HULP!

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 4th, 2007, 16:55

hihi

basically, PC started acting shit a few days ago and started using 100% CPU acording to the task manager, possibly after I knocked the PC by accident.

Opened it up, make sure everythings connected and slotted in properly. Booted, no change. Tried this a couple of times, nothing changed.

Tried it once more and now the monitor is saying "no display or no cable connected".

The graphics card seems to be receiving power as the fans still spinning but i'm pretty sure the PC is only booting to the BIOS screen.

What can I do? Am I screwed?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 16:57

poke the graphics card a bit, it might have got unseated a little (sometimes they do that when you reseat them)

how many post beeps are you getting?

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 4th, 2007, 17:01

tried poking the graphics card a little, took it out and put it back in etc

I'm getting no beeps, thats the strange thing D:

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 17:05

Does it usually beep? (it might just be that the speaker isn't connected)

Maybe pull the graphics card out and see if it works then.

Also try resetting the bios (jumper on the mobo near the battery, RTFM)

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 4th, 2007, 17:39

Tried taking it out, no beep again. Apparently it does make a beep, but not till it gets off the first screen, which normally takes about 8 seconds, which isnt happening.

I also noticed the keyboard num lock, Caps lock and scroll lock lights didn't flash like normal so i believe that isn't working as well.

I'm a complete noob to jumpers, what am I looking for on the motherboard? If its any help, i'm using a Gigabtye nforce3 GA-K8NS.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 17:40

how far into the boot/post is it getting?

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 4th, 2007, 17:44

not very far at all I think, normally you start to hear things booting up on the motherboard which also ain't happening

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 17:48

okeydoke.

<a href="http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/Mot ... ">Download this</a>

On page 31, it tells you 2 ways to clear the bios.

Do either of them (or both, whichever takes your fancy) then obviously put it back to how it was before.

Once you've done that, reseat the memory, graphics card, soundcard and double check drive cables (just to save doing it after if it doesn't work)

All going well, you'll get the single beep of pure bliss. (then go into the bios and reset the clock etc)

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 4th, 2007, 17:50

Will do, thanks for the help Berk!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 17:51

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » September 4th, 2007, 20:48

also check for other noises such as hard drive whurrings, that usually means that its booting up windows even if you can't see it.

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 4th, 2007, 21:06

WOO! After attempting to short the jumper for a little while, I found what looks like a jump in the DVD drive which fitted perfectly. BIOS reset, screen comes back on! Thank yee much Berk!

However my CPU still seems to be crawling really bad and it's painful to do -anything-. However, I noticed that if I put my PC in sleep mode, then wake it up again, it appears to be fine....

But once I boot again, 100% CPU usage again. I'm checking for adware and viruses but so far, nothing.

Killavodka wrote:also check for other noises such as hard drive whurrings, that usually means that its booting up windows even if you can't see it.

Yup, there the noises I was talking about, which is also the same kind of noise I get when a new device or something is starting up on my motherboard.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 21:10

Open the task manager and look for any processes eating cpu a bit too much.

Also get coretemp to check your temperatures (could be that heat is causing your cpu to throttle)

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » September 4th, 2007, 21:33

i) wait 5 minutes after booting, then go to a command prompt and type

tasklist /V >C:\tasklist.txt

then show us the textfile created on your C drive called tasklist.txt.
put it in [code] and [/code] tags for readability.

ii) Download [url=http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php]HijackThis
run a system-scan and save a log file.[/url]
Post said logfile here. (again put it in [code] and [/code] tags for readability)

then wait

<i>(perhaps an FAQ with steps like this could be put up?)</i>

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 4th, 2007, 21:35

cheeseandham wrote:(perhaps an FAQ with steps like this could be put up?)

Get on with it then

I've been meaning to do a big sticky/wiki at some point for usual fixing trickses.

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » September 4th, 2007, 21:39

Dr. kitteny berk wrote: I've been meaning to do a big sticky mess at some point for usual fixing pixies.

fix'd

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » September 5th, 2007, 7:47

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
Get on with it then

I've been meaning to do a big sticky/wiki at some point for usual fixing trickses.

done and done

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » September 5th, 2007, 13:11

Tried booting in safe mode Tezz, seeing if any of the main windoze processes is causing the 100% eatage?

Post by **deject** » September 5th, 2007, 16:15

Yes, open Task Manager and see what process is using up your CPU. If you're running F@H your CPU will be maxed out all the time, that's normal. If it's something else, let us know so we can investimagte.

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 5th, 2007, 16:25

Hey Dudes, it appears to have -slightly- calmed down now, however it sometimes peaks up for no apparent reason every now and again lasting about a minute or so, then drops back down

buzzmong wrote:Tried booting in safe mode Tezz, seeing if any of the main windoze processes is causing the 100% eatage?

During safe mode, CPU usage was minimal, probably about 0% doing nothing, about 37% opening a window, if that. Which seems pretty normal to me. Once I booted back into Windows, it maxed out. This was before the CPU had calmed down to the state it is in now.

Deject wrote:Yes, open Task Manager and see what process is using up your CPU. If you're running F@H your CPU will be maxed out all the time, that's normal. If it's something else, let us know so we can investimagte.

Don't even have F@H installed on my PC

Here's the shiz you asked for, with CPU usage minimal at the time of log taking place.

Tasklist

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Image Name                   PID Session Name     Session#    Mem Usage Status          User Name                                              CPU Time Window Title                                                            
========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ =============== ================================================== ============ ========================================================================
System Idle Process            0 Console                 0         28 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:07:26 N/A                                                                     
System                         4 Console                 0        248 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:08 N/A                                                                     
smss.exe                     660 Console                 0        420 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
csrss.exe                    724 Console                 0      5,140 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:06 N/A                                                                     
winlogon.exe                 820 Console                 0      2,488 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:01 N/A                                                                     
services.exe                 864 Console                 0      3,524 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:02 N/A                                                                     
lsass.exe                    876 Console                 0      1,624 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
ati2evxx.exe                1036 Console                 0      3,816 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 ATI video bios poller                                                   
svchost.exe                 1056 Console                 0      5,212 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
svchost.exe                 1120 Console                 0      4,364 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE                            0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
svchost.exe                 1220 Console                 0     30,216 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:08 N/A                                                                     
svchost.exe                 1260 Console                 0      3,516 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
ati2evxx.exe                1292 Console                 0      4,116 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 ATI video bios poller client                                            
svchost.exe                 1388 Console                 0      3,432 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE                            0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
svchost.exe                 1472 Console                 0      8,320 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE                              0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
ccSetMgr.exe                1584 Console                 0      4,332 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
ccEvtMgr.exe                1908 Console                 0      2,884 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
spoolsv.exe                  388 Console                 0      4,764 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
explorer.exe                 644 Console                 0     25,336 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:09 N/A                                                                     
DefWatch.exe                 988 Console                 0      1,960 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
Rtvscan.exe                 1500 Console                 0     45,192 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:05 VPIPCLINK                                                               
alg.exe                     1968 Console                 0      3,664 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE                              0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
taskmgr.exe                  484 Console                 0      1,684 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:02 Windows Task Manager                                                    
jusched.exe                 1668 Console                 0      2,580 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 OleMainThreadWndName                                                    
ccApp.exe                    684 Console                 0      7,224 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
VPTray.exe                  1008 Console                 0      6,692 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 Missing Virus Definitions                                               
ctfmon.exe                  1844 Console                 0      3,864 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
daemon.exe                  1880 Console                 0      4,436 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 Virtual DAEMON Manager V4.10                                            
svchost.exe                 2252 Console                 0      3,568 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
msiexec.exe                 1516 Console                 0      5,636 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                                     0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
firefox.exe                 1444 Console                 0     66,336 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:48 5punk.co.uk :: View topic - HULP! - Mozilla Firefox                     
cmd.exe                     3524 Console                 0      2,788 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe - tasklist /V                               
wmiprvse.exe                3748 Console                 0      6,036 K Running         NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE                            0:00:00 N/A                                                                     
tasklist.exe                2204 Console                 0      4,576 K Running         REXX-PC\TezzRexx                                        0:00:00 OleMainThreadWndName

Hijack This log

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 17:24:18, on 05/09/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
D:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe
D:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\jusched.exe
D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
D:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\VPTray.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
D:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe
D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe
D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
D:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
D:\Documents and Settings\TezzRexx\Desktop\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "D:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSPY2002] D:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\PINTLGNT\ImScInst.exe /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] D:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] D:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [vptray] D:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\VPTray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools] "D:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -lang 1033
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] D:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe (User 'Default user')
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - D:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - D:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - D:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - D:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1187918516406
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1187918503203
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - D:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - D:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - D:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation (ccPwdSvc) - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Settings Manager (ccSetMgr) - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus Definition Watcher (DefWatch) - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: SAVRoam (SavRoam) - symantec - D:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\SavRoam.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service (SNDSrvc) - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec SPBBCSvc (SPBBCSvc) - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus - Symantec Corporation - D:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe
O23 - Service: Windows Live Setup Service (WLSetupSvc) - Unknown owner - D:\Program Files\Windows Live\installer\WLSetupSvc.exe

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Thanks again for all the help guys.