Vista or Hardware?

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#1 BlackStalker
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Okay, I just built a computer a couple of days ago and just got my video card and put it in. I turn on my computer for the first time and install Vista Ultamite 32-Bit. Once I installed, It was working fine until I put in this CD I got from my ISP to try to get internet to work because It wasn't automatically detecting the connection..  After 10 minutes the compute freezes, I wait a while, and I manually turn it off by holding the power button. Next time I turned it on.. Oh my god. Startup took 15+ minutes, on the desktop everything click I make takes 5 minutes to do, opening a text file 5+ minutes... I click the start icon (wait 5 minutes), click the arrow (wait 5 minutes) click Shut down (wait 5 minutes) and then the page that says "Logging Off" takes 15+minutes plus my computer doesn't even turn off. My monitor (green light = on, orange = off) just turns black and the light blinks green and orange while my computer is still running... What do I do? Its killing me... I want to run my new rig

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Intel Celeron D 3.06@3.80ghz (Q6600 on July 22)
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#2 04dcarraher
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It might be Vista, so try out windows xp and if using xp dont work then it a hardware problem. Most likely if its hardware its memory or harddrive. Now it could be a power supply problem too check your volts and temps in the bios. And what is your psu's wattage?
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#3 JSDempsey
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reboot my friend. completely.
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#4 blazethe1
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reboot my friend. completely.JSDempsey

format?

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#5 BlackStalker
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Im reinstalling the Vista and the installation seems to be taking a little bit longer than it should.. I'll report back when its done.
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#6 JSDempsey
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[QUOTE="JSDempsey"]reboot my friend. completely.blazethe1

format?

yeah. then reinstall Vista if thats needed. i only formatted once and it did WONDERS. no problems after that.

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#7 filmography
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yeah reformat should work.