I would first try changing the power supply, It sounds like it is going Bad...Next How many fans do you have ?You might also try changing the heat...
Have you tried moving one whole system into another room/ part of the house and trying it there to see what happens ? Also you do have a surge...
Does it get hot ? check your fans inside your case .. Also might want to check CPU.. how long has it been doing this ?
It sounds like you still have windows 7 boot partition on the hard drive, Next after you installed Linux, you then installed a linux boot manager,...
I would try to change the power supply to see if that makes a difference..Is the computer a tower or suit case ? How old is this computer ?
There can be allot of different things doing this, I would check your RAM first to make sure it is seated right.. Next Power supply, and The hard...
Whats wrong with IDE ? You can get either IDE or sata for your hard drive now days, most motherboards these days are SATA.. BUT when installing...
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Will this computer load all the way ? If not can you get into safe mode ? You know you can fix the errors on the hard drive with scan disk.. Also...
Is your copy of XP legal one ? If not then that might be the problem..
try changing out the power supply to see what happens, It sounds like your power supply is just starting to go BAD....
If your power supply fan is not working then look for it to burn out real soon, If you are going to spend money on a new motherboard and parts,...
It looks like a nice case, But It is not a brand name and might be made cheap, meaning real thin metal..
What is the make and model of this gateway ? I have a Gateway laptop with almost the same problem, it turned out the battery has a reset switch on...
I would scan that drive with Kaspersky to see if you get anything.. Also when you back up C: drive , Did you scan C: drive first with an AntiVirus...
Yea ! I paid $46.00 bucks and that was with the shipping..It is an IBM Netvista 2.6 ghz with 512 ram with a 30 gb hard drive..All I did was up the...
Depends on the price of this used computer, I am a BIG fan of used/ Refurbished computers, I am using on one right now! I have this older IBM that...
Most noises from a computer will be from either the hard drive/Power supply or a DVD/cd rom drive..
I would have to agree,try another computer to rule out the computer being the problem, to me it sounds like it is your Service..
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