crap : (

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:57 am

ok, my fps still isnt better, it's better on the desktop, but still the same shit in games. seems like something important is broken now. i will go to the PC-Doc tomorrow. because i dont have any knowledge about hardware stuff inside the pc. maybe he can help me. if its the grapgic card and its broken, i will buy me a new one. a better one, but i dont know when its the motherboard or core : (

any suggestions? i dont want to loose my comp. even when its 5 years old. i like my Betsy. i dont want to lose her :'(

Bombaynoodle · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:11 am

Hmm well if you have virus's on it then that will slow it down especially if its quite advanced and under clocks your computer.

Go to your device manager check that all hardware is working correctly. (done by right clicking on "My computer" and clicking device manager, then double click on each device and check that the description says its working)

How full is your HDD?

Have you Defraged the PC anytime in the last 5yrs?

What are the Spec's of your PC?

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:15 am

i spend my whole day to formate my PC....

Specs:

nvidia geforce 6600
pentium4 3,2ghz processor
1gb ram

thats all i know. i could play L4D, Tf2, etc without any problems, now i even lag around in css

Bombaynoodle · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:19 am

hmm you formatted your PC and it lags O.O hmm it must be a hardware problem then

your specs seem pretty good and should be able to run css with ease. All I can suggest is updating all your drivers as well as updating your bios settings if there is an update. Check that your PC still displays the right specs....right click on my computer and check that the hardware details are the same as they should be.

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:24 am

i could find every single one....except the ram

Bombaynoodle · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:27 am

Hmmm So are all you drivers updated then? you couldn't find a RAM Update?....well there won't be one

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:33 am

no, i looked up in my hardware manager, and fought everything except the ram.
and i dont know, but in the last time i think the comp is louder, and when i put the plug of my new extern hdd into my comp, it felt really warm, i think warmer than it should be, but i have no idea/clue

Bombaynoodle · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:36 am

Hmm maybe one of the fans has died which would explain a fair few thing, have you cleaned the dust from your Pc recently?

Ahh yes it should be displayed on the first page when you righ-click my computer, it should say its name processor and how much RAM....check that it says 1gb....if it doesn't then one or more of your RAM sticks have decided to die lol.

Any im off to bed hopefully you fix the problem soon sorry I couldn't be more help

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:39 am

the ram appears, last time i made the dust away was about 2 months ago

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:43 pm

i am cleaning it atm.

its reallly dusty. i got the cooler of this time. first time i took it off. between cooler and core was about 1cm dust in these "rails" aswell. i hope it works better after that. atm i am cleaning the cooler with a toothbrush

i found this little piece lying around on the motherboard. i think it was lying there before i started. i hope it wasnt something important

my pc isnt starting anymore :'(

i was cleanig very carefully, but now i have a black screen with a blinking line on the bottom after the HP Screen. :'(

heeelp!

Skillers · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:24 pm

There shouldn't have been anything between the CPU and the HSF except TIM.

That looks kinda like a capacitor. If it is, you are royally screwed.

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:26 pm

Skillers wrote:

There shouldn't have been anything between the CPU and the HSF except TIM.

what?

Quote:

That looks kinda like a capacitor. If it is, you are royally screwed.

Edit: it doesnt look like a capacitor but it has 3 numbers on it:

10
16G
310

Skillers · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:31 pm

Can we have more/higher quality pictures?

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:34 pm

i can try. but it has no stripes on it. like a normal capacitor

Skillers · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:37 pm

There are lots of different types of capacitor.

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:42 pm

we dont have a good cam, so this here is the best i can do

and that thing is really small

Skillers · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:51 pm

I'm pretty sure that's a capacitor.

If it isn't it's still important.

It's one of the things without arrows on this pic;

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:57 pm

no, its not one of those, its a really small one.. i mean, really small

Skillers · Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:02 pm

Those are really small. Can I have a clear picture of the top?

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:06 pm

cam is too bad, so i drew it

w....t...f..????

i just pulled randomly out the Mouse and the Keyboard USB-Plug which are used in the front USB-thing. an d the pc started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111

someone hates me!

edit:

IT WOOOORKS L4D without lags!!!

Si · Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:34 pm

Wait, its running without a capacitor? o.o thats risky. very risky

Skillers · Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:37 pm

Motherboard probably had some redundancy built in.

schlurbi · Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:41 pm

well, i am sure that i didnt broke anything while cleaning up. i was carefully. and i didnt see that i broke something. i think it was broken before. but when it works now... xD

My Betsy never disappoints me :p

Lord Metritutus · Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:12 pm

Something came off his motherboard and his PC now runs faster. O_o

Optimization ftw! Get rid of that bloat!

schlurbi · Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:44 pm

its tuning. just cut off some capacitor.

crap : (

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