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Frostfired
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i realy need your help
my comp is like totaly messed up
well this is what happend i was just using my comp and it kinda started to mell like urnig plastic and it shut off so i was like o it prolly just overheated or sum shit so i wait 10 min and turn it back on it works fine for anouther 3min and then the sae thing happens be this tim wen i try turn it on it says like harddrive error or something then restarts now wenever i try turn on my comp it says like error booting plese boot or select boot and reboot or somthing i have no idea what to do i have 60gigs worth of moves and programs and stuff on my comp which i cant afford to lose can some oneplease tell me what to do ill make sure you get somthing out of it
ill try get pics of what it says by tommorow thanx
Dec 14 2005 11:04PM
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clrumivier4life
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sound like your hard drive is fucked up. When the comp is starting keep hitting "delete" to go into your bios settings. Look for "boot order", "boot priority", "boot device" something like that and see if the hard drive is set as one of the first boot devices, if it is, it's probably fucked. If it is set as a boot device, unplug the hard drive and put it into someone else's computer and see if you can access the drive and maybe save some of the stuff.
Dec 14 2005 11:07PM
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Frostfired
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 35
that was so ulegable here is attempt 2 (i no it is still full of mistakes but at least it understandable

my comp is like totaly messed up
well this is what happend
i was just using my comp and it kinda started to smell like burnig plastic and it shut off so i was like ok it prolly just overheated or some shit so i wait 10 min and turn it back on it works fine for anouther 30min and then the same thing happens be this time when i try turn it on it says like harddrive error or something then restarts now wenever i try turn on my comp it says like error booting plese boot or select boot and reboot or somthing i have no idea what to do i have 160gigs worth of movies and programs and stuff on my comp which i cant afford to lose can some oneplease tell me what to do ill make sure you get somthing out of it
ill try get pics of what it says by tommorow thanx
Dec 14 2005 11:08PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
kick the shit outta it.
Dec 14 2005 11:17PM
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eheath
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throw it out the window, worked for me.
Dec 14 2005 11:18PM
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KEVTRON
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did it really ?
Dec 15 2005 11:55AM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
punch a baby, that'll at least relieve your frustration
Dec 15 2005 12:46PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
my laptop just did that minus the buning plastic smell and it ended up being bunk ass RAM tha caused it not to boot up. Since you describe a burning plastic smell...I am going to guess that its not your actual harddrive but probably you board or something else. Your hardrive is in steel or aluminum so a buring plastic smell is probably not it.

Chances are if you take your harddrive out and plug it into someone elses computer it will be fine and all of your shit will the on it.

In the downside, its most likly an overheating which caused the "melting burning plastic smell." Take the cover off the side of your comp and check out what the inside looks like; is anyhing actually melted?

If it is an overheating issue, it could have been caused my a dirty fan which made it quit and stop cooling your comp.


Anyways, take a look inside or take it to a computer shop if you have no idea what your doing
Dec 15 2005 12:53PM
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freestylin820
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my computer kicks ass
Dec 15 2005 1:04PM
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acoustikrage
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it's very unlikely that your harddrive overheated, so it's probably still good. the most important thing right now is that you somehow back up all of your data. then you can find out what melted.
Dec 15 2005 1:11PM
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Frostfired
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 35
ya im preaty sure the smell was just the powersourve part cuz when i felt it it was hot
i dont think he sell had anything to do with my hard drive
Dec 15 2005 2:58PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
it didnt...your hardrive is fine but your power source may be melted or your board could be damaged
Dec 15 2005 3:01PM
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Frostfired
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 35
that would be better news consitering my board is like 6 years old i just hope its not my hard drive cuz its the only thing thats actual good in there thatnks for the advice
Dec 15 2005 3:29PM
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Frostfired
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 35
i donno how to fix it i tried
Dec 15 2005 8:20PM
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clrumivier4life
Posts: 2429 - Karma: 9
Did you read my post at all?!
Dec 16 2005 7:42PM
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Frostfired
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 35
i tried for the 1stboot device there is IDE-0 (watever that means)
and for second there is SCSI (i have no clue wat that means)
Dec 16 2005 8:01PM
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MitchPee
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check to make sure your fan works then pm me if you still need help
Dec 16 2005 8:10PM
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