Hi,
recently bought my first computer. (Pentium IV 3.4Ghz, prescott 64 bit processor, Maxtor 200gb hard drive, gigabyte motherboard, ATI Radeon Graphics card.) I also bought some music software (Steinberg Nuendo) and
an audio/midi interface (Edirol UA 25).
The computer is supposed to be new but I got it reasonably cheap off ebay so I'm not so sure.
When I got it, it had windows XP pro loaded on but the disc was not included in the price. So I played around with it for a while and it seemed fine.
Then just the other day I tried to load the new windows XP operating system
on it. I chose the full format. After a good hour and a half it finished but said that formatting couldn't be completed. So I then chose the quick format and
windows loaded.
I then loaded the graphics drivers. No problem. But there was another set of drivers which included directx and the onboard sound drivers. Now because I wanted to use the external unit, I had been advised to leave the onboard drivers uninstalled and turn it off in the bios.
Still everything seemed o.k. Then I loaded Nuendo, adobe acrobat, and nero.
Everything seemed fine. I turned off the computer. But later when I turned it back on, the screen was green with stripes and totally distorted. I tried again
but the screen went black and the computer wouldn't shut down.
Obviously I'm sending it back, I asked for my money back but he said no but he would fix it. But I'm worried I'll get it back and the same thing will happen.
Any thoughts ?
recently bought my first computer. (Pentium IV 3.4Ghz, prescott 64 bit processor, Maxtor 200gb hard drive, gigabyte motherboard, ATI Radeon Graphics card.) I also bought some music software (Steinberg Nuendo) and
an audio/midi interface (Edirol UA 25).
The computer is supposed to be new but I got it reasonably cheap off ebay so I'm not so sure.
When I got it, it had windows XP pro loaded on but the disc was not included in the price. So I played around with it for a while and it seemed fine.
Then just the other day I tried to load the new windows XP operating system
on it. I chose the full format. After a good hour and a half it finished but said that formatting couldn't be completed. So I then chose the quick format and
windows loaded.
I then loaded the graphics drivers. No problem. But there was another set of drivers which included directx and the onboard sound drivers. Now because I wanted to use the external unit, I had been advised to leave the onboard drivers uninstalled and turn it off in the bios.
Still everything seemed o.k. Then I loaded Nuendo, adobe acrobat, and nero.
Everything seemed fine. I turned off the computer. But later when I turned it back on, the screen was green with stripes and totally distorted. I tried again
but the screen went black and the computer wouldn't shut down.
Obviously I'm sending it back, I asked for my money back but he said no but he would fix it. But I'm worried I'll get it back and the same thing will happen.
Any thoughts ?
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