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Ok so when i first booted today i found out that my pc couldn't find the hdd. I restarted and it was fine, or so i thought. Later on while playing boarderlands 2 it randomly shut off and then came back on so i continued to play and then it did it again. So i scanned for viruses using norton and nothing was found, i check the cpu and gpu temps while under-load and everything looked fine. But when playing a game it would take forever to load and was very laggy with major lag spikes. I uninstalled norton and restarted again and now everything seems fine again. I am very nervous and confused, someone please help!

I run my own indie game company called Color Dragon Studios where we are currently making a 2d platformer game called Small Earth.

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lol dont use norton

use malwarebytes and either AVG or avast (free versions)

 

use crystaldiskinfo to check your HDD health

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lol dont use norton

use malwarebytes and either AVG or avast (free versions)

 

use crystaldiskinfo to check your HDD health

Do you think that it is possible that norton caused this? Also i got avast about a week ago and it caused it to blue screen, i pretty sure that was due to having norton and windows security essentals already downloaded and being used. Also where can i safely download crystaldiskinfo?

I run my own indie game company called Color Dragon Studios where we are currently making a 2d platformer game called Small Earth.

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Do you think that it is possible that norton caused this? Also i got avast about a week ago and it caused it to blue screen, i pretty sure that was due to having norton and windows security essentals already downloaded and being used. Also where can i safely download crystaldiskinfo?

idk but norton is just bad, dont use it at all

 

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

NEW PC build: Blank Heaven   minimalist white and black PC     Old S340 build log "White Heaven"        The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log        Project AntiRoll (prototype)        Custom speaker project

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idk but norton is just bad, dont use it at all

 

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

Alright, i will stay away for now on, thanks for the link too by the way.

I run my own indie game company called Color Dragon Studios where we are currently making a 2d platformer game called Small Earth.

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Alright, i will stay away for now on, thanks for the link too by the way.

youre welcome :)

NEW PC build: Blank Heaven   minimalist white and black PC     Old S340 build log "White Heaven"        The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log        Project AntiRoll (prototype)        Custom speaker project

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Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020

 

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 Also i got avast about a week ago and it caused it to blue screen, i pretty sure that was due to having norton and windows security essentals already downloaded and being used. 

 

You can only reliably run 1 AV at a time, Norton will BSOD if you try to install anything else while its running. WSE auto-disables itself if it detects something else installed.

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maby its PSU problem what psu you have?

and use malware-bytes not norton,norton is just crapware

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CASE:Cheap Noname case PSU:Corsair Builder 430W Monitor:Acer 1920x1080 5ms OS:Windows 1.0

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maby its PSU problem what psu you have?

and use malware-bytes not norton,norton is just crapware

I have a corsair cx750m and it is less than a year old, i some what hope it is because i wouldn't mind picking up a evga fully modular one :)

I run my own indie game company called Color Dragon Studios where we are currently making a 2d platformer game called Small Earth.

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do you have like old case or somthin? it may be your powerbutton problem 

CPU:Intel Pentium G3258 OC 4,5 GHZ GPU:Zotac Geforce GTX 960 RAM:PNY 1x8GB HDD/SSD:1 TB Hitachi HDD/64 GB A-Data SSD Phone:Lumia 520 Laptop:Acer Aspire v3-531g/pentium b980 gtx 630m 4gb ram(rip acer aspire v3-531g harddrive failure + melted gpu;( )

CASE:Cheap Noname case PSU:Corsair Builder 430W Monitor:Acer 1920x1080 5ms OS:Windows 1.0

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