With that many different issues, I would be suspicious of the
motherboard itself. Especially since it is an Emachine. One good clue
is to take a really good look at the electrolytic capacitors on the
motherboard. They are the cylinders about 1 inch high here and there on
the board. There are probably a lot of them near the main CPU around
the heat sink and fan assembly. They should all have nice flat tops. If
the top of ANY of them are swelled up, they are bad and you will need to
replace the motherboard.
The only other component I can think of that might cause those various
problems is a bad stick of memory, which you can test by downloading
Memtest86.iso, burning a CD, and let the unit boot from it. It will
run a thorough test of all the cells and give you a red list of bad
cells, if any.
Ardell Faul
Computer Monitor Service Inc.
Ardell's Laptop and PC Repair
10816 E. Mission Ave.,
Spokane Valley, Wa. 99206
ardell%40icehouse.net">ardell
icehouse.net
509-891-5188
Mark Gravelle wrote:
> desktop, windows xp pro, e-machine D2386, 512 ram, all updtes,
> sorry I did not include this earlier,
>
>; --- In Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com">Computer_Help_and_Discussionyahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com>, Ardell Faul
>; <ardell...> wrote:
> >
>; > Laptop? Desktop? What make and model? What operating system?
> >
>; > Ardell Faul
>; > Computer Monitor Service Inc.
>; > Ardell's Laptop and PC Repair
> > 10816 E. Mission Ave.,
> > Spokane Valley, Wa. 99206
> > ardell...
> > 509-891-5188
> >
>; >
>; >
>; > Mark Gravelle wrote:
> >
>; > > The following has happened 4 times in the last 2 days:
> > > 1. The cursor will disapear and jump all over the screen when I
> try to
> > > move it.
> > > 2. IE7 will freeze up and not totaly load.
> > > 3. Control-alt-delete does not work.
> > > 4. I have to turn off the computer and restart manualy to clear
> things
> > > up.
> > >
>; > > Any ideas of what may be causing this?
> > >
>; > >
>; > >
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> > >
>; > >No virus found in this incoming message.
> > >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > >Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release Date:
> 9/6/2007 3:18 PM
> > >
>; > >
>; >
>;
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release Date: 9/6/2007 3:18 PM
>
>
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