I fix computers!

[luisht]

Hi, i can fix your desktop or laptop for cheap, im trying to raise money for a new project

[mistahoo]

I have a desktop computer that I set up and it was working perfectly before I gave it to my brother. I honestly have no clue what he did to it. It starts up and once it hits the first stage post screen, there is a rows/columns of artifacts that look like little rgb tick marks (looks like this: l l l l l l). Then it'll go to the second stage post screen and the artifacts are the same but change to a white color. On the second stage post screen, it'll say "Verifying DMI pool data" and then "Unable to boot". I don't remember what I tried because it's been sitting around for a while now. I'm gonna have a go at it again and see if I can fix it.

If I don't manage to fix it, would you be able to fix this? How much would it cost? Would I have to drive to you? TIA

[luisht]

is this a computer that you built? or a dell, hp ..etc?

[mistahoo]

Built. I don't have hardware specs for it right now. I do know it's running on OS is Microsoft XP SP3. I'm rebooting it right now and doing a clean install to find out if it's a bad sector or not on the HDD.

[luisht]

ok good luck, your hdd might need to be replaced

[moganman]

No one can fix my computer. Had like five people try. Sound driver won't install.

[mistahoo]

No one can fix my computer. Had like five people try. Sound driver won't install.

That one shouldn't be that hard. No clue why those others couldn't do it.

[mistahoo]

ok good luck, your hdd might need to be replaced

Already tried with 4-5 different HDDs I have laying around. Tested each on my own computer to make sure they worked before installing them on the busted computer.

[mgarrido]

I fix computers!

No one can fix my computer. Had like five people try. Sound driver won't install.

Don't waste your time and get a new sound card.

[mistahoo]

Don't waste your time and get a new sound card.

He might be talking about the sound drivers that are on the motherboard. If not, and he's talking about a PCI sound card, then yeah I would get a new one instead of wasting time.

[Parzival]

USB sound "card" is cheap (under 10 bucks), no drivers needed

[mistahoo]

USB sound "card" is cheap (under 10 bucks), no drivers needed

True. There are also some PCI/PCI-E sound cards that are under 10 bucks and most will higher quality than the USB ones

[madehtsobi]

I fix computers!

Use to love PC and did tech support.

Played with a Mac and never turned back.

No more damn BSOD, no OS found for no apparent reason and damn viruses which had to reformat HD and reinstall windows...

[mgarrido]

I fix computers!

He might be talking about the sound drivers that are on the motherboard. If not, and he's talking about a PCI sound card, then yeah I would get a new one instead of wasting time.

You can have more than 1 sound card with no problems, but instead of waste hours trying to fix or find the drivers is better just get a new one that comes with the drivers.

[mistahoo]

You can have more than 1 sound card with no problems, but instead of waste hours trying to fix or find the drivers is better just get a new one that comes with the drivers.

Yeah I know. I was going to go buy a sound card for my pc, but decided that I didn't need the high quality sound when the surround sound I have isn't that great. Finding drivers shouldn't be too hard though, especially if it was a stock model that are sold in stores. But if there is a lot of complications, I would just go ahead and buy the card.