i had a virus issue and after being advised that there is no longer an infection that i should post here

my computer is running windows xp and it is currently freezing at startup on the login screen.

i am also experiencing strange graphic problems, the default blue that is displayed at the windows start up screen has vertical strips of the normal blue and another darker color

on the boot screens where it is just black text, such as the safe mode boot menu, there are strange graphical problems

here is a link of what i went through in the virus section....

please help!

http://forums.whatthetech.com/All_antiviru...=30#entry566081

Greetings.

You mentioned the motherboard had been replaced?

Did you run a Clean Install of Windows?

If not you need to.

Hi bmac85,

you stated:


Did you do that work yourself?

Can we presume that the machine ran successfully for a period of time?
You indicate a desire to save/backup data, so I'm wondering if you were able to run the machine for a while successfully and have accumulated those files and documents you want to save....

or as Jephree possibly suspects, that you may have replaced the motherboard and CPU and then possibly just connected up the same Hard Drive(s) <--- which wouldn't work well and could cause problems much like what you describe.
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If it did run well for a while...

Have a look in your Device Manager.
Any yellow or red warning signs... particularly associated with "display Adapters" and/or Monitors
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What are your Temperatures like?
Give us a Quite Report on Temps and Voltages:

Will you please download and run Everest 2.20 (free)
It will give you a read-out of Temperatures and voltages which could be useful information to us in diagnosing the present situation.

Download Everest 2.20 here for free: http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

After download, Select to Run Everest 2.20
Then in the Everest 2.20 panel, Navigate to - Computer - Sensors
Create a Quick Report in Plain Text

Include the Quick Report - Sensors in your next reply.

the computer did run fine for a couple of months after the components where installed...

if this is a hardware failure it has to be something caused by the infection that i just cleared out on the other message board

the computer ran fine before this

i will not be able to give you any other info till sunday or monday

thanks for your help

Hi bmac85,

Thanks for the reply.
We've subscribed to your topic so should receive notification when you post additional information Sunday or Monday.
Take your time, we should be around.

Best Regards

so the only thing in the device manager is the modem and its had a warning for a while i dont use it...

here is the report