I think my Desktop may die soon.

My Desktop has been acting up for the past couple weeks. It will lock up at random then 'boot' for instance the screen will freeze. The mouse will not move then it'll go to a black screen then boot.

What I thought it was-
-Virus (nope)
-Overheating issue (nope)
It just happened.

-Hardware issue (yes)

I have yet to figure out what the issue is and as far as I know...The issue may never be solved. I don't have money to replace parts to try to pin point what it is so I'm just gonna keep using my computer till it dies...

The only info I have is of this Microsoft tech guy.

"Stephen

Good Luck. The DMPS indicated an AMD_CPU issue."

So it's obviously my CPU but it's not overheating. It's actually quite cool and I have no other information on this. For all I know, it's the AM3 slot on my Motherboard...So I guess I'll just have to enjoy my PC while it's still working. When it does die I'll be back on a laptop that's no better than the Netbook I was on a couple years ago... ;(

Did you check it for dust?

thonglover wrote:Did you check it for dust?

Of-course I did. I keep my Desktop dust free.

Well, its just old age taking its toll man

2 years is old? That's news to me. my GPU and PSU is almost a year old.

Oh well have you opened your computer (take it a part) and check for melted/burned parts?

The only burned part is the SD Card slot. and is not in use. What a smokey day that was. That was at least a year and a half ago. The SD card slot cable was improperly marked by the company so when I put it back in it exploded into a burnt smokey mess. Other then that, the PC is fine. I don't have any thermal paste to take it apart fully.

Cyber Death is coming for your Desktop, Mario. It's time to let go of it. Just like I did when Guinea Death took my Guinea Pig from me.

jastolze wrote:Cyber Death is coming for your Desktop, Mario. It's time to let go of it. Just like I did when Guinea Death took my Guinea Pig from me.

;( Things happen.

Sell it before it dies!

Yeah sell it!

%ERROR% wrote:Sell it before it dies!

No one's going to want to buy a fat, seven year old Guinea Pig. I'd rather sell my fully functional PSP just so I could spend one more week with my furry little friend.

%ERROR% wrote:Sell it before it dies!

I could sell it and be like. Crashes for no reason but other then that it's fine. And maybe someone will think it has a Trojan or something XD

They could use it for parts, and you could use the extra money to buy a different computer and continue to play games if your laptop can't handle what you want to play

%ERROR% wrote:They could use it for parts, and you could use the extra money to buy a different computer and continue to play games if your laptop can't handle what you want to play

I wonder how much I could get for each part...

Which one cost more?
Upgrading your pc (New ram, New Video card)

or

Buying a New pc that can preform better in gaming

thonglover wrote:Which one cost more?
Upgrading your pc (New ram, New Video card)

or

Buying a New pc that can preform better in gaming

Well my guess is that everything being sold will come around $550-$650 USD. If I was to upgrade I'd need
-Motherboard (the AM3 Slot maybe broken)
-CPU (Could be dying on me)
-Possibly a RAM issue. (The crash can be very rare to multiple times a day so it would be hard to trully test what the issue could be.)
-Better cooling ie Housing/fans/CPU cooling ect
-Maybe a new Windows key. (I'm not sure if OEM keys work like normal keys.)

So without new RAM and without Windows $325. With RAM but without Windows $460. With RAM and Windows $587. Now if I was to grab a GPU $800. The PC Housing I was looking at had enough fans to cool a city. If I was to get liquid cooling then $890.

So if I was to buy an all ready built Gaming Desktop it would run me $1,600 then minus the $600 I may get it'll run me $1,000. So either way I'm screwed XD

Well im thinking about up grading my laptop cause i know buying a new computer cost more. (unless you bought a used pc or your computer is really old)

What's your laptop?

A GateWay

Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 8 )
Number of threads 2 (max 16)
Name Intel Celeron B820
Codename Sandy Bridge
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU B820 @ 1.70GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 988B rPGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.A.7
Extended CPUID 6.2A
Core Stepping D2
Technology 32 nm
TDP Limit 35 Watts
Core Speed 798.2 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 8.0 x 99.8 MHz
Stock frequency 1700 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 2 MBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes


Turbo Mode not supported
Max non-turbo ratio 17x
Max turbo ratio 17x
Max efficiency ratio 8x
Max Power 44 Watts
Min Power 24 Watts
O/C bins none
Ratio 1 core 17x
Ratio 2 cores 17x
Ratio 3 cores 17x
Ratio 4 cores 17x
TSC 1696.4 MHz
APERF 1696.4 MHz
MPERF 1696.4 MHz

Chipset
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Northbridge Intel Sandy Bridge rev. 09
Southbridge Intel ID1E5E rev. 04
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 3072 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 665.2 MHz (1:5)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Command Rate (CR) 1T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED10000
MCHBAR I/O Size 19456
MCHBAR registers

Display adapter 0
Display name \\.\DISPLAY1
Name Intel(R) HD Graphics
Memory size 1326 MB
PCI device bus 0 (0x0), device 2 (0x2), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x8086 (0x1025)
Model ID 0x0106 (0x0649)
Performance Level 0

Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x52E2E000 (1390600192)

Software

You can upgrade it?

Fluttershy wrote:You can upgrade it?

I don't know, But i plan the take my laptop to best to see if its possible to upgrade

thonglover wrote:

Fluttershy wrote:You can upgrade it?

I don't know, But i plan the take my laptop to best to see if its possible to upgrade

Research research research

Graphics card: intel HD graphics (built in)

3 GB DDR3 Memory

350 GB HDD

intel B820 (processor)

thonglover wrote:Graphics card: intel HD graphics (built in)

3 GB DDR3 Memory

350 GB HDD

intel B820 (processor)

Well I hope you can upgrade it.