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Maasked
Profile Joined December 2011
United States567 Posts
June 13 2013 04:44 GMT
#1
Okay, so my current PC specs are this
Intel i5 3500K
geforce GTX 560
8Gb 1600 ram
750watt psu

Basically, my friend plugged in a space heater into my power strip and it tripped the circuit. After we fixed that and rebooted my computer will load, but cannot complete even the simplest of processes. I cant even get the computer to open task manager it is moving so slowly.
If i right click the desktop it takes at least 30 seconds to load the dialogue box and needless to say I am completely unable to open a program
I have tried restarting multiple times and changing my OC settings on my motherboard to no avail.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Any help would be appreciated.

Some notes - yes it DOES boot up, I cannot open programs, or at least I havent waited the hour or so for them to open yet. My DMW.exe (the desktop background + icons) likes to stop responding every few seconds
Explorer.exe seems to be lagging as well.
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20293 Posts
June 13 2013 05:03 GMT
#2
Can you reset cmos, or go into bios and reset to optimized default settings? Does stuff run fine outside of windows? (in bios)
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Maasked
Profile Joined December 2011
United States567 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-13 06:08:41
June 13 2013 05:06 GMT
#3
BIOS runs completely fine. I have tried optimized default settings. Windows still refuses to run reliably well enough\

EDIT: Apparently Startup repair decided that it would like to run

Will update with results

Got an ERROR 0x490
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20293 Posts
June 13 2013 05:16 GMT
#4
Did the CPU heatsink fall off and not have good contact?

I don't know what else to suggest other than "install windows again and see if it works" sadly
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Infernal_dream
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2359 Posts
June 13 2013 05:20 GMT
#5
I dunno maybe your ram is fucked up? Or your harddrive got messed up? Though I would assume both of those would show other things as well.
Maasked
Profile Joined December 2011
United States567 Posts
June 13 2013 05:21 GMT
#6
I just honestly can't imagine what could have caused this problem.
Also everything inside the PC is safe and sound. just opened it up and checked.
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Infernal_dream
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2359 Posts
June 13 2013 05:36 GMT
#7
Are there extra things running on startup? Don't know what this would have to do with your circuit going off but it's about the only thing I can guess.
Traceback
Profile Joined October 2010
United States469 Posts
June 13 2013 05:37 GMT
#8
You could try checking your RAM.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
June 13 2013 05:51 GMT
#9
Electronics are sensitive to power fluctuations and you mentioned your circuit tripped so the power outage would be the cause of the problem. It could be corrupt file(s), damaged component(s), or something else entirely. It's why you should use a UPS for your computer and other electronics.

If repairing windows does not work and you have already cleared CMOS along with reseating the RAM then the next easiest step would be to test the boot drive in another computer.
Maasked
Profile Joined December 2011
United States567 Posts
June 13 2013 06:08 GMT
#10
It seems to be my hard drive. corrupted files are showing up all over the place.
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FoxShine
Profile Joined January 2012
United States156 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-13 06:47:52
June 13 2013 06:36 GMT
#11
On June 13 2013 15:08 Maasked wrote:
It seems to be my hard drive. corrupted files are showing up all over the place.


This is probably true. Time to reformat.

I heard in school that when this happens usually you will get a bsod when you load windows because of a corrupt filesystem. It's kinda lucky that it didn't mess up the boot sector. Hopefully you can pull off files you need. For personal reference.. was it an SSD or HDD?

edit: to further affirm your conclusion here's an image from Device Manager.

[image loading]

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Maasked
Profile Joined December 2011
United States567 Posts
June 13 2013 06:56 GMT
#12
so.... I sprayed my hard drive with a can of air...
and now it works again so...
Umm..

well..
yeah.
Thanks for the help
I think
I am so confused.
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FoxShine
Profile Joined January 2012
United States156 Posts
June 13 2013 07:05 GMT
#13
On June 13 2013 15:56 Maasked wrote:
so.... I sprayed my hard drive with a can of air...
and now it works again so...
Umm..

well..
yeah.
Thanks for the help
I think
I am so confused.


lol that's odd.. but in the face of it working again i declare, "fuck it".
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Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
June 13 2013 09:42 GMT
#14
If you open an admin command prompt, this command should repair all Windows files:

sfc /scannow
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20293 Posts
June 13 2013 10:01 GMT
#15
On June 13 2013 16:05 FoxShine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2013 15:56 Maasked wrote:
so.... I sprayed my hard drive with a can of air...
and now it works again so...
Umm..

well..
yeah.
Thanks for the help
I think
I am so confused.


lol that's odd.. but in the face of it working again i declare, "fuck it".


Ah, this happens entirely too much with computers ;p
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Maasked
Profile Joined December 2011
United States567 Posts
June 13 2013 10:50 GMT
#16
Its actually been bluescreening. I have a feeling what FoxShine said was correct. The power outage caused my HDD to corrupt.
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Neopect
Profile Joined January 2019
1 Post
January 30 2019 00:52 GMT
#17
For any people who have a similar issue with your PC lagging so much after a power outage, check your ram! Reinstall it, and maybe replug your PSU cable to be safe. My computer is working back to normal after doing this
lmUniverse_
Profile Joined January 2022
1 Post
Last Edited: 2022-01-24 04:40:49
January 24 2022 04:16 GMT
#18
sorry im new to this but how do you reinstall ram? do i have to buy new ram or?
Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
January 26 2022 17:29 GMT
#19
On January 24 2022 13:16 lmUniverse_ wrote:
sorry im new to this but how do you reinstall ram? do i have to buy new ram or?


I guess you should just unplug your RAM at first and than plug it in once again, turn PC on and see if there is any changes.
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Gaskal
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada241 Posts
January 28 2022 19:09 GMT
#20
Re-seating everything, replacing thermal paste and blowing compressed air to clear the dust bunnies will do wonders. Try to do it a couple times a year.
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