Re: Virus? Help!
From: greyhwk (greyhwk_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/03
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:16:26 -0700
Something to note. Anything that uses the PCI bus (to include RAM, AGP
slot, USB, keyboard and mouse) that goes bad can cause problems such as
this. I have seen a fried network card cause a video card to drop down to
640x480 and 16 color mode and end up with random distortions. I have seen a
keyboard with a bad built in USB Hub cause a soundcard to emit strange
(screaming guinea pig) sounds. If the AV does not show a virus, and you
still get the same problem after a video card and monitor change, start
pulling/ or swapping one component at a time. I know this is tedious, but
you could find out that it is a $30 sound card or $15 keyboard swap out that
changes the situation instead of hundreds of dollars in hard drive
replacement and local pc tech bills. Try to use "know goods", i.e. items
that you have tested on another machine and know that they are good BEFORE
you try them. Also, change one item at a time. If you do more than that
you may not know which of the items was the real problem.
This is not guaranteeing a fix, but it is a good way to find out if it is a
hardware or software fault.
Also, make sure as you do this that you only have keyboard, mouse and
monitor attached to your PC. No other outside devices with the possible
exception of LAN/network/phone connection.
Hope this helps.
"Leslie Jo" <ljkuzilla@wowway.com> wrote in message
news:030801c36e52$a6633900$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Wow..this is confusing! I have a pc that is on a network.
> All of a sudden one day the desktop was distorted like
> little blocks all over it. We thought the video card was
> bad. Video card is Radeon 9700 128mg. Tried another
> monitor ,had same problem. Tried another card, had same
> prob. It then would not boot into windows. I took out the
> HD and added it as a D drive on another system. Worked
> fine for a bit so i could copy files off and i was going
> to reformat the drive, then...that pc started acting up.
> The screen has blocks all over it and the OS is 98. Is
> this a virus?Ran Mcafee and it saw no virus. I did have a
> bad monitor and we hoked it up to the system with the
> Radeon on it to see if the monitor was in fact bad...the
> monitor was bad but could the monitor have done something
> to the video card and it just keeps corrupting the OS"s??
> PLEASE HELP!!! I am at my wits end!!!!!!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Leslie Jo
> .
>
>
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