I've been having problems browsing the internet since I upgraded my computer's hardware. A few programs failed to install properly as well. After windows crashed and ran chkdsk, I found out why. Alot of my files needed to be repaired...mostly temp internet files.
My system: ECS K7S5A, 512MB PC2100 Mushkin Basic, Radeon 8500, Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB, XP1700+ cpu....winXP with NTFS
All parts are new except for the motherboard which had been working fine for the past 6 months. While waiting for new parts, I used an old PCI videocard and SDRAM. The Seagate harddrive was brand new, and the first time I tried installing windows, I received an error when the files began copying. I figured the old memory didn't like the 133MHz FSB, so I ran my 1700+ at 1100MHz, and all was fine. I ran WinXP like that for a few days, and all was well.
When my Radeon and Mushkin ram arrived, I reformatted and installed winXP again. That is when I started having the web browsing problems. What would happen is certain pages would start to load, but before they finished I'd receive the standard IE message, as if I wasn't connected to the internet.
Chkdsk has never found a bad sector on the harddrive...only problems with the filesystem and certain files. Because of that, I was hesitant to blame the harddrive, so I went out and bought another motherboard thinking it might be the IDE controller. Unfortunately, it seems that the newest revision of the K7S5A using some tall capacitors near the cpu socket and my Alpha 8045 heatsink won't fit on the board. I was unable to try out the new board, but I did try the IDE cable on my old one.
With a fresh install of windows, and the new cable, WinXP installed fine. I was able to browse the internet, and windows update completed without any errors for the first time with this new setup. When I installed the latest Radeon8500 drivers (6037, i believe), the computer rebooted and took a long time to start windows. Once inside windows, my internet browsing problems popped up again, and chkdsk showed more corrupt files.
I just removed the ATi drivers a little while ago, and everything seems fine. I installed a ton of programs, including Homesite and Office which both failed before, and I've gone to every website I can think of. I've also rebooted a couple times thinking that would trigger an error.
After all my testing, it seems like the videocard drivers are causing the problems, but I can't imagine how they can affect the harddrive in this way. I'm going to go searching for the 6043 Radeon drivers right now and see if they mess things up when I install them.
If you've read this whole post, thanks alot. Any advice is welcome. I've assumed that since CHKDSK finds no bad sectors on the harddrive, the harddrive is not the problem. If this is a false assumption, please tell me how I can check it more thoroughly.
My system: ECS K7S5A, 512MB PC2100 Mushkin Basic, Radeon 8500, Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB, XP1700+ cpu....winXP with NTFS
All parts are new except for the motherboard which had been working fine for the past 6 months. While waiting for new parts, I used an old PCI videocard and SDRAM. The Seagate harddrive was brand new, and the first time I tried installing windows, I received an error when the files began copying. I figured the old memory didn't like the 133MHz FSB, so I ran my 1700+ at 1100MHz, and all was fine. I ran WinXP like that for a few days, and all was well.
When my Radeon and Mushkin ram arrived, I reformatted and installed winXP again. That is when I started having the web browsing problems. What would happen is certain pages would start to load, but before they finished I'd receive the standard IE message, as if I wasn't connected to the internet.
Chkdsk has never found a bad sector on the harddrive...only problems with the filesystem and certain files. Because of that, I was hesitant to blame the harddrive, so I went out and bought another motherboard thinking it might be the IDE controller. Unfortunately, it seems that the newest revision of the K7S5A using some tall capacitors near the cpu socket and my Alpha 8045 heatsink won't fit on the board. I was unable to try out the new board, but I did try the IDE cable on my old one.
With a fresh install of windows, and the new cable, WinXP installed fine. I was able to browse the internet, and windows update completed without any errors for the first time with this new setup. When I installed the latest Radeon8500 drivers (6037, i believe), the computer rebooted and took a long time to start windows. Once inside windows, my internet browsing problems popped up again, and chkdsk showed more corrupt files.
I just removed the ATi drivers a little while ago, and everything seems fine. I installed a ton of programs, including Homesite and Office which both failed before, and I've gone to every website I can think of. I've also rebooted a couple times thinking that would trigger an error.
After all my testing, it seems like the videocard drivers are causing the problems, but I can't imagine how they can affect the harddrive in this way. I'm going to go searching for the 6043 Radeon drivers right now and see if they mess things up when I install them.
If you've read this whole post, thanks alot. Any advice is welcome. I've assumed that since CHKDSK finds no bad sectors on the harddrive, the harddrive is not the problem. If this is a false assumption, please tell me how I can check it more thoroughly.
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