Occasionally my computer will refuse to open up any new programs, and if MSN is open it will continue to make the erroneous beeping sound every second or so. It has been doing this for the past many hours. When it gets like this, certain buttons in the systray will not respond to right or left clicks. The prompt to help shutdown the computer will not even come up anymore so I can't fix this mess that way.
This all started after I fried my soundcard a few days back and switched back to onboard audio, but there may have been instances where this has happened before when I unplugged a PCI card accidently and windows crashed.
Any suggestions?
2006-10-05 08:38:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
First off, don't unplug anything from your motherboard while the computer is running. You could severly damage your motherboard.
Secondly, I would suggest running Webroot SpySweeper (http://www.webroot.com) and remove any spyware that might be on your system. Spyware syptoms include what you are describing. Also make sure you have an antivirus program such as Trend Micro PC-cillin (http://www.trendmicro.com).
Double-check your device manager (START -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System then Click on the Hardware tab, then the Device Manager button) and see if there are any yellow exclamation marks near any of the devices. If so, you have a hardware conflict occurring which might produce the syptoms you have.
2006-10-05 08:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intel inside idiot outside, stop experimenting with your computer
what did you do to burn your sound card? lol
try to add new account and login from there, looks like your user profile got some problems, looks like there is a conflict with your old sound card, try to remove it at all(pull it out from mother board) and see if it helps, then find new drivers and reinstall everything
2006-10-05 15:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i personally don't know whats wrong with it, but it sounds significant.
go to start > run > EVENTVWR.MSC
this is the ms event viewer. look for any warnings or errors.
sorry im not more help... did you change any irq or dma settings when you went back to onboard ac97 audio?
how did you fry your soundcard anyway?
2006-10-05 15:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by zero01101 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check the sound card cable from the motherboard to the cd ,drive & chek your system ram & cpu fan
2006-10-05 15:43:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Try reinstalling Windows.(You will lose everything)
2006-10-05 15:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by xXSonyBoy4lfeXx 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you try a RESTART?
2006-10-05 15:43:58 · answer #6 · answered by nathan_pal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋