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My friend's computer suddenly failed in the midst of him looking at a

website. When we tried to get into check the CMOS settings, all the

words appeared garbled. For example, "boot" is spelt "bont" or "Drive"

becomes "Frive" etc. At first, we suspect something is attacking CMOS.

But someone advise us that it may be a hardware failure - maybe a

failing computer.

 

Also, we can only start the machine on Safe Mode. If he attempts to

start it up in normal mode, the screen freeze and shows a large blue

and a large red block.

 

Can someone tell us whether this looks like a hardware failure or a

virus attack? We'd just like to get it fixed.

 

Thanks a million.

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    That's a hardware issue. I've seen it occasionally on older motherboards.

     

    phuile wrote:

    > My friend's computer suddenly failed in the midst of him looking at a

    > website. When we tried to get into check the CMOS settings, all the

    > words appeared garbled. For example, "boot" is spelt "bont" or "Drive"

    > becomes "Frive" etc. At first, we suspect something is attacking CMOS.

    > But someone advise us that it may be a hardware failure - maybe a

    > failing computer.

    >

    > Also, we can only start the machine on Safe Mode. If he attempts to

    > start it up in normal mode, the screen freeze and shows a large blue

    > and a large red block.

    >

    > Can someone tell us whether this looks like a hardware failure or a

    > virus attack? We'd just like to get it fixed.

    >

    > Thanks a million.

    >

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