Quote from boosterfire :

For what it's worth, I'd had a similar issue at work, last week. Computer would post, windows load bar would complete, but then a black screen with only a movable cursor in it would appear. Turns out the problem only occured if 4GB memory was installed instead of 2GB. Solved it by updating BIOS (it was kind of an old wokrstation :schwitz.

Probably not your specific problem, but still worth a try, assuming your motherboard's BIOS is easy to update.

First thing I'd do is test the HDD in another computer, just to rule out the motherboards and other hardware as the cause of the problem. If the hard drive doesn't work in another computer, then you've got yourself at best a reinstallation to do, and at worst a dead hard drive.

Thanks for the feedback. I don't hink what I have is a virus because my computer had been working fine all day then started to act up. I think my best option would be to try the hard drive on another computer and if that's the problem than get a new one if not send it to a computer repair shop to save hastle cause I'm not to good with the insides of computers

Quote from bunder9999 :

i can of it either being virus/malware, or the hard drive is dying.

at work i came across a machine whose hard drive was dying...

it could boot normally, but logging in would cause a BSOD. safe mode would work, and i was able to open computer management / event viewer... after i got that open, i saw literally thousands of disk errors. trying to shut down caused a BSOD. needless to say, the drive was indeed toast. they couldn't save any data off it either, they had to restore the OS and apps from image.

anyways, if you can get the STOP code (0x7b) or the actual STOP reason (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE), we might be able to help a little more.

yes the stop code was 0x000007B (0xFFFFFF ect

Sorry I forgot to mention this is vista. And to everyone telling me to run task manager I can't even get into safe mode I just get a blank screen with a cursor so all of that is useless. I have another computer at my house with xp so should I plug that into my computer and see if that works? Oh I also read that a recent program install could have messed with the registry to cause this problem

My computer is doing something I have never seen before. I was dragging a skin into my program file to the lfs folder and then explorer.exe stopped working so I restarted my computer and I got a black screen. After I go that screen I restarted again just to find that I have a problem to diagnose, so I hit diagnose problem and it gives me a blue screen saying my hardware may be damaged or I have a virus. So I hop on my iPod and look around the web to see what's going on with my pc and I find out it's an update error from a year or two ago soni rule that out. I look around for a while to find a fix and I tried everything I could do in the f8 menu including safe mode but I got the same result every time being a black screen with just a cursor. I believe that this could be the result of a hardware failure such as the motherboard. I also don't believe this is a virus because my computer has been working fine all day and has just started with the errors. Your help would be greatly appriciated. Thank you, 1337sause

Quote from hazaky :

Oh, my bad. Found this now, but no idea if they are hooked up. Not sure how things work with Gateways warranty, but maybe open up the case and have a look inside?

Not a big deal i was just wondering and about the tv tuner. All i have to do for that is plug in a cable cord to the back and use windows media center

Quote from hazaky :

Might be just the pre placed ports. The specs say its a media pc and maybe has the media interface stuff built in already.

"Chassis - Premium Tower Desktop with Media Control Interface"

But damn dude ... look at the reviews on this PC.

Media control interface is the touch pad on the top and i have had this computer for months and no problem at all.

Well heres the website with the model and all of the specs.
http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668232.php

Well im glad that one dish soap company (forget the name) is raising money for helping animals after events like this.

Well the headphone and mic ports work so unless it runs off another port i would think it work

Quote from hazaky :

What if u dive in and then get stuck, and then u must smell the money that has given from hand to hand over US.

Edit: I mean, money is actually the most dirtiest thing on earth. A "fact" i heard some time ago.

That and covered in traces of cocaine because like 90% of U.S bills have some on them.

Quote from hazaky :

Might be, were those connectors on ur PC when u bought them? Or its a self made modification. Ive actually never seen these ports on PC's yet.

Came factory. Its on one of those push release things along with some triport thing and the headphone and microphone ports.

Quote from hazaky :

Red & White = Stereo Sound RCA Ports
Yellow = VGA Video RCA Port

U can hook PS1 / PS2 or even PS3 to ur PC. Depends tho if its input or output.

I hooked up my xbox to it and had no result. i am wondering if these are maybe outputs

I would put sheets on it and sleep

I have these jacks on the hidden panel on the front of my computer and i don't know what they are for. they are the standard red white and yellow plug-ins.

If you could help me it would be appreciated.

Not a max but a general number. I can get anywhere from 0-1.2mb/s

Why is my download speed nowhere near my speedtest.net results?
I used speedtest.net to check what my download speed to Seattle was and it came up with [see attached picture], and yet i get a maximum of 1mbps.

So my question is, why am i not seeing all of this download speed?

Thanks for the input. Also if anything is low end pc is easy to upgrade anyways so not really a big deal. Also crap OS but I'll live

i just purchased a new computer nevermind the laptop i was going to get. The computer cost me $700 and it does not have a moniter but instead i bought an HDMI cable to hook up to my 32' tv

Specs are in link.

http://reviews.cnet.com/deskto ... 54.html?tag=mncolBtm;rnav

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

Umm 1.1 GHz? Which decade are we in again?

sorry its 1.2 GHz

AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor L310 (1.10 GHz)
ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics up to 1919mb HyperMemory
15.6" 16:9 HD LCD
4 GB Memory (RAM)
320 GB HDD
DVD super Multi DL drive
Acer Nplify 802.11 b/g/Draft-N
6 cell Li-ion battery

Keep in mind this is a laptop.
This setup can run counter strike source on high quality with little to no lag but when i try to run S.T.A.L.K.E.R on minimal it lags hard.

Quote from lukelfs :

Come on its a flipping phone, who cares how good the quality is ... I think its kinda a cool feature to have, the videos were pretty good, try stuff in lighter places though

Its not a flipping phone its a touch screen
This phone has a face detection feature
3.5mp
2048 x 1536 resolution

And it can take video in 640 x 480

The camera is amazing for a free cell phone

Yeah everybody flaming me this threadjust remember this is just to show that my cell phone has a cool feature and i was trying it out.
If you have a 1080p HD High Speed camera feel free to top me but if not quit complaining im a 15 year old high school student without a job so im lucky i even have this phone in the first place

Quote from hazaky :

Not very impressed, a proper camera on atleast 480p resolution would do the thing. Also, the slower the better.

The resolution on my camera is 320 x 240 and if you want to figure out how many fps it is every 3 seconds of recording makes about 30 seconds of slow mo

Also for the lighting situation my camera has a light beside the lens so i can brighten the recording but for most things it produces alot of glare and makes the camera shot very poor

Quote from Takumi_lfs :

Is that this 120fps thing? Wish my satio had that.

I dont know how many fps my phne has but its good enough for me

i hope to drop an egg tomorrow and see what that looks like

Quote from lukelfs :

Come on its a flipping phone, who cares how good the quality is ... I think its kinda a cool feature to have, the videos were pretty good, try stuff in lighter places though

Its hard to get good light because the high speed function auto darkens everything