Recent content by solidshaun44

Alright, memtest86 passed. So I will try just inserting the winXP Cd and going from there? From there I can always try the existing install, and if it is unreliable, I could just wipe and start fresh. I think ill try the CD and go from there, thanks alot for your guys' help. EDIT Cant find a...

Yea, you are probably right. I should get ahold of the WINXP install CD and skip the HD all together. I could ask my buddy to test the HD as a slave, if hes not too scared of my opening his system (COMPUTERS ARE WIZARDRY TO HIM). Anyway, memtest86 is at 71% passed. Once this is done, Ill try to...

Yea, the HD has an old install of windows XP on it, the cd RW drive is working for sure though, im just running memtestXP off a cd. Everything seems to be in working order, so far 12% test passed. Umm, does that mean that the HD is borked somehow, because the motherboard and CPU must be doin...

Hey guys, this is my first post so please be gentle. Anyway, I've been building my first comp for a while now from new parts and the remnants of dead system. My problem is that after the initail post, mem check and whatnot when it boots, it goes to a blinking cursor in the topright corner and no...