11-16-2014, 03:14 AM
chris thanks, i really want to do what you said but not sure where to start....
i got a 3.0 dual core intel that came with xp, and it's treated me great until video crashes, usually youtube if i rewind it gets stuck in a loop and turns off. or movies. the last time it did this, the issue got so bad that i replaced all the ram which 3 out of 4 sticks were bad.. im testing the ram next crash which is overdue but it seems fine just the beginning of the old problem.. and my room mate must have threw my old power supply away because i still own my first desktop windows 95 and 2 freaking comadore64's i had when i was like 6 with a million floppy games... i also have tons of very old processors, graphic cards, i keep it all a closet full of junk, but power supply is gone after days of searching. obviously disappointment if your wondering why i replaced the power supply to begin with, a cheap bluray burner i no longer use last i checked door is locked i no longer use it and installed a new hd to go with the still working original.. so this thing has been going strong for many years until these video crashes.
i wonder, if i throw an old graphic card into it and drop the HD for VGA if this issue will stop, i plan on trying this but i have a bad feeling about the power supply. i did the second i seen it came in a plastic cover.
could this have burned out my ram and is now doing the same? if not the power supply is it possible the computer is just old and eats up ram after 10 years or so?
so i'm left wondering if i should spend 50 bucks on a power supply just to find out that this is not the issue, any opinions guys? or try to get a refurbished cheap pc and finally have usb 3.0 which is my only complaint. i have one pci-express but if i remove the graphic card to one that takes only pci i could upgrade this machine to usb 3.0 with the empty express and be good, for dollars.
i am out of work and have been happy with this so what do you think could be the issue and is it worth fighting for? at the time i bought this i could have got a newer windows 7 machine but i was stuck on xp for software reasons so purposely got this one, also because the windows 7 comps all were under 3.0 dual core at the place of purchase so i went with the fastest comp with xp. served me well with 4 gigs of ddr2 ram so if you guys have experience is a breaking pc vs one that needs a part pleasseee share. i don't want to wait until the deals for older pcs end even if i do not build over time.
i got a 3.0 dual core intel that came with xp, and it's treated me great until video crashes, usually youtube if i rewind it gets stuck in a loop and turns off. or movies. the last time it did this, the issue got so bad that i replaced all the ram which 3 out of 4 sticks were bad.. im testing the ram next crash which is overdue but it seems fine just the beginning of the old problem.. and my room mate must have threw my old power supply away because i still own my first desktop windows 95 and 2 freaking comadore64's i had when i was like 6 with a million floppy games... i also have tons of very old processors, graphic cards, i keep it all a closet full of junk, but power supply is gone after days of searching. obviously disappointment if your wondering why i replaced the power supply to begin with, a cheap bluray burner i no longer use last i checked door is locked i no longer use it and installed a new hd to go with the still working original.. so this thing has been going strong for many years until these video crashes.
i wonder, if i throw an old graphic card into it and drop the HD for VGA if this issue will stop, i plan on trying this but i have a bad feeling about the power supply. i did the second i seen it came in a plastic cover.
could this have burned out my ram and is now doing the same? if not the power supply is it possible the computer is just old and eats up ram after 10 years or so?so i'm left wondering if i should spend 50 bucks on a power supply just to find out that this is not the issue, any opinions guys? or try to get a refurbished cheap pc and finally have usb 3.0 which is my only complaint. i have one pci-express but if i remove the graphic card to one that takes only pci i could upgrade this machine to usb 3.0 with the empty express and be good, for dollars.
i am out of work and have been happy with this so what do you think could be the issue and is it worth fighting for? at the time i bought this i could have got a newer windows 7 machine but i was stuck on xp for software reasons so purposely got this one, also because the windows 7 comps all were under 3.0 dual core at the place of purchase so i went with the fastest comp with xp. served me well with 4 gigs of ddr2 ram so if you guys have experience is a breaking pc vs one that needs a part pleasseee share. i don't want to wait until the deals for older pcs end even if i do not build over time.