Something is really wrong

[AgentTuna]

Hi guys, this is my first post and im hopin i can get some help First off here are my computer specs 80 GB Harddrive 1 GB ram Nvidia 6800 OC 128 MB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 AMD 1.33 Ghz Anthlon XP 1800 thats the specs ok, well first off i have been having problems with this computer since the the first week of april and i guess i have been trying to fix it with the basic knowledge of computers i have and my brother's First problems were that i couldnt detect my videocard drivers, and well i called up nvidia after a few tries without any progress. and they told me to reformat(which i wasnt that happy with) so i reformated and it worked for a while, and then the same thing happend again. and then it got way way worse. the monitor wouldnt even turn on. so first i thought it was the montor and i borrowed an old one and it worked for a while and did the same thing, but i noticed that the cpu would get extreamly hot, and so i got a new fan and some thermal greese and viola, it fixed for about a week. after a while trying to put all my files back, it again started not to detect my video card. Frustrated, i deleted everything from the nvidia drive. and registry, and did reinsatlle dit all again. Now it works fine. then i felt like moving my sound card up ont eh pci buss slots and now im getting massive computer failure! first unmountable_boot_volume errors(whiched i fixed after a while) but now I cant even boot for longer than 5 minutes with out the box freezing on me. It makes this weird sound, and i cant tell what it is coming from or where it is. but its starting to annoy me that i cant even take information i need off of the computer. What i think it can be is from the sound card, but taht doesnt seem right. because moving a card from slots shouldnt really change the effect. even thought it thought i installed a new hardware device, but which i THINK i fixed since i had sound for a while before crashing on me with an annoying bleeping sound throught my headphones. Please any help would be nice. I Trully am getting very frustrated with my computer and any help will be very appreciated

[ddgreen]

From what you described towards the end, it sounds like your CPU is oveheating. If you have a coolant w/ fan... make sure it's running... if you have an ordinary heatsink w/ fan... make sure the fan is running as well. Open the box and boot it up... after a few minutes do you smell anything that resembles burned rubber? ... like I said, could be the CPU.

[Xitech]

Sounds like you have a faulty GPU or the thing might be fried. Good idea would be to find your reciepts and send it in on warranty.

[simon]

Hi guys, this is my first post and im hopin i can get some help First off here are my computer specs 80 GB Harddrive 1 GB ram Nvidia 6800 OC 128 MB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 AMD 1.33 Ghz Anthlon XP 1800 thats the specs ok, well first off i have been having problems with this computer since the the first week of april and i guess i have been trying to fix it with the basic knowledge of computers i have and my brother's First problems were that i couldnt detect my videocard drivers, and well i called up nvidia after a few tries without any progress. and they told me to reformat(which i wasnt that happy with) so i reformated and it worked for a while, and then the same thing happend again. and then it got way way worse. the monitor wouldnt even turn on. so first i thought it was the montor and i borrowed an old one and it worked for a while and did the same thing, but i noticed that the cpu would get extreamly hot, and so i got a new fan and some thermal greese and viola, it fixed for about a week. after a while trying to put all my files back, it again started not to detect my video card. Frustrated, i deleted everything from the nvidia drive. and registry, and did reinsatlle dit all again. Now it works fine. then i felt like moving my sound card up ont eh pci buss slots and now im getting massive computer failure! first unmountable_boot_volume errors(whiched i fixed after a while) but now I cant even boot for longer than 5 minutes with out the box freezing on me. It makes this weird sound, and i cant tell what it is coming from or where it is. but its starting to annoy me that i cant even take information i need off of the computer. What i think it can be is from the sound card, but taht doesnt seem right. because moving a card from slots shouldnt really change the effect. even thought it thought i installed a new hardware device, but which i THINK i fixed since i had sound for a while before crashing on me with an annoying bleeping sound throught my headphones. Please any help would be nice. I Trully am getting very frustrated with my computer and any help will be very appreciated

Many things here and try testing these : Graphics Card - Another one? Sound Card - Take out. CPU - Need a bigger fan. PSU - Try 450W Hope it helps here.