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You might want to try Dawn of War, quite a good game.

In the recommended list:

GTA Vice city

Dawn of War

Halo if you like FPS.

Half life 2, coming soon (16th Nov)

Happy gaming!
 
Thanks for the game advice, I was just blown away by the graphics of the sims 2, but I do think Half life 2 looks very good from the screenshots. I have looked at Rome Total war and that looks like a nice game 2 :)
 
wow! That's pretty good going, but I must admit if something fails (particularly a hard drive) and information might have been lost, I would really be expecting something special for their faulty hardware! :)

Has anyone got Mcaffee virus scan?
 
If your after a really good anti virus, and are willing to pay for it, go for NOD32, which is the best AV I have ever seen, and I have used avg (the free one), norton, and Mcaffee.
 
Right, just an update, it's worked fine for months my new PC, but two days ago, it wouldn't connect to the internet saying something about Found new hardware PCI Communication or something (I hadn't installed anything new!) and when I investigated it said that the modem wasn't present- I had been using it that day.

Anyway, I carried on trying to make it work- no luck, so I defragged it and cleaned the disc and anti virused it, it was all fine. I turned it off and tried again later, however, this time the monitor just flashed and no picture or anything came up- now that was weird, so I d/ced the whole PC and connected my old one up, the montior worked and the modem on my old computer worked too (that's how I'm posting here), what on earth happened?

Please help! :(

Nick
 
Hi about Pc trouble

Sorry to here about your recent Pc trouble but after reading your post and considering the options i can only think that the plain obvious answer is that God Personally hates you and is out to get you. I wish you luck :laugh:
 
Sounds to me like a possible motherboard fault.

Tho it could be the memory, the graphics card, or just about anything. However, those mentioned would be the prime suspects.

My brain is very foggy at the moment, but what you could do is cannibalise your current pc, and test bits.

Such as the graphics card. Of course if you have an onborad one, this would be a bit tricky.

Umm...can you get into the bios even?

I'll have a think and maybe post later when all of my brain is actually working. :drool:
 
Old dude said:
Sounds to me like a possible motherboard fault.

Tho it could be the memory, the graphics card, or just about anything. However, those mentioned would be the prime suspects.

My brain is very foggy at the moment, but what you could do is cannibalise your current pc, and test bits.

Such as the graphics card. Of course if you have an onborad one, this would be a bit tricky.

Umm...can you get into the bios even?

I'll have a think and maybe post later when all of my brain is actually working. :drool:

Thanks old dude and Butler of course. I would have looked orginally at the modemmore closely if it hadn't have stopped the monitor working. I don't know enough about it, but it sounds like a motherboard fault if the modem stops working then the screen fails to load- it has to be that really I guess.

If I have to get a new motherboard, will my computer be wiped off of all the data if all the bits have to be plugged back in etc to a new one?

Think I will have to ask a professional PC guy to fix it and see how it goes rather than asking my friend to sort it- you come to rely a bit on your computer sometimes and think it's pretty safe after it working solidly for a few months!

Nick

PS, sorry to start this long thread up again! :)
 
Well, yes really. It is possible to do a number of things in windows beforehand to make it work with another motherboard, but as this isnt an option for you, you will probably have to reformat.

Of course, if you get the same motherboard (brand and type) you shouldnt have any problem and no need to reformat. I cant remember when you got it all, but shouldnt it be under warrenty?

Its possible it isnt the motherboard, so be careful. Its not the monitor, as I assume your using that now...

I dont know what to suggest really, apart from change the motherboard.

I hope it is the motherboard, maybe someone who knows more than me can post.

Either way, good luck, and custom pcs are not usually this much trouble! You seem to be very unlucky. :shrug:

Oh, a quick thought. If you cant even get into the bios, its very likely it is the motherboard. Have a quick visual check tho, just to see theres nothing obvious. Like for example, the psu went funny and fried the motherboard. This can happen with power surges, and you can sometimes see damage.

If you can be bothered, you could try the psu your using now in it, just to eliminate something else.

I always recommend a power surge adaptor, with both pc and monitor plugged into it. Always better to be safe than sorry.
 
thanks, I will take it to a professional to sort out, think will be expensive if I need to replace the motherboard, I'm not sure about the warranty. It's so ironic that the computer I wanted to replace has become my ISPreview lifeline! :D

Nick
 
It's working!

Finally got it back (at a cost of £80) that was just for the man to look at it, but you guys were right about it being the motherboard, a tiny fan went on it, and everything was getting way to hot. So he replaced it, and it worked, said that the motherboard mihgt be damaged in some way, but will just take time to test.

Doubt I would have been able to find out what had gone wrong on my own :)

Now, I just need to be getting braodband.... :)

Nick
 
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