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I am going nuts here, but here is what I had and what happened:
If anybody can figure it out, I will give them a free Phillips Accoustic Edge PCI sound card (not the best card in the world, but it is pretty decent)
Setup:
Windows XP Professional
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (not overclocked)
Albatron KT400 motherboard
80 Gb Western Digital hard drive 7200 RPM (primary drive where Windows is installed)
40 Gb IBM hard drive (backup drive)
PNY Ti4400 AGP video card
512 Mb PC2100 DDR memory (2 X 256 Mb) (run at stock speed)
16X Lite-on DVD drive
52X Generic CD burner
350w Antec power supply
Antec case (plenty of space and airflow)
Computer had been flawless since put together (December 2002)
I come home from work one day, and wife complained that computer was freezing while she played The Sims. I first thought that she was playing for hours and that the PC might have got a little warm.
I get on and it starts freezing and giving shutdown messages of "Error, shutting down PC to prevent damage".
At this point, I can just restart it and after it fixes and deletes some files on the backup drive. It then gets to the point where it will not start. It states that Windows can't read some files and it is shutting down to prevent damage.
I then format my primary drive and try to re-install Windows XP. It won't install. It gets to the very end when it transfers the files and one random files (not the same file all the time) and states that file ****.dll cant be read and it is shutting down to prevent damage.
I then run chkdsk /p and /r on both drives. It does not come back and say there are any bad sectors.
Well, I figure the motherboard might be going out and it has been a while since I had upgrade. I order a Shuttle AN35n ultra (AMD nforce 2 chipset), 512 Mb (2 X 256) of PC-3200 ram, and a retail boxed AMD XP 2000+.
I install the new parts and it is doing the same thing. I then try to install Windows to the backup hard drive, and get the same problem. I try to install Windows from each CD drive. Same problem. I try a new power supply, and get the same problem.
I have tried both CD roms and hard drives together, one CD rom and one hard drive together (with the other unplugged) and I get the same problem. I even borrowed a CD-rom drive from a friend and tried it, but get the same problem.
I have also tried to install Windows 98se thinking that there could be a problem with the XP disc, but it won't install either.
I am pretty sure that my video card would not cause the above problems, so I am at a loss. My PC is also on a good quality surge protector and there have been no recent storms.
Odds of both hard drives dying at the same time would be slim to none, and if they are the problem why is chkdsk /p and /r coming back clean?
It seems that I have already wasted my money on the new parts and I can't afford to go and buy new items if they are not the problem.
Please post your thoughts on what could cause this.
If anybody can figure it out, I will give them a free Phillips Accoustic Edge PCI sound card (not the best card in the world, but it is pretty decent)
Setup:
Windows XP Professional
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (not overclocked)
Albatron KT400 motherboard
80 Gb Western Digital hard drive 7200 RPM (primary drive where Windows is installed)
40 Gb IBM hard drive (backup drive)
PNY Ti4400 AGP video card
512 Mb PC2100 DDR memory (2 X 256 Mb) (run at stock speed)
16X Lite-on DVD drive
52X Generic CD burner
350w Antec power supply
Antec case (plenty of space and airflow)
Computer had been flawless since put together (December 2002)
I come home from work one day, and wife complained that computer was freezing while she played The Sims. I first thought that she was playing for hours and that the PC might have got a little warm.
I get on and it starts freezing and giving shutdown messages of "Error, shutting down PC to prevent damage".
At this point, I can just restart it and after it fixes and deletes some files on the backup drive. It then gets to the point where it will not start. It states that Windows can't read some files and it is shutting down to prevent damage.
I then format my primary drive and try to re-install Windows XP. It won't install. It gets to the very end when it transfers the files and one random files (not the same file all the time) and states that file ****.dll cant be read and it is shutting down to prevent damage.
I then run chkdsk /p and /r on both drives. It does not come back and say there are any bad sectors.
Well, I figure the motherboard might be going out and it has been a while since I had upgrade. I order a Shuttle AN35n ultra (AMD nforce 2 chipset), 512 Mb (2 X 256) of PC-3200 ram, and a retail boxed AMD XP 2000+.
I install the new parts and it is doing the same thing. I then try to install Windows to the backup hard drive, and get the same problem. I try to install Windows from each CD drive. Same problem. I try a new power supply, and get the same problem.
I have tried both CD roms and hard drives together, one CD rom and one hard drive together (with the other unplugged) and I get the same problem. I even borrowed a CD-rom drive from a friend and tried it, but get the same problem.
I have also tried to install Windows 98se thinking that there could be a problem with the XP disc, but it won't install either.
I am pretty sure that my video card would not cause the above problems, so I am at a loss. My PC is also on a good quality surge protector and there have been no recent storms.
Odds of both hard drives dying at the same time would be slim to none, and if they are the problem why is chkdsk /p and /r coming back clean?
It seems that I have already wasted my money on the new parts and I can't afford to go and buy new items if they are not the problem.
Please post your thoughts on what could cause this.
) Good luck, hope you get it working!
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