Definite hardware failure, but what?
My computer recently experienced a series of problems, before refusing to start up at all. It wasn't recognising any of my DVD drives which prevented me from wiping the HD and making a fresh XP install. After borrowing my friend's external DVD drive I was finally able to do this (the 3rd time round - it crashed the first 2).
So now I have a shiny, clean HD with a fresh version of XP. But one problem remains (which happened to be the first symptom I experienced before my computer went last time). The computer will occasionally start jerking after start-up. I can hear it making a stuttering sound, and the mouse, and sound etc all behave in the same, stuttering way. I can return things to normal by going into standby briefly, and then the computer is fine.
As I have only just wiped my HD before the problem returned, surely this is a hardware problem? Does anybody know what could be causing this?
Also, it may not be connected, but I cannot receive my usual internet connection since wiping. I know that my IP is working (I am using my dad's mac on the same cable modem at the moment), and I have installed my motherbard drivers; most notably the ethernet adapter, and after setting up a connection it was usually straight forward. I don't know why things are different this time. Device manager shows nothing wrong, and the light is on by my ethernet socket. Any clues?
Many thanks
P.S. the original post I made before I could wipe the HD is here:
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/comput...tml#post483776
UPDATE
... And now the computer won't recognise any of the DVD drives bar my friend's external (USB) drive. It is happening all over again.
