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| 644414 | 2008-03-05 21:44:00 | I've always heard to do several passes, but usually if it does 1 pass it's good enough and if the RAM was causing problems like yours then memtest should get errors fast What about hard drive? have you tried testing that? No, havent tested my hard drive but my friend told me that he also had problems with crashings when his hard drive was almost broken. Could you recommend me anything to test my hard drive with? Btw I couldnt open any games without crashing and rebooted comp, then got this error when turned comp on ~, ~ img158.imageshack.us |
Pfalzgraf (13448) | ||
| 644415 | 2008-03-05 21:57:00 | Depends what kind of hard drive you have, depends on the exact tool you should use.. But the maker of your drive will have a utility available for free. In most cases you can use Seatools and even if your drive is not a seagate, you can run the basic tests to search for problems. Still it's recommended to use the correct one as it will have better support. What brand is your hard drive? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 644416 | 2008-03-05 22:08:00 | I had a Samsung hdd on the other pc here. A few yrs ago Which no matter how many times you formatted it, it kept crashing. And this was just playing games like canasta online (which my flatmate plays). I thought the video drivers were the prob, but it didnt matter whether I uninstalled them and reinstalled them, it would still crash. In the end I biffed it and replaced it with one of the hdds in this case. Voila, it hasnt crashed since. Altho it didnt help that the Samsung was only 5400 lol. Compared to the replacement / 7200. So, it's not just ram that can crash a system, the hdd can too. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 644417 | 2008-03-05 22:18:00 | That error message is to do with a Virus, is this Computer FULLY patched with SP2 ? its an old problem that should be fine if the PC is patched. It could also have something to do with the pirated games /software you downloaded ( post # 31) - they can contain more than just the game. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 644418 | 2008-03-05 22:40:00 | That error message is to do with a Virus, is this Computer FULLY patched with SP2 ? its an old problem that should be fine if the PC is patched. It could also have something to do with the pirated games /software you downloaded ( post # 31) - they can contain more than just the game. No, I disabled windows updates and stuff since they **** up my comp, had to format 2 times because of updates..windows just wont start. T.T |
Pfalzgraf (13448) | ||
| 644419 | 2008-03-05 23:14:00 | If you mean driver updates from windows updates then that's normal. Driver updates from windows update are meant to screw your computer over (well not really, but they almost always will) Never use drivers from windows update, get them straight from the maker of your hardware otherwise, if you were to do a full reinstall of XP with Sp2 and all updates slipstreamed you should NOT have a problem. I do know there were some driver issues with SP2 that can cause BSOD on startup, I for one had a problem with my mouse driver (but A4 tech have released SP2 compatible drivers for all their mice now) Provided you installed SP2 first before installing any drivers that could conflict, and then installing the latest drivers you should have no problem. But keeping windows up to date is highly recommended |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 644420 | 2008-03-06 02:31:00 | If you mean driver updates from windows updates then that's normal. Driver updates from windows update are meant to screw your computer over (well not really, but they almost always will) Never use drivers from windows update, get them straight from the maker of your hardware otherwise, if you were to do a full reinstall of XP with Sp2 and all updates slipstreamed you should NOT have a problem. I do know there were some driver issues with SP2 that can cause BSOD on startup, I for one had a problem with my mouse driver (but A4 tech have released SP2 compatible drivers for all their mice now) Provided you installed SP2 first before installing any drivers that could conflict, and then installing the latest drivers you should have no problem. But keeping windows up to date is highly recommended Oh, maybe this could help. - When I first bought this comp, it came with keyboard and mouse. Keyboard worked fine but I couldnt plug in my mouse, I dunno why but it just wont fit to my computer. So I was like, eh..**** it..just a mouse. So used my old mouse, maybe I could have some problems with that? And I installed XP with SP2 first then motherboard drivers and video etc. Only downloaded updates for video and motherboard drivers tho. I turned off automaic updates, should I turn em on? And as said before I reinstalled many times and used automatic updates then too, still crashed. So basically last time I reinstalled windows I just downloaded an online game (darkeden) and it crashed too. Now noticed that games or programs crash when they use too much mem. x_x My harddisk is samsung hdd tho and my friend said he had similiar problem with his comp too, changed harddisk and problem solved. So I just need to test my harddisk? |
Pfalzgraf (13448) | ||
| 644421 | 2008-03-06 03:04:00 | Your old mouse is probably fine, unless it is A4 tech and using Pre-SP2 drivers and you're using SP2, in which case your computer will BSOD on every startup when the mouse is plugged in Sounds to me like that isn't happening, so you should be fine Is interesting how Speedy says he had similar problems with a Samsung hard drive.. though I don't see how (perhaps incompatibility with harddrive controller - what is your motherboard?, might be able to find out if there is a known issue...) Do you know if the drive is SATA or IDE? You could try downloading this diagnostic tool to see if the hard drive is faulty: www.samsung.com You will need to create a DOS startup floppy disk or CD and copy that program onto it, it does not run within windows |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 644422 | 2008-03-06 03:16:00 | Your old mouse is probably fine, unless it is A4 tech and using Pre-SP2 drivers and you're using SP2, in which case your computer will BSOD on every startup when the mouse is plugged in Sounds to me like that isn't happening, so you should be fine Is interesting how Speedy says he had similar problems with a Samsung hard drive.. though I don't see how (perhaps incompatibility with harddrive controller - what is your motherboard?, might be able to find out if there is a known issue...) Do you know if the drive is SATA or IDE? You could try downloading this diagnostic tool to see if the hard drive is faulty: www.samsung.com You will need to create a DOS startup floppy disk or CD and copy that program onto it, it does not run within windows My motherboard is NFORCE6M-A. Should be IDE because I noticed IDE when I installed it. |
Pfalzgraf (13448) | ||
| 644423 | 2008-03-06 05:04:00 | You have an ECS motherboard. Well that explains all your problems in a simple, short, 3 letter word(?) Ok but being serious here, are you sure you have IDE HDD? can you check the model number of your drive in device manager? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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