Ok, first off, this is a pretty unstable computer that I have, I admit that. Never buy from Cybersystems. But I've been having many more problems as of late. Also, here are my specs. Sorry for the lack of specific brands, but I have to post this on a laptop.
Asus a8n-sli delux motherboard (something like that, at least)
1024 MBs of Corsair memory
149 gig HDD
geforce 6800gt
AMD 3500+
A long time ago, I was having completely different problems. Long story short, I got some stuff replaced and no longer had the problems. Not too long after, though, I started getting blue screens, the error usually reading IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUEL and, as of late, DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUEL. It has been getting worse, though. Lately, I have had extremely slow start-ups. It takes minutes for me to be able to do anything after I reboot my computer. I figured that this is because I have quite a few programs that start on boot up, like zone alarm, norton, google accelator, etc. I went into msconfig and disabled the unnecessary ones, but it didn't help much.
It got even worse, though. Although it always had taken a long time for me to open programs, it has gotten worse. It is rare that I can open anything large without freezing. Otherwise, it just takes ages.
Now, I've tried going into safe mode to uninstall (for add/remove hardware doesn't work, it always freezes) most of my things, but I get a message that says "Cannot display this mode" in white letters against a black background. So I can't enter safe mode.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't expect any specific answers. But any general ideas of where to start with this? I'd rather not reformat, but if that's what it takes, I suppose I'll have to.
By the way, I'm 95% sure it's not a virus. I've run several virus checks, and the problem hasn't been a sudden thing anyway. It's been slowly building up.
Asus a8n-sli delux motherboard (something like that, at least)
1024 MBs of Corsair memory
149 gig HDD
geforce 6800gt
AMD 3500+
A long time ago, I was having completely different problems. Long story short, I got some stuff replaced and no longer had the problems. Not too long after, though, I started getting blue screens, the error usually reading IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUEL and, as of late, DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUEL. It has been getting worse, though. Lately, I have had extremely slow start-ups. It takes minutes for me to be able to do anything after I reboot my computer. I figured that this is because I have quite a few programs that start on boot up, like zone alarm, norton, google accelator, etc. I went into msconfig and disabled the unnecessary ones, but it didn't help much.
It got even worse, though. Although it always had taken a long time for me to open programs, it has gotten worse. It is rare that I can open anything large without freezing. Otherwise, it just takes ages.
Now, I've tried going into safe mode to uninstall (for add/remove hardware doesn't work, it always freezes) most of my things, but I get a message that says "Cannot display this mode" in white letters against a black background. So I can't enter safe mode.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't expect any specific answers. But any general ideas of where to start with this? I'd rather not reformat, but if that's what it takes, I suppose I'll have to.
By the way, I'm 95% sure it's not a virus. I've run several virus checks, and the problem hasn't been a sudden thing anyway. It's been slowly building up.