My computer keeps crashing and messing with volume?

Question

For the past couple weeks my computer has crashed daily... yesterday it was very bad and crashed 3 times and turned back on with either a black screen about doing safe startup/last know good startup or it will start normally then I'll get a message about windows recovering from a critical error and please send a report. Theres never an answer/reason at the page it sends me to though. Then it also has been turning the volume from mute (which I always keep it on) to the highest level and making a VERY loud beep noise. If I try to turn it back to mute it wont work and it doesnt even recognize the speakers until I restart the computer. Ive scanend it for viruses and all that, the laptop is only 2 yrs ol but gets very heavy use. Anyone have any idea what could be going on? Its an hp pavillion dv6000. Thanks!

Answer 1

I have no idea.  Theres always the brute force fix.  Reformat your hard drive (deleting everything) and reinstall windows.  You'll need the disk that came with your computer.

if that doesn't work its a hard ware problem and your out of luck unless your still under warranty.

Answer 2

Your Windows is most likely corupted or infected, just because you done a virus scan doesnt meant its clean or ok. could also be some type of device drivers issues (from teh sound problem description).

Answer 3

Okay Silly, what you're experiencing could be any number of problems none of which will reveal itself without doing some work.  Here's your diagnosis checklist.

Unplug all your external devices like flash drives or external hard drives, printers and such.

Clean out all the vents and all the fans on your computer.  Get out all the dust and debris

Make sure your fan(s) is running smoothly

Make sure your computer is on a FLAT, HARD surface with 360 degree air flow.

Check hp knowlege base to find out if there is a known problem with your computer model

Check all your drivers starting with the video to make sure they are the latest

This leaves power supply and RAM as possible culprits.  If you aren't "inside the box" savvy, then I don't recommend you try to fix these, take it to a professional.

Good Luck