I'll give that another look too. I was hoping my son would be around to look, but he won't be for about a week - so that isn't going to help me much!! Thanks! I definitely want to be sure the fan is running. cris ----- Original Message ----- From: Lacey To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:36 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: problem...Computer - psp I would still open it up again and really check thoroughly to make sure all your cards are seated properly, and that the fan is still running when its turned on -- also double check that the ram is seated properly -- that really sounds like something just is not sitting in tight like it should be. ~Lacey~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:24 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: problem...Computer - psp > If the computer is jolted or jostled while running, it can cause bad > sectors on your hard drive. Do a scandisk with a surface scan. > > On 8/9/2003 at 6:52 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as cris was > rumoured to have uttered.... > > | Content-Type: text/plain; > | charset="Windows-1252" > | Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > | The other day, my mouse fell onto the top of my computer. I > | almost caught it, so it didn't hit hard, but it still hit. > | JUST prior to that, my firewall and anti-virus icons > | disappeared from the lower right hand corner. When the mouse > | fell, The computer started making a really loud noise - maybe > | a vibration ? I shut the computer down right away. Opened the > | case and tightened the wires and 'stuff' rebooted, and the > | sound was gone. When I re-booted, it said my registry files > | had been able to be recovered. I didn't know what happened to > | them - I had shut the computer down normally. I ran Panda on > | line scan - and my norton - and ran my spyware progs. > | Everything checked out fine. > | Now, certain programs are acting strange. I had the older > | version of the free mail washer on here, and it would not > | accept my one e-mail address and was throwing hissy fits. I > | got that working - I removed it and then added it again. > | Today, I tried to open Paint Shop Pro, and it won't open, I > | get one of those microsoft error reports - "paint shop pro > | 7has encounered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for > | the inconvenience" - then do I want to send the error report > | to microsoft. > | > | does anyone have any ideas what might be going on? or how I > | can figure it out? > | > | Thanks for any input!! > | crisS > | > | > | > | To unsub or change your email settings: > | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > | > | To access our Archives: > | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > | > | For more info: > | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > ********* And So It Was *********** > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk