Help!!!! Urgent!!!

[renecapetown]

Hi there!! I am in need of some serious help ... I have Intel 3.2GHZ Dual CPU(HT),2GB RAM,Main board,integrated sound/graphics,250GB HDD ati radeon xpress 200 series

When the computer has been off for more than 20 minutes I have great problems getting it to start again. I have to "jump Start it" I remove the power plug from the CPU box wait for a few seconds and then plug it in again ... it will start abit but then die and start abit more and die and then after about 30 minutes of constantly removing the power and putting it back in again will it start and then it will run smoothly for the rest of the day.

Yesterday I did a system check and a note came back saying that "ati radeon xpress 200 series was interferring with the start up process of the PC"

Oh and then once it finally start it will stsyem restore to about a week ago So i cannot do anywork cause all my new programmes get uninstalled.... driving me nuts...

Oh the problem has been there for about 5 months now but it was never this bad ... would only 5 minutes to get it started ... I installed skype 2 weeks ago and it just went mad ... this is the second time it happened when I installed skype

What can I do to solve this problem????

 

[kool1zero]

How big is the power supply? it may be having trouble producing enough juice for your hardware

 

[renecapetown]

I have no idea ... how do I find that out?

 

[speedgamer01]

Remove your video card if you have any, and try to boot that way.
Now put it back and remove any other devices, like printers, mouse even the keyboard. Try to boot up.
If no changes, put back everything in place.
Search the connection between the tempreture, and the number of times to a successful boot.
At first it sounded like a hardware problem, but this skype installation thing is freaking strange.

 

[speedgamer01]

I have no idea ... how do I find that out?

Look at the big box located at the back, top or bottom in your case. There has to be a max/peak output Watt value.

 

[renecapetown]

Remove your video card if you have any, and try to boot that way.
Now put it back and remove any other devices, like printers, mouse even the keyboard. Try to boot up.
If no changes, put back everything in place.
Search the connection between the tempreture, and the number of times to a successful boot.
At first it sounded like a hardware problem, but this skype installation thing is freaking strange.

As far as I know the card is an intergated sound and graphics card how do i remove it???? can i just disable tonight? I will try it in the morning to unplug everything before powering up


I will only be able to open it up and check on the size of the powersupply later

 

[renecapetown]

Maybe a silly question but I was thinking if I disable the "ati radeon xpress 200 series" driver tonight when i shutdown will it start up in the morning? does windows 7 need a graphics card to start up?

 

[kool1zero]

Does your moni

 

[kool1zero]

Does your monitor plug into a port on one of those sideways parts down lower or does it plus into one with lots of other ports all around it?

Maybe a silly question but I was thinking if I disable the "ati radeon xpress 200 series" driver tonight when i shutdown will it start up in the morning? does windows 7 need a graphics card to start up?

It would start and boot just fine without a graphics card but it wouldn't be very useful

Sent from my Droid Incredible

 

[kool1zero]

http://mtodorovic.ftp-developpez.com/hardware/montagepc/fichiers/pcieAgp.jpg
Tell us which of these you have. And if you have any cards in any of these
Sent from my Droid Incredible

 

[renecapetown]

I have no idea i am going to have to open it up to see which one ... My monitor has its own power plug and just has a port lead.

We found the board number

Intel 3.2GHZ Dual CPU(HT),2GB RAM, Intel D101GGC Mainboard,integ"

we just googled it and in the first link in troubleshooting it said that it does not support windows 7 ... what do you think?

 

[wilywombat]

Hi renecapetown, your board does support windows 7, here is a link to the driver update you need to install:- http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...eng&OSVersion=Windows 7*&DownloadType=Drivers . Try that, also do a scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware (free version) and a full antivirus scan using Microsoft Security Essentials(also free). Please report back any results.

 

[renecapetown]

Thanks wilywombat I am going to do that now ... I use crap cleaner and AVG as aprotection ... do you think that is enough?

 

[renecapetown]

To all the guys giving input THANK YOU!!!!!

 

[renecapetown]

I am currently updating the drivers

 

[renecapetown]

ok willywambat I went to the link you told me about and this is what it came back with

Product Detected D101GGC Current Driver Installed
An Intel device was detected but your operating system is not supported by this utility. Please visit Download Center to look for available software.

What must I do now?

 

[renecapetown]

another response was

ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series Current Driver Installed 8.501.0.0 This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates. More information>>
I am soo lost with all this

 

[wilywombat]

OK, unless you want to shell out for an alternative graphics card (and disable the onboard graphics) then the best you can really expect would be to step back to XP for full driver support. I'm afraid the system is a bit long in the tooth for full windows 7 compatability.
With regard to CCleaner and AVG..MSE is the Antivirus that is supported by most users in the forum and it is free. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is used to find other types of program that try and alter settings, steal password or otherwise take control of your system. CCleaner is used to clean the crap and rubbish out from your system and so serves a different purpose than the others. Good luck anyway, but personally I would go back to XP for the driver support.

 

[renecapetown]

Hi wilywambat... I think you are onto something there ... I think i will start looking for someone selling their xp .... silly cause I just sold my old broken laptop with the xp discs...

We previously disabled the graphics card and then replaced it with a working second hand one and it would not work at all ... we then gave it to a friend who it is working perfectly for ... It would not boot up at all when it was in this pc ...

the POWER SUPPLy is a LC-8270BTX

that was a breeze getting the number but it took me another hour to start the PC again ... windows just would not start ... just froze on the intel page ... this thing is driving me nut

 

[speedgamer01]

That is a 250W PSU, did you build the system yourself? I guess not.. you may consider getting a 300W PSU from coolink or whatever brad, but not LC or HKC.