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| Thread ID: 79849 | 2007-06-03 07:33:00 | PC only works in safe mode | Ravage (6815) | Press F1 |
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| 555584 | 2007-06-03 07:33:00 | Howdy A couple of nights ago some beeping occured while downloading some stuff. Computer froze so I reset. Beeping resumed soon after. Was tired so went to bed after switching off at the wall. Tried to start PC the next night and it would not load past the windows screen (with the moving blue bar). Opened the case and was assailed by the faint odour of burnt electronics. Checked the ram (2 x 512 mb), one of the sticks smelt bad. Tried booting with only one stick, same problem. It would however boot up in safe mode (wouldn't boot up using suspected faulty ram). Obviously something loading up at the start is causing the problem but I'm not sure how to find the culprit. Typing msconfig only shows about 5 entries (AVG, ZA, fast, coolswitch and flashget). Also tried without flashget just in case. Any ideas what things might be causing the lack of start up, or ideas where to look to check things 1 by 1? cheers Ravage:confused: |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 555585 | 2007-06-03 07:49:00 | I suggest you grab HiJacKThis (HJT) off Speedy's signature and run that as you may have picked up a virus. Post the findings of the HJT file on this site and Speedy will do the honours. Either that or you have a hardware problem. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 555586 | 2007-06-03 08:26:00 | Howdy I'll try HJT, should also mention it's WinXP home SP2. If it is software related where would I look? cheers Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 555587 | 2007-06-03 08:30:00 | If it is software related, HJT will show us when you post the report. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 555588 | 2007-06-03 08:35:00 | I doubt that it is software... If you can smell burnt chips then it is possible that something has gotten damaged somehow... have you had a power surge recently? Possibly both RAM sticks have been damaged, one worse than the other... Safe mode uses less RAM which is why the PC would be able to boot into Safe more and not normal with the supposidly good stick in | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 555589 | 2007-06-04 05:16:00 | Howdy When I managed to boot into safe mode I had been doing it with minimum hardware (ram from another pc, no dvdroms or floppy drive, only 1 harddrive with winXP installed) when I tried with the 2nd HD connected (to see if the data was intact) it would not boot into safe mode either (froze up after the list of necessary files was displayed) perhaps other hardware was damaged somehow???? here is the HJT file just in case Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 12:52:42 a.m., on 4/06/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Safe mode 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE D:\HiJackThis_v2.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx O2 - BHO: Flashget Catch Url Class - {2F364306-AA45-47B5-9F9D-39A8B94E7EF7} - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\jccatch.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll O2 - BHO: gFlash Class - {F156768E-81EF-470C-9057-481BA8380DBA} - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\getflash.dll O3 - Toolbar: FlashGet - {E0E899AB-F487-11D5-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\fgiebar.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe /STARTUP O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CoolSwitch] C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskswitch.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [FastUser] C:\WINDOWS\system32\fast.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZoneAlarm Client] "C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe" O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE') O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [AVG7_Run] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE') O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM') O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user') O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download All with FlashGet - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\jc_all.htm O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download with FlashGet - C:\Program Files\FlashGet\jc_link.htm O9 - Extra button: FlashGet - {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\PROGRA~1\FlashGet\flashget.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: FlashGet - {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - C:\PROGRA~1\FlashGet\flashget.exe O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - update.microsoft.com O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe -- End of file - 3400 bytes cheers Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 555590 | 2007-06-04 05:20:00 | Howdy Ticking these options seemed to fix the problem O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll thanks guys HJT rocks Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 555591 | 2007-06-04 06:32:00 | Darn it all After putting the 2nd hd back into the PC to test it the computer would not boot, even in safe mode. Turns out the hd is faulty and just having the ide cable plugged in (but no power) stopped the system from working. Completely removed 2nd hd again. Everything seems to be fine. I just hope removing those things with HJT will have no detrimental effects cheers Ravage |
Ravage (6815) | ||
| 555592 | 2007-06-04 07:46:00 | Try the suspect HDD in another PC and see if that has issues, also try the good HDD on the channel/cable header that you had the suspet HDD on. Nothing was wrong with the log anyway... If you use IE you will most probably need to restore what you done... cause browseui.dll is a needed IE file :rolleyes: And the MSN things were safe... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 555593 | 2007-06-05 00:15:00 | howdy never use IE except on the very rare occasion that I need to manually go to microsoft update site I will try a different cable just in case cheers Ravage |
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