I've been having two major problems for the past few months... I've been trying to deal with them as no one around my town seems to know how to fix them!
I bought my computer around Christmas to replace my Hewlet Packard that would randomly lose power at any time or lockup at any time. Two days after I got my brand new computer, it began losing power randomly too! So I've been living for three months with a computer that turns off on average... once a day. The funniest part of all of this is my old comptuer did this too. I've tried different power cords and am planning on trying another power outlet here in my room. But other than that no one seems to know what the problem is!
My computer was built at a computer shop in town. Has Windows XP... Service pack 1... I have my HP photosmart printer plugged in. It also has 128 MB of RAM (Which I was cheated on because I paid six hundred dollars for this computer) I have MSN, yahoo, ICQ, and AIM messengers on my computer (and I maybe use 2 at a time). I also have Norton Antivirus.. which hasn't detected ANY viruses at all and also Spy BOT which I've used to remove all the spyware but to no avail
My other problem is with my internet. (Computer Soap Opera... As the Kilobytes Turn) I was originally with AccessATC for basic dial up internet. It worked PERFECTLY. I then changed to CyberSouth... and then my internet would not connect and if it did it would be a whopping 9.6 KBPS! So I switched to Bellsouth ... signed up for the internet accelerator and my god I got a whole whopping 9.6 KBPS!!!! I've tried System Restores... i've tried messing with Port speeds.. I've done what every computer tech over the phone could tell me.. which wasn't a whole lot! But my Internet connects at either 9.6 KBPS or 21.6 KBPS.... I had a phone guy over at my house... his Pentium 1 laptop connected at 28KBPS and at the computer shop... it connected at 50KBPS (so they said)... so ... is my room haunted by computer poltergeists..... or something?
Any help or advice.. from REAL people.. who seem to know what they are doing... and who isn't getting my money (sorry but I would pay ya if I could!!!) would be SOOOO much appreciated.