Lord Gay
Emperor
I'm having an issue with my comp and was wondering what a good site might be for help. I didn't get it from a dealer so there's no customer service to call.
On the off chance anybody here can offer advice, I'm using win XP with SP 2. My comp doesn't like restarting, often crashing during bootup with a "machine check error". I can't tell if it's a hardware problem or a configuration setting issue, but I think it might be related somehow to net connecting, as I seem to have a better chance of a successful boot with the modem turned off, though not always.
It has no problem loading into safe mode, and in any case once running, I have no problem doing stuff (except connecting, what with the modem off). As a result I've been leaving my comp on 24/7, and trying not to reboot for any reason, as it causes a big ole' headache.
Once I eventually get net connection, like now, I dread the next time I have to reboot, and fear I won't be able to connect next time.
So, what's a good site for tech help?
On the off chance anybody here can offer advice, I'm using win XP with SP 2. My comp doesn't like restarting, often crashing during bootup with a "machine check error". I can't tell if it's a hardware problem or a configuration setting issue, but I think it might be related somehow to net connecting, as I seem to have a better chance of a successful boot with the modem turned off, though not always.
It has no problem loading into safe mode, and in any case once running, I have no problem doing stuff (except connecting, what with the modem off). As a result I've been leaving my comp on 24/7, and trying not to reboot for any reason, as it causes a big ole' headache.
Once I eventually get net connection, like now, I dread the next time I have to reboot, and fear I won't be able to connect next time.
So, what's a good site for tech help?