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| 256554 | 2004-07-29 21:35:00 | my computer crashed and wouldn't reboot from harddrive. windows XP was reinstalled with full drive format and various drivers installed. Everything was working fine for about two hours. We virus checked using Nortons and AVG also Adaware and Spybot. Zone alarm firewall also installed. Then slowly I started losing hardware conponents from the system. Eventually there was no peripheral hardware except the two printers and the harddrive. finally after 20 minutes it crashed again and wouldn't reboot. On taking it back to the supplier I have been informed that it is a virus which has attacked the RAM and it will cost $260 to replace. Is this for real or am I being conned? I believe the fault is with either the mother board or the powersupply or the connection between the two. |
mcdon (5945) | ||
| 256555 | 2004-07-29 21:45:00 | Welcome to PF1 Don. Thats a dodgy story, I have never heard of such a virus! Please ask them for the name of the Virus, and let us know. While its not impossible that virus activity could cause the symptoms, to damage the RAM is a new variation that we would all like to hear about. Power supply problems would more likely cause complete crashes/failures/restarts rather than what you describe. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 256556 | 2004-07-29 21:46:00 | > On taking it back to the supplier I have been > informed that it is a virus which has attacked the > RAM and it will cost $260 to replace. That's gotta be the funniest thing I've ever heard! :^O I think they are trying to con you. The only place a virus could live after a format of the HDD would be the motherboard BIOS and even then I doubt it would be able to do what you have described as your problem. It must be hardware fault and they don't want to foot the bill. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 256557 | 2004-07-29 22:05:00 | Personally I know of no virus that can damage RAM. What size Power supply are you using ( watts )? |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 256558 | 2004-07-29 22:24:00 | As already noted by other esteemed posters, the story is bogus, I suggest you have a word to the store and vent your disgust. | metla (154) | ||
| 256559 | 2004-07-30 00:33:00 | As far as i know, you can change memory and AGP voltages and such in the BIOS - Perhaps there is a Virus that can do this and kills your ram by giving it too much power or something? Another good one would be a virus that tricks the sensors into thinking that the CPU is at 0 degrees and therefore gets the computer to turn the CPU fan off.......... Sounds crazy but maybe its possible? but as has been said, its most likely failing hardware - Not cause be a virus. |
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