Hey all
I've been having trouble with this PC for a while, but with me being off at university, it's been my family who've had to put up with it. Now that I'm back, I'd like to fix it. It's got a list of problems as long as my arm, and one previous reformat (and then a 'Repair Install' my dad did later) has failed to fix them.
Brief list:
- On startup, there's always an error of some kind. Sometimes its telling me that the registry has been recovered by use of a copy, sometimes its audio, sometimes its the keyboard and mouse software (wireless keyboard and mouse, the software enables use of the shortcut keys) that's failed, other times there's an error I can't remember and the system doesn't respond; the cursor doesn't move, the keys don't type, nothing happens.
- The 'show desktop' icon in the quick launch bar has been replaced by the default Windows 'I don't know what this is' icon and it doesn't work any more.
- It takes an age to open folders, or Firefox, or anything.
- It's generally slower than my less powerful laptop.
- I can't get audio playback out of my Line 6 Toneport using ASIO drivers without all manner of annoying pops and clicks unless I bump up the latency so high that any realtime monitoring is impossible.
- Some functions just plain don't work, don't respond, and don't do anything at all no matter how long you wait or how many times you click.
So, I'm going to reformat. Again. But this time, I want to do it right. I'm worried that there's some obscure driver somewhere that I've missed previously, so if there's anyone out there with time to spare, I'd love a list of what drivers to install, and in what order (if there's any preferred order). I'm not after specific driver releases or anything, just general 'graphics driver' or 'sound driver' will do, I'll find the right ones myself.
In case you need it, system specs are as follows:
2 Ghz E2180
2Gb RAM
Gigabyte P35-DS3P
ATi HD2900 Pro
Windows XP SP2
Plenty of free hard drive space etc, not got tonnes of background processes running, I'm all out of ideas. It's locked up on me at least a dozen times during the typing of this post, and I'm doing nothing else to it, nothing more demanding than inputting text to a webpage. I think any further communications will be from my laptop.
Hope you can help. Thanks in advance.
tTz
I've been having trouble with this PC for a while, but with me being off at university, it's been my family who've had to put up with it. Now that I'm back, I'd like to fix it. It's got a list of problems as long as my arm, and one previous reformat (and then a 'Repair Install' my dad did later) has failed to fix them.
Brief list:
- On startup, there's always an error of some kind. Sometimes its telling me that the registry has been recovered by use of a copy, sometimes its audio, sometimes its the keyboard and mouse software (wireless keyboard and mouse, the software enables use of the shortcut keys) that's failed, other times there's an error I can't remember and the system doesn't respond; the cursor doesn't move, the keys don't type, nothing happens.
- The 'show desktop' icon in the quick launch bar has been replaced by the default Windows 'I don't know what this is' icon and it doesn't work any more.
- It takes an age to open folders, or Firefox, or anything.
- It's generally slower than my less powerful laptop.
- I can't get audio playback out of my Line 6 Toneport using ASIO drivers without all manner of annoying pops and clicks unless I bump up the latency so high that any realtime monitoring is impossible.
- Some functions just plain don't work, don't respond, and don't do anything at all no matter how long you wait or how many times you click.
So, I'm going to reformat. Again. But this time, I want to do it right. I'm worried that there's some obscure driver somewhere that I've missed previously, so if there's anyone out there with time to spare, I'd love a list of what drivers to install, and in what order (if there's any preferred order). I'm not after specific driver releases or anything, just general 'graphics driver' or 'sound driver' will do, I'll find the right ones myself.
In case you need it, system specs are as follows:
2 Ghz E2180
2Gb RAM
Gigabyte P35-DS3P
ATi HD2900 Pro
Windows XP SP2
Plenty of free hard drive space etc, not got tonnes of background processes running, I'm all out of ideas. It's locked up on me at least a dozen times during the typing of this post, and I'm doing nothing else to it, nothing more demanding than inputting text to a webpage. I think any further communications will be from my laptop.
Hope you can help. Thanks in advance.
tTz
