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Post by sootycat on Oct 11, 2012 11:10:48 GMT
Title says it all really.
Turn on PC, starts to come on then all I get is a black screen and am totally unable to do anything but turn it off manually and start again.
Anyone else had this and if so any bright ideas to fix it....other than take it into the garden and shoot it !!
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 11, 2012 22:14:03 GMT
Not as such but I have had the screen go off due to some gizmo inside which then fixes itself. How old is it? Mines nearly 3 1/2. I have a new one but keep using this.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 12, 2012 17:34:17 GMT
What operating system do you have sooty? Windows 7 or WinXP?
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Post by sootycat on Oct 13, 2012 11:41:02 GMT
I have Windows 7.
This wretched thing is driving me to distraction, I have a horrible feeling I will have to get someone in to sort it.
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 13, 2012 14:46:26 GMT
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Post by sootycat on Oct 16, 2012 10:56:45 GMT
There were some bits in it that could be useful Wendy. The trouble is I am a complete novice at techy stuff..I am always sure I am going to make stuff worse.
Today, it took 6 go's to get the ruddy thing to come on, and I never know how long it will be before the screen goes blank again.
It doesn't just get a black screen, sometimes it's blue, or green and we have even had it white and blue striped.!!
I wanted to restore the thing to an earlier date but it wouldn't let me put a date it.....it chose last friday and its been playing up longer than that.
We are thinking maybe a laptop is the way forward but I like a mouse.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 12:30:03 GMT
Similar problems for us a while ago Sooty - now using C's laptop with cordless mouse.  |
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Post by sootycat on Oct 19, 2012 11:38:56 GMT
At the beginning of the week it took 8 tries to get the pc to come on.
When it did it put a message up (In my speak not the pcs ;D) you have done something to b***** things up, would you like us to restore and repair it !!
I clicked yes, it did a lot of faffing about restating etc and now goes twice as fast without black screening. I have to wonder what I did to cause it !!
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Post by Nick on Oct 19, 2012 12:36:06 GMT
Sometimes these things just happen Sooty...the mysteries of technology  |
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 19, 2012 15:57:16 GMT
I`m so glad that things are working for you Sooty. I had visions of you installing a new hard drive.
We had a power outage last week that lasted over 3 hours. The power company AEP said thousands of people in the area were without power.
Anyway while we were without power hubby installed another hard drive, 2 internal fans, and an internal card reader in my pc. A few hours later, hubby took a reading of the mother board and it was 20 degrees cooler with that other fan.
My pc still isn`t working like it should, so next week I`m going to move my stuff I don`t want to lose onto the new hard drive and reformat the c drive.
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Post by sootycat on Oct 21, 2012 11:38:07 GMT
Spoke too soon, it's damn well faffing about again.  |
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 21, 2012 20:26:42 GMT
Aww sod it. Looks like you have to get all your stuff off there that you don`t want to lose, save it on a ram stick or DVDs, and then reformat the hard drive.
Is your hard drive still under warranty Sooty?
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Post by sootycat on Oct 22, 2012 12:08:21 GMT
Furtunately I back it up monthly.
It's still under warrenty for another couple of months I think.
And now to add insult to injury the HDbox is playing up. Him indoors is on the phone to Sky as we speak !!
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Post by sootycat on Nov 10, 2012 11:32:18 GMT
Not sure how long I will be around for (at the moment). Because the PC is still under guarantee, it has to go back to the Medion factory (in Germany) either they will sort it or I will get a new one. Either way, that is why I may suddenly disappear  |
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Post by Nick on Nov 10, 2012 11:58:24 GMT
Not for too long I hope Sooty
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Post by CG Wendy on Nov 10, 2012 16:03:52 GMT
Ditto Nick
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Post by sootycat on Dec 21, 2012 12:02:35 GMT
The PC finally returned from it's German holiday yesterday ;D(it would have been back two weeks ago but for assorted cock ups)
The trouble is when you speak to someone, it's never the same person twice...and they are never in the same country twice!
We ended up going to UK Medion headquarters (who happened to be a 10 minutes drive away, and they sorted it face to face. We would have been still waiting if we hadn't been there.
If I could make a law it would be to only have these helplines in the UK!!
If it hadn't been under guarantee, we could have taken it to our local pc fixer (who is excellent) and we would have had it beck within the week.!! Mind you, it would have cost a bit as it had a few things replaced.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2012 12:20:33 GMT
Good to have you back Sooty.  |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Dec 21, 2012 12:55:05 GMT
Indeed. Welcome back. Hope all is well. Patsy |
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Post by Nick on Dec 21, 2012 13:33:57 GMT
Welcome back Sooty..I hope it all goes well
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Post by CG Wendy on Dec 21, 2012 17:21:26 GMT
Yayyyy Sooty is our Christmas gift here at LTS.
Welcome back Sooty.
!♥♥♥
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Post by sootycat on Dec 22, 2012 12:14:27 GMT
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Post by sootycat on Jan 27, 2013 11:45:19 GMT
Had PC trouble again.
This time something called a Trojan Horse!!
My SIL came and sorted it for me.
He works for Honda so we are all keeping our fingers crossed for his job.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 11:59:02 GMT
Trojan Horse is just a collective name for a type of virus. |
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Post by Nick on Jan 27, 2013 12:02:05 GMT
Those pesky trojan horses !! Can I suggest you download 'Avast' anti -virus (The free version) and Malware Bytes anti-virus (The free version) They are both excellent... most Anti-virus protection tends to let the virus or malware in then tell you you have one when you do a scan, but Avast actually blocks them from entering your computer And Malware bytes was recommended to me by a chap who works with computers, he says it gets deeper into your computer than most anti - virus software Between the two of them I tend not to have any problems (touch wood) www.avast.com/en-gb/free-antivirus-downloadwww.malwarebytes.org/They last for a year on your comp...when the year runs out, just uninstall it and re-install the free versions Good luck Sooty |
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