Cheat Engine

AhMunRa · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:14 pm Post subject:

If a capacitor was blown out the computer would not post. There are many things that can cause this. Disk corruption, a hard drive going bad trying to read and or write to a physical place on disk that is damaged. Memory could be bad. What leads me to believe heat isn't a factor is that it does it sometimes 2 minutes and sometimes longer. If you have heat issues at 2 minutes after boot you have deeper issues.

SpikeSkull · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject:

AhMunRa · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:50 am Post subject:

A format and reinstall will not protect your from a virus in every case. A format only deletes the tables associated with a drive, it marks the address areas as free and writable, there is still data on the disk. This is why DoD and other High Security needs operations do not rely on a format alone to erase data. They do what is called "wiping". Here at my shop we format, we then write random zeros and ones to a drive 3 times. Then it is finally smashed.

A boot sector virus will also persist after a format and reinstall.

If it is a virus it could also persist in system BiOS.

I don't think the issue here is software related.

OP can check his motherboard for bad capacitors. You will see them quite easily. They usually bulge at the tops, or have some type of ooze coming out from them. If you see something like that then yes you have bad capacitors. If you don't see that there is no reason to think you have bad ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Includes some images of what they look like when bad.

SpikeSkull · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:00 pm Post subject:

AhMunRa · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject:

Really I think he should compile and review everyones suggestion in this thread.

Eventually he is just going to have to go down the list until one of em fixes it. This is one of those cases where you just have to keep hammering it out until it's fixed.

As an aside watch it be something dumb like the CMOS battery is dead.

Gypsy++ · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:39 pm Post subject:

Since there are so many possible problems;

A. Get a New Computer

B. Take it to a Tech

C. Throw it out the window of a 6 story building and say "FUCK YOU BISH" and then, get a new computer. (recommended)

AhMunRa · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:48 pm Post subject:

As for option C, I would suggest getting the new computer then throwing out the old one.

SpikeSkull · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:12 am Post subject:

As for me, I'd rather have it diagnosed by a certified technician and have a professional advise instead.

AhMunRa · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject:

As for me I am a certified professional technician, but yes if you are unsure take it to someone. Otherwise it's like calling a mechanic and saying "my car is making a noise like wudda bump wudda bump, what is it?", same thing here without your box in front of us we can't tell.

Been a few days since OP posted, I assume he resolved his issue.