a couple of days ago i installed an extra usb card to my computer, ever since it hasnt been running quite right, i have installed the driver and stuff like that but it still freezes occasionally and wont shut down or start up properly. this does not happen all the time but it happens, i think it may be my webcam because it seems to happen after i start using that, any advice would be much appreciated

A static discharge most likely would result in absolutley nothing happening.

I would test your issues by removing the USB PCI card & CAM just to see if things go back to the way they were.

Were you plugging the Cam into the USB PCI card?

no my cam is plugged into my original/first usb driver card

I would still test the removal of all new hardware just to see if things go back to the way they were.

kool thanks, i will get back to you in a couple of days. umm another thing, is there a site that will tell me exactly what hardware componants my computer has like make model and all that? im looking to upgrade my ram from 256 to 512 and i need to know what ram i would need. and btw thanks for your help

A good general scan is Belarc: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

A good detail for CPU - RAM - MOBO: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

RAM specifics under SPD.

Also Crucial has a good RAM scan: http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/


And thanks for the thanks!

do you have msn so we can talk more indepthly about my problem and future problems that may arise?