Just a Dog
Someone helped me with this once brefore but i'm buggered if i can find the thread !
Just had to format and reinstall xp home, (waste of time as it seems it's a prob in the box) but as happened last time my IE staggers when i scroll using the wheel on me mouse !
Was something simple and just like me !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Forum whore
Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Mouse > Wheel tab.
What's the setting?
Or maybe you need to update the driver?
Just a Dog
Cheers Steve, but it don't appear to be that, could be the driver, just have to figure out how to update and what ? think it was some video enhance driver or sommit !Originally Posted by steve_t
Bloody PC keeps rebooting too which makes things frustrating
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Forum whore
Yeah, make sure you have the latest video driver, mouse driver, clean scroll wheel, and new batteries if it's wireless. Good luck.
Yeah, Win XP is old enough now that a clean install means rebooting 20 or so times with frickin updates arriving in batches
Kiwibiker
Quite often caused by faulty ram, check if it's seated correctly, try and vacuum, or use compressed air to clean dust out the slots, that can help too. If you have multiple banks of ram, swap them out until you find the culprit.
Just a Dog
Nah there be sommit up with the innards of the thing as it just reboots for no reason last few days, thought i'd picked up a virus (hence formatting) and yeah spent all night doing updates lol might be time to buy win 7 if and when i get the thing fixed so it don't just shut down for no bloody reason !Win XP is old enough now that a clean install means rebooting 20 or so times with frickin updates arriving in batches
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Fully Foxed
We have danced this dance beforeIt was your video drivers.
Forum whore
Just be aware that if there's a hardware issue/failing component, upgrading to Win7 won't help. As Sugilite said, RAM is always a good place to start looking and it's a relatively cheap fix if that's the problem. Motherboards crapping themselves has happened to me a few times too though and that sux balls
Fully Foxed
Stoopid question. Can you take the side off and send me a pic of the motherboard? I think I know what is wrong with it. Can give you my cell to send to if you want.
Forum whore
Are you thinking the CPU fan has come loose?
Fully Foxed
Nope. It could be clogged. More than likely there is a leaking cap on the motherboard. Symptoms fit.
Just a Dog
Grrrr gonna have to find a compressor since mine went walkies lol Cheers
Will def get things running well first, but then of course i'll prob prcastinate till it all happens again !
Phone don't take piccies so will do a camera shot and see if i can load on here for ya, cheers ! In the device manager now looking for video driver updates so will go find me camera and see if the pc takes it now lol (may need to find a cd for it too lol)
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Just a Dog
This shit's just got ugly, for a while there when i clicked on notifications or the like a whole new tab opens, then the wheel of my mouse was changing the resolution !! Thinking second story window might fix it and then go to a bar ! But the good news is, the IE stagger seems to have vanished lol
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Double shot!!
If the PC is old and decrepid, give Ubuntu a try before you put good money down on windows 7. It costs nothing to try Ubuntu, and you might ACTUALLY ENJOY living without viruses and a mega-corporates' finger in yer ass. If it does exactly the same thing, then its hardware at fault, and its cost you nothing to diagnose that as well. Google "ubuntu download".
Good luck with your pooter hassles.
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Honestly dude, if the comp is randomly restarting its likely there's a ram/motherboard/cpu issue i'd replace them.
There's kits available for a couple of hundy with motherboard, ram and cpu, all you'd need to do is take your ones in and say to the geek behind the counter:
"i want the technology, i want it to be faster, smarter, better AND to fit in the same space this one did"
The scrolling issue is most likely a video card driver problem - i've seen it 100s of times and its always been fixed by the video card driver being re-installed.
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