled with junk) and has been getting weird dots on the screen/dp

or could it be my monitor? =[

Eiii · « **Reply #1 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:11:06 PM »

Modified textures = ban

If it's just in paintball, reinstall paintball. If it's other places as well, check your memory. If that's all okay, then I would guess that you need a new video card.

RiMiNi · « **Reply #2 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:25:40 PM »

No its not just pball, what exactly do you mean check your memory? What am i checking for?

Eiii · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:57:07 PM »

Ah, I believe something memtest-y would work. But really, I bet Knack knows more about it than I do.

SuperMAn · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2009, 12:36:12 AM »

If your computer is making funny noises, your fans are probably getting old and dirty.

ViciouZ · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2009, 10:32:39 AM »

Quote from: Eiii on July 26, 2009, 09:11:06 PM

Modified textures = ban

If it's just in paintball, reinstall paintball. If it's other places as well, check your memory. If that's all okay, then I would guess that you need a new video card.

Modified textures where?

Also, those dots in the sky, do they move when you do? Or are they stationary, as in on the monitor itself?

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2009, 10:35:03 AM »

The black wall in the background of the second sshot.

ViciouZ · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2009, 10:45:46 AM »

Quote from: Zorchenhimer on July 27, 2009, 10:35:03 AM

The black wall in the background of the second sshot.

Orite. Thought that was a bug, sometimes walls flicker black/textured when I move on my laptop (ATi

).

FluKe · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2009, 12:40:30 PM »

yea on my laptop they go clear sometimes.

Eiii · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2009, 04:03:46 PM »

Quote from: Zorchenhimer on July 27, 2009, 10:35:03 AM

The black wall in the background of the second sshot.

I was kidding.

flip · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2009, 10:10:25 PM »

Quote from: FluKe on July 27, 2009, 12:40:30 PM

yea on my laptop they go clear sometimes.

Greatest reply to a thread in forever.

RiMiNi · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2009, 07:03:41 PM »

Well, finally got around to it since my problems have gotten worse. The memtest said there were no problems.. so it's probably my video card?

PS. new symptoms:
-extremely slow
-internet disconnects on and off all the time
-computer totally freezes often
-startup is slow
-the pixels you see in my screenies above have gotten more extreme and more frequent

RoBbIe · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2009, 07:07:50 PM »

viruses? or Maybe a early warning of a total computer crash, you might want to back up your important files or all files....

Justinph5 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:32:37 PM »

Just back up your HD. Last time I moved to a new computer, the HD one of the few things I was keeping. While moving it, it became destroyed somehow, and

RiMiNi · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:31:05 AM »

Quote from: Justinph5 on August 27, 2009, 08:32:37 PM

Just back up your HD. Last time I moved to a new computer, the HD one of the few things I was keeping. While moving it, it became destroyed somehow, and

Thanks, I was hoping to salvage this as long as I could since my dad bought a mac and won't buy a new pc if this one dies.

eMo · « **Reply #15 on:** August 28, 2009, 07:38:57 PM »

id be lookin into a new video card man, exact same thing happend to me when i melted my card into my motherboard :p
dp2 seems to be rough on video cards =\

Spook · « **Reply #16 on:** August 28, 2009, 09:24:48 PM »

Actually, I find that to be true too. DP was the only game that ever crashed my one of my 9800 GTX's, Crysis, Counter Strike, Crysis Wars. Nothing.

nook · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:57:58 AM »

Quote from: Spook on August 28, 2009, 09:24:48 PM

Actually, I find that to be true too. DP was the only game that ever crashed my one of my 9800 GTX's, Crysis, Counter Strike, Crysis Wars. Nothing.

weird....

i_am_a_pirate · « **Reply #18 on:** September 07, 2009, 01:33:10 PM »

Quote from: RiMiNi on August 28, 2009, 10:31:05 AM

my dad bought a mac and won't buy a new pc if this one dies.

*awkward silence*
Good on ya, mate!

It looks like the first ss is just because people have been shoting the wall, but I'm not entirely sure

_burnt · « **Reply #19 on:** September 07, 2009, 01:46:13 PM »

Quote from: i_am_a_pirate on September 07, 2009, 01:33:10 PM

It looks like the first ss is just because people have been shoting the wall, but I'm not entirely sure

From when there has been cyan colored team?