annoying hardware

[robbro]

i got a problem i cant seem to fix and evaluate as my pc cuts off before i get a chance too!

What happens lately is my monitor just goes black screen after a few mins . im thinkin its my gcard overheating or my powersupply but im not sure now...

I opened up the gcard and put some new thermal paste on the GPU and the cpu and the temperatures seem stable . on motherboard monitor program i have it states the following temperatures :

case 32 C cpu 30 c and cpu socket 21 c. so the temperature seems not so high to me... so anyidea what could be the problem??

Also notice i get a crackling/static sound from the speakers before the monitor cuts off. the monitor is fine as ive tested it on my xbox 360 and it was fine for hours.. so im definately sure its the computer !

If anyone here can help that would be great as im going mad here trying to figure out >_<

[Gecko]

Hi robbro,

What does your event viewer say?
Go to Start > Control panel > Administrative tools > Event viewer > look in the system section.
You are looking for any red or yellow icons, double click on the icon to get the full error message

Also have you checked the PSU fan?

[robbro]

hey gecko only error that was there was:

The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
atitray
fwdrv
SandBox
VFILT

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


gonna go check the psu now. atitray is ati driver right ? maybe its my drivers but i shudnt be getting that static/fuzzy noise before it cuts to black screen ? :S

brb and thanks for help.

[robbro]

okay i checked the psu the fan was a bit dusty so i cleaned it slightly seems to be stable at the moment ill tell ya if it crashes again tho

[Gecko]

Do you know what these two processes that you mentioned are for?
SandBox
VFILT

Because when I search for VFILT I come across references to trojan/keylogger.

[robbro]

no idea what SandBox
VFILT are for . dont see them in processes

i post a hijack this log to show ya:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 18:23:46, on 24/06/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\guard.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvMixer\NVMixerTray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32krn.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\ccc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
C:\Program Files\Motherboard Monitor 5\MBM5.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\uTorrent\utorrent.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\usnsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Maxthon\Maxthon.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\RG\Desktop\hijackthis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SBDrvDet] "C:\Program Files\Creative\SB Drive Det\SBDrvDet.exe" /r
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nod32kui] "C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe" /WAITSERVICE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Logitech Hardware Abstraction Layer] KHALMNPR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NVMixerTray] "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvMixer\NVMixerTray.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\bonjour\mdnsnsp.dll
O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Me ... b56907.cab
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\
O21 - SSODL: WPDShServiceObj - {AAA288BA-9A4C-45B0-95D7-94D524869DB5} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\WPDShServiceObj.dll
O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Anti-Spyware Guard - Anti-Malware Development a.s. - C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\guard.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: NOD32 Kernel Service (NOD32krn) - Eset - C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32krn.exe
O23 - Service: Outpost Firewall Service (OutpostFirewall) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Agnitum\Outpost Firewall\outpost.exe (file missing)

[robbro]

it crashed again lol . i getting this cracking/static noise before it crashes no idea whats causing it.

[Gecko]

Your log is clean

Do you have a sound card or onboard sound?

If it's a sound card try removing it from Device Manager and then remove the card itself then try it.

I have seen sound cards do strange things, my wife's system would not boot turned out to be the sb live card.
As soon as I removed the card the system booted just fine.

[robbro]

[Gecko]

When this happens does the system shut down/power off or do you just loose the display?

[robbro]

the whole system just stops i think but i cant tell. tested graphics card on brothers comp worked fine for an hour so cant be that. thinking its power supply still but i cant tell

[Gecko]

robbro,

I think you're right, it does sound like the PSU is the culprit.

The only way to tell for sure is to try a known good PSU.
I say this because I have had brand new PSUs be dead right out of the box.

[robbro]

cheers gecko ill try that dunno who gonna borrow me one tho! my bro wont let me go near his comp now cuz i been testing my ram/and graphics card on his. hes too annoyed with me now LOL. i try to get psu off someone tho and test it. ill keep ya posted m8 . and cheers for the help

[venney]

i recommended borrowing 1 off someone 2! lol