any computer aid appretiated

this is a copy of my FA journal,
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/539491/

Any band-aide in a car reck


I know my computer is on its last leg but lately when I would turn it on it will often come on but the key board, monitor and other things remain inactive like its in sleep mode not even the cpu running. I try agian and then the cpu runs but the rest still dosn't respond.

Pika duck said this is the power supply going out but I remembered that the watch battery on the mother board keeps more than the clock and without it computers can't run so I changed it in hopes that a couple bucks might buy me some time.

Unfortunatly Now the computer has picked up a new trick, now if I start and the power supply kicks in it brings up this system disk not found or incorrect system disk (something like that) I have to put the registry disk in to get the thing running. Also I tried to save a note pad to my flash drive and it didn't respond.

So does anyone know what I can do to fix this?
Maybe re-install windows xp? I don't really want to do that I had to re-collect a 4 hour update, a 2 hour update and a 4 hour download and don't wish to go through that agian.


Also dose any one know where I might be able to buy a windows 2000 program or 98?
Or maybe if I could find 95 for free somewhere?

Like I said I have a second computer but I reformatted the drive to XP in order to spare the data on the old drive and if I have to put it back in the computer it came from it won't run unless I reformat it and it won't handle XP.

So if anyone knows some fair bandaides to put on this reck that might stretch it out a little longer, its unfixable but I can't get a new computer so I will fix what I can get.

Well based on your first problems I would say that it is your motherboard, the CMOS battery has nothing to do with it, that just keeps the settings of your hardware and certain other aspects that don't relate to your POST (you should always see a POST else it's probably your motherboard, your RAM or your processor). I would try reseating your RAM (a.k.a taking it out and putting back in) to see if that helps, it really does sometimes. As I said your first errors sounded like a bad motherboard (because the power supply was on), but the second issue you had sounds like a dead hard drive, it's possible that you have multiple problems too and it's just bit the dust. Right now though I'd lean towards it being a dead motherboard, but still, try reseating your RAM to see if that helps. If you have internet access from anywhere else and can burn a CD then I would also run the PC Check diagnostics software to see if it returns any errors through that.

I am seriously leaning towards it being a bad motherboard though because hte disk read errors can also be caused by that due to bad circuitry or ban ATA ports on the mobo

Thanks again Paerole for all the information,

and incase you missed it in the subbmission there are dead circets.

And when it comes to the RAM I did take it out and put it back in but it didn't make a diffrence.

How would I reset it cause I think something is wrong with the RAM.
For one thing nothing in the internet history will work offline.

I ran chkdsk but it turned up nothing,
However when I went to defragmentor and anilyzed it, the place was loaded with fragments and I just defragmented it last week.

I am definatly replacing the computer but I still need this one to hold out just a little longer.

The nearest public computer is 20 or so miles away, Thats a 40 mile round trip and since I am un- employed and not in any sort of school because I need that job for the internship I would have to make the trip just for the computer.

And you only get 1 hour time slots, you can have two if there not busy but still its not alot for a one purpose trip.


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Oh and for any one else hears an update journal and pictures of the 4 computers I have.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/543071/


http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1770463/
Is the one I am using and I got a good shot of the busted caps in it

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1770483/
Is the computer I need to get running

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1770559/
Was fried by lightning and I just narrowlly avoided getting zapped by the same bolt

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1770591/
Is ancient but is still holding some stuff hostage in its drive