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That Guy · 11-21-2008, 03:08 PM

gore did see the importance of the internet before most other people did, and he worked pretty hard to get it funding, so, yeah.. he helped make the internet mainstream even though he was completely uninvolved on the technical side of thing.

on the computer, parity errors can be caused by memory too... I'd say there's a chance the jolt may have loosened the heatsink from the cpu/gfx card (if it has one).. usually laptop power supplies aren't a problem because they don't make heat (they're external to the laptop), they're rated and come with a specific laptop, and laptops generally don't offer much of an upgrade path, so you can't overbook them. if it were the power supply, does the laptop have issues on batteries power? cause the batteries aren't high tech, just lithium ion types in a casing that ensures it won't work on other laptops.

If it's the motherboard, you're straight f'd... those things can be $200+ if you can't find them on ebay, and the companies will want $90 for labor costs... doing it yourself brings a high chance of killing the casing, since some laptops are put together in a way where they really don't ever want to come apart again.

on the desktop - first go to power options and make sure that's not killing it, then run thorough anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-root-kit etc tools on it (adaware, bitdefender, avg, etc). Also make sure your graphics drivers are up to date (does it shut off when you start a 3d game? if so, that's a good clue to the PS). when you check the crash log or event viewer, what does it say about the time of the crashes? bad ram can also cause random crashes, though that's typically not common these days.

what are the system specs? the power supply ratings? operating systems?

11-21-2008, 03:08 PM	#15
That Guy Living Legend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: VA Age: 42 Posts: 17,620	Re: Sick of politics here? Fix my computers! gore did see the importance of the internet before most other people did, and he worked pretty hard to get it funding, so, yeah.. he helped make the internet mainstream even though he was completely uninvolved on the technical side of thing. on the computer, parity errors can be caused by memory too... I'd say there's a chance the jolt may have loosened the heatsink from the cpu/gfx card (if it has one).. usually laptop power supplies aren't a problem because they don't make heat (they're external to the laptop), they're rated and come with a specific laptop, and laptops generally don't offer much of an upgrade path, so you can't overbook them. if it were the power supply, does the laptop have issues on batteries power? cause the batteries aren't high tech, just lithium ion types in a casing that ensures it won't work on other laptops. If it's the motherboard, you're straight f'd... those things can be $200+ if you can't find them on ebay, and the companies will want $90 for labor costs... doing it yourself brings a high chance of killing the casing, since some laptops are put together in a way where they really don't ever want to come apart again. on the desktop - first go to power options and make sure that's not killing it, then run thorough anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-root-kit etc tools on it (adaware, bitdefender, avg, etc). Also make sure your graphics drivers are up to date (does it shut off when you start a 3d game? if so, that's a good clue to the PS). when you check the crash log or event viewer, what does it say about the time of the crashes? bad ram can also cause random crashes, though that's typically not common these days. what are the system specs? the power supply ratings? operating systems?