asking for a miricle ...help

[brenmac]

my computer has been freezing not like the norm....this is with coloured lines going down my screen about half an inch apart....some has told me sounds like a mother board or graphic problem.is there anything i can do rather than pay £25 an hour at a shop.i cant afford a new one and yet i cant afford £100,s of pounds repair.:(this computer is only 4/5 year old.its xp.i have no other problems with it.can it be fixed or is it not worth it?brenda xxx

[dave pusey]

Can you post a photo showing the problem?

[Somerset Sal]

It's difficult to diagnose from here. It might, if you're lucky, just be a loose connection. If anyone/anything has knocked the back of your computer, your graphics card might have been slightly loosened. If you think this might have happened:
1 Very carefully open your PC
2 Before you touch anything inside the PC, touch a radiator, or something metal, to discharge any static you might have in your body.
3 Look at the point where the monitor is plugged in to the PC on the outside, then look at the same point on the inside: this will either be a graphics card, or to the motherboard.
4. If the monitor is connected to the same large board at the back of the PC that everything else is plugged into it, this is your motherboard (if you already know all this, please forgive me!); if the monitor is plugged into a card that is, in turn, stuck into the motherboard and sticks out at right angles, this is a graphics card.
5. If the monitor is plugged into the motherboard, this might be an expensive problem to fix. If it's a graphics card, it's a bit cheaper; make sure that the graphics card is firmly attached to the motherboard. In either case, make sure that the lead from the monitor to the PC is very firmly plugged in at either end.

If this doesn't help, you'll need to find a friend or relative who does know their way round the inside of a PC and promise them a large bottle of something nice if they help you!

Sorry not to be more help.

Belinda

[dave pusey]

I would suggest that we be able to see the fault, before fiddling inside the computer.

From the very brief description Bren has given, it sounds like the monitor to me.

[brenmac]

right i will have to wait and take a picture sometimes i can be on all day and nothing happen and some days it happens as much as 4 times in 2 hours.i will wait for it to do it then photo it and put on here thankyou so much brenda xxx

[brenmac]

hi dave i just tried to take a picture but the picture was bad it seems the monitor wont let it show up.
the lines go down and across like a crossword puzzle but lovely red and green colour.brenda xxx

[dave pusey]

Is it similar to this...?



If it is, then it's the monitor. You'll need to replace it unfortunately.

[brenmac]

no i have my normal background whatever im on it just freezes....but with very thin lines and not as strong lines like you have.there very faint.brenda xxx

[brenmac]

thankyou all just to let you know what the problem was......its was the memory,i had a conflicting memory it is now ok...brenda xxxx