Have anyone used GeekSquad- little help

[feather]

Re: Have anyone used GeekSquad- little help

A faulty memory will give you random crashes and BSOD in windows, usually with a long string of cryptic numbers. Same with overclocking a CPU. Not so much a faulty video card. Faulty video cards either boot up and you see shit, or doesn't boot up.

If you are getting your RAM replaced soon, I would hold off till you get the new RAM, plug it in, and see how your computer runs for a day. If in the event the faulty RAM has fuxored your Windows to the point of corruption, you can repair your installation (assuming you are using Windows 2000 or Win XP).

Just sitck your Windows install CD into the cdrom drive, boot up with it. In the setup menu, there is an option for REPAIR. Do that, and see how your computer runs after. You might have to reinstall drivers for your sound card, video card, whatever hardware you have. You might have to reinstall your games or some software (though I wouldn't think so, unless some data files or saved games were corrupted during your random crashes).

[res0nat0r]

Re: Have anyone used GeekSquad- little help

sightless have you tried this to be sure its a memory problem?

http://www.memtest86.com/

that is a great free program you can write to a floppy and boot off of and it runs by itself

[konfussion]

Re: Have anyone used GeekSquad- little help

Stay away from geeksquad. I used to do DSL technical support and had a geek from geeksquad call up and ask why the ethernet cable he had wouldn't fit into the back of the computer. He was trying to shove the ethernet cable into a 56k modem. Apparently, all you need to know to work at geeksquad is how to push the power button on a computer.

[FM]

Re: Have anyone used GeekSquad- little help

or sell really

[threehills]

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sometimes it simply shuts down without notice, just a instant shutdown, doesnt even close programmes. all of the programmes crash, either with a ""popup error message"" or sometimes just instantly shut.

its a dual AMD 64 bit machine. running windows XP home with SP i think.

constant ""the systemj has recovered from a serious error"" messages.

sounds like a bit of over overclocking (either CPU / Video Card).... I've had the exact symptoms with my PC and Far Cry.....

i had the same symptoms you dscribe. As Kamal suggeted, it was overclocking, which I guess means overheating? But I took it to Geek squad for repairs and all thy did was ship it out to the manufacturer for repairs. I belive they fixed it be replacing the cooling fan. Works fine now.

[XxxstaticxxX]

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I have a friend who works at the Geek Squad. Though they do charge people outrageously for some simple repairs, some of the people there are extremely computer-talented. My friend did my dJ web site in less than an hour, because he pitied my html design.

Cheers!

Haroun

http://djHaroun.com

[RiseandShine]

Re: Have anyone used GeekSquad- little help

does it do a memory dump with a blue screen? if so, the string of character should be a reference for you to know the source of the problem