Hi guys,
New poster here and I just wanted to ask you for help with my computer. Its causing me a lot of stress at the moment as I am studying for an exam that involves me spending a lot of time on my computer...

First of all my comp is ACER screen (? well it comes up with acer when i turn on the computer) I'm not too flash with computers sorry...and my brother says that the cpu has no brand?
Yesterday the computer froze then a blue screen came up with lots of numbers and the words (beginning dump of physical memory? physical memory dump completed) and then it restarted but kept on freezing every 20 mins. I was going to write this post yesterday but it kept freezing so...yeah...Also sometimes it won't start but will come up with a black screen and the words at the bottom says "CMOS settings wrong"
I've (read my brother..hehe..) tried rebooting using GHOST twice now but it still freezes or shuts down into power saving mode...

Could someone help me? What is going on with this computer?

Are you able to boot it at all now? If so try Safe Mode:

Try booting into Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping the F8 key after your BIOS POST but before Windows starts.

If you persist in getting: "CMOS settings wrong" this is a completely different issue and you may need to open the computer and reset the CMOS.

But if you can get into Safe Mode we could try to get more information such as the exact make and model of the computer. Did Acer supply you with your Ghost Disk? Do you have the manual? Do you see a label on the computer?

http://global.acer.com/support/index.htm

As to the dumps/errors: we need all that information.

If you want to try and analyze the XP errors:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your .dmp files.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.



Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP