Gaming Computer busted

[Taza]

Get an Ubuntu / Knoppix / Puppy / Slax disk, run memtest86 - easiest from an Ubuntu disk, just run memory test.

The black + reboot behavior means you haven't changed the default blue screen settings and it wants to show you a blue screen.

Sounds like a RAM, OS or PSU problem - if Ubuntu runs fine from it's LiveCD, it's probably a corrupted XP install.

You can save the files from your hard drive to an external FAT32 drive with any of those, and with Ubuntu and the Knoppix DVD to a NTFS-formatted external drive too. The ntfs-3g in latest Knoppix CD is a bit old and has trouble mounting NTFS drives in read/write mode. If you didn't understand the previous sentence, you want the latest Knoppix DVD or Ubuntu / Kubuntu 8.10 LiveCD.

If the memory is at fault, memtest86 will report it easy enough. If it's the PSU, Linux will likely reboot randomly too.

 

[juggernaut911]

Sounds like some sort of harware issue if you can actually boot and use windows (just not log in). wither hardware cooling ftl (for the lose not faster than light MASS EFFECT!!!) or virus?

 

[Martiin]

oh... hope you fix your computer!
i don't really mind delay's at all...
i can't play my DSL anyways because I took it apart and threw away old shell... waiting for the replacement shell!
ahahaha ;]
thanks in advance for taking your time to try to make a skin for me! ;]

 

[cupajoe]

By reading the thread title "computer busted" I instantly thought of the feds. Maybe I'm becoming more and more paranoid as my piracy is carried out. Maybe I should stop. GBAtemp is not a good ailment to piracy addiction