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Thread ID: 113001	2010-09-30 20:09:00	I HATE HARD DRIVES !!	phq (15980)	Press F1

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1140787	2010-10-01 19:47:00	Yup it should be fine if you reflash it with the U3S6 BIOS update. Then reset the BIOS settings, then configure the BIOS settings etc. Then see how it goes	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1140788	2010-10-01 19:54:00	... and the HDD is: Western Digital 2.0TB WD20EARS	phq (15980)
1140789	2010-10-01 20:07:00	I'm still getting the same. STOP : 0x0000007F (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) -----EDIT----- According to : support.microsoft.com Could my mother be malfunctioning? Or it could be my ram? -- But below it says : 0x00000000 Divide by Zero Error Divide by zero error A divide by zero is caused when a DIV instruction is executed and the divisor is 0. Memory corruption (or other hardware problems) or software failures can cause this.	phq (15980)
1140790	2010-10-01 20:37:00	I'm still getting the same. STOP : 0x0000007F (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) -----EDIT----- According to : support.microsoft.com Could my mother be malfunctioning? Sorry phq -- Cant resist this -- Dont know if your mother is malfunctioning, :D but your motherboard may be. :xmouth: OK serious stuff now: Did you try what I suggested in post #4 "Simple test, unplug the HDD, boot from the ubuntu CD - do you get errors still - if so the problems not the HDD. " Boot from the Ubuntu CD, "Try ubuntu" form the options, this will run directly from the CD, it will still be working through the RAM and motherboard, so if there is still errors, then its possibly either RAM, (which you have already tested- so it should be OK) or a faulty Motherboard. IF it still errors, then just to make sure, try running the Ubuntu again from CD on another PC, if it runs OK then the CD is not faulty. One other thing it possibly could be is the Optical Drive not reading CD/DVD's as well, possibly attach another one and see if the same errors occur. EDITED: Are you using the onboard graphics or a separate graphic Card? As a Tech myself, sometimes you have to eliminate each and every component in a PC when Faults like this Occur, generally, what ever is left is the culprit. When it turns "interesting" is when every thing works OK, then its a case there may be a mismatch - OR assemble the components on a bench out of the case an see if the problem is still there - there could be something in the case causing it as well.	wainuitech (129)
1140791	2010-10-01 20:40:00	If you think it might be the CD why not download another one and re burn it, if you don't have a big enough data cap try downloading Puppy Linux instead so much smaller	gary67 (56)
1140792	2010-10-01 20:54:00	Sorry phq -- Cant resist this -- Dont know if your mother is malfunctioning, :D but your motherboard may be. :xmouth: OK serious stuff now: Did you try what I suggested in post #4 " Simple test, unplug the HDD, boot from the ubuntu CD - do you get errors still - if so the problems not the HDD. " Boot from the Ubuntu CD, " Try ubuntu " form the options, this will run directly from the CD, it will still be working through the RAM and motherboard, so if there is still errors, then its possibly either RAM, (which you have already tested- so it should be OK) or a faulty Motherboard. IF it still errors, then just to make sure, try running the Ubuntu again from CD on another PC, if it runs OK then the CD is not faulty. One other thing it possibly could be is the Optical Drive not reading CD/DVD's as well, possibly attach another one and see if the same errors occur. EDITED: Are you using the onboard graphics or a separate graphic Card? As a Tech myself, sometimes you have to eliminate each and every component in a PC when Faults like this Occur, generally, what ever is left is the culprit. When it turns " interesting " is when every thing works OK, then its a case there may be a mismatch - OR assemble the components on a bench out of the case an see if the problem is still there - there could be something in the case causing it as well. HA ! I just ran the memtest again, got like 20k errors, then I turned it off. It was scaring me. Ubuntu has just loaded. I don't have a graphics card, so I am using the onboard graphics card. I have tried to unplug everything that I can. I just left the optical drive and the obvious stuff. About the case... I just left the usb ports in the mobo. EDIT ::: I didn't get any errors when I tried to install ubuntu with hdd this morning. Could I take the PC to PCWorld and see if they could fix it? If yes, do you know how much it would cost? HAHAHA just spotted the Could my mother be malfunctioning?	phq (15980)
1140793	2010-10-01 21:00:00	Umm if youre installing XP would it work with a 2 TB hdd? Without any service packs on it?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1140794	2010-10-01 21:07:00	Umm if youre installing XP would it work with a 2 TB hdd? Without any service packs on it? The first time I got the pc I was installing windows xp, and then I got a power cut while it was formatting, since then I never ran windows xp on 2tb. That's why I sent but then I used my room mates hdd and I was working fine. I could go to the pc world tomorrow and pick up the cheapest hdd?	phq (15980)
1140795	2010-10-01 21:09:00	I just ran the memtest again, got like 20k errors, then I turned it off. THATS GOOD -- Meaning its narrowing it down. Try a different ram stick, retry, also try different RAM slots on the Board, if other RAM also fails, then it could be the Motherboard Slots that hold the RAM that are faulty.	wainuitech (129)
1140796	2010-10-01 21:15:00	THATS GOOD -- Meaning its narrowing it down. Try a different ram stick, retry, also try different RAM slots on the Board, if other RAM also fails, then it could be the Motherboard Slots that hold the RAM that are faulty. But how come that I can run ubuntu if the ram is faulty?	phq (15980)
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