Any ideas wth is going on?

[Nemo]

Not that I am amazingly technical but it sounds like the hard disc failing to me so I would back up anything you need from it in case it goes completely. Luckily new hard drives do not cost a fortune these days.

got nothin important on this computer anyway, its only my computer and i dont have any coursework or anything

[Catzsy]

got nothin important on this computer anyway, its only my computer and i dont have any coursework or anything

Well that's good news .

[David]

Generally all computers should get regularly formatted, to keep the hard disk running smoothly.
When dealing with torrents you should always check a few comments on each page to make sure it's legit.

How did System Restore go, any luck?

If the beeping comes from the speakers/headphones and not the computer itself then it's not a hardware problem.
Check your processes in Task Manager & see what's going on, could be too many RAM being used causing it to freeze but that's unlikely. Also check for any unwanted programs running. ( Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc )

Try using sfc /scannow. this is done through the Command Prompt (Start menu > Run > cmd)
This scan repairs any corrupt operating system files, and usually takes 5-10 minutes.
If you've patched any files, like using VistaGlazz, You'll need to re-patch.
(There's a space between sfc and /scannow)

[Nemo]

Generally all computers should get regularly formatted, to keep the hard disk running smoothly.
When dealing with torrents you should always check a few comments on each page to make sure it's legit.

How did System Restore go, any luck?

If the beeping comes from the speakers/headphones and not the computer itself then it's not a hardware problem.
Check your processes in Task Manager & see what's going on, could be too many RAM being used causing it to freeze but that's unlikely. Also check for any unwanted programs running. ( Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc )

Try using sfc /scannow. this is done through the Command Prompt (Start menu > Run > cmd)
This scan repairs any corrupt operating system files, and usually takes 5-10 minutes.
If you've patched any files, like using VistaGlazz, You'll need to re-patch.
(There's a space between sfc and /scannow)

Yeah im no fool with torrents haha. Generally demonoid is pretty safe but i check anyway. Usually the unlegit ones have an awful amount of seeders anyway.

And the system restore seems to have done it, ive only played one game of starcraft but yesterday it crashed after like 2 minutes so, so far so good. If it doesnt crash at all today then i'd consider it a success.
And i always have gamebooster running so it shouldn't be a ram issue, not to mention ive been playing sc2 since january and never had any issues. But atleast i know it isnt a hardware problem.

And shall do that also. Thanks for all the help

[David]

No problem let us know how it goes.

[Nemo]

Okay just happened again. This time it was a bit different. There wasnt any noise in my headset, i just left the game i was in to go back to the main menu, and my computer basically just went to a black screen and then i guess, restarted itself. Then after like 5 seconds after restarting itself, it froze. No noise though. I tried doing that scannow, but it said "You must be an administrator running a console session in order to use the sfc utility." Im the only account on this besides the guest account

If only i knew where my vista disc was...

[Nemo]

Oh i was being stupid with scannow thing, okay thats doing that now

[David]

Is User Account Control enabled? if yes, disable it and try again,
If no luck, try it in Safe Mode

• Open Control Panel.
• Under User Account and Family settings click on the "User Accounts".
• Click on "Turn User Account Control on or off."
• In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Click on the Ok button.
• You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when ready.

• Click on the Start Menu
• Go to "Run..."
• Type in "msconfig"
• Once loaded, Go to the "Boot" Tab
• Click to select "Safe Boot"
• Apply And click OK
• Reebot.
• ,
• To Disable, repeat steps.

---------- Post added 07-06-2011 at 02:56 PM ----------

Awww, you replied when I was posting

[Nemo]

Is User Account Control enabled? if yes, disable it and try again,
If no luck, try it in Safe Mode





---------- Post added 07-06-2011 at 02:56 PM ----------

Awww, you replied when I was posting

haha :p Yeah it showed nothing was wrong there... Trying to look for my vista disc so i can just do a full reinstall, but cant seem to find it. Any other ideas? :p

[David]

haha :p Yeah it showed nothing was wrong there... Trying to look for my vista disc so i can just do a full reinstall, but cant seem to find it. Any other ideas? :p

Off the top of my head, you could do a boot scan?