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please help! crazy corruption issues

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kaiser79

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hi

i've had this computer running stable for about 7 months. I went on vacation for 3 weeks and upon my return it is riddled with hardware problems. It WAS unplugged the entire time I was gone. When I first turned it on I noticed the fan was not up to its usual squeal and the PC never POSTed. I kept trying to restart it, sometimes the CDROM and HD would come on, sometimes not. Anyway I guessed the maybe power supply was screwed so I went and bought a crappy CompUSA one (300W). Sure enough it started. But now I am having corruption issues. Applications keep complaining that the executables have been modified, IE keeps crashing, sometimes the whole system crashes. I thought maybe my hard drive got messed up from the faulty power supply so I spent too much on a new one. But I can't install an OS on it cause Setup keeps having trouble copying files from the CD-ROM. I have tried multiple OSes from different CDs.

I'm guessing I have a mobo problem? Is this a good assumption? Can anyone reccomend any diagnostic tools that may help pinpoint the issue?

My System:
Abit KT7A (non-RAID) (KT133A)
Thunderbird 1.0Ghz (not overclocked)
2 Sticks PC133 SDRAM
WD 7200 ATA/100 (old drive)
Maxtor 7200 ATA/100 (new drive)
Creative CDRW
Zip 100
GF2MX AGP card
SB Live
Linksys Network Adapter

Windows 2000

thanks!
 
Start with harddrive diagnostics. Go to the Western Digital site and download their utility. Than try the harddrive on a differant controller, maybe you can salvage some data.
 
Did you have any Storms go by while you were on vacation?,.. but on to my suggestion.

I would reset the BIOS setting to default and remove all PCI cards along with 1 of your ram sticks. I would leave only your Video, CD Rom, Floppy and 1 stick of ram in your system and try to re-load windows. I would also replace your IDE cables if you have any extra laying around. I hope this helps and you can diagnose your problem to 1 component (crossing fingers that it's not the mobo).

Yonux
 
I had same prob awhile back. I ended up doing a complete format of HD, It sucked! But I think now that maby one of my problems was a bad stick of RAM. I've got two Corsair ddr2400's and it turned out that one was bad, and giving me corruption messages. Just a suggestion try it.
 
thanks for the replies!

all i did so far was set BIOS to fail-safe defaults (I can't figure how i didn't think to do this FIRST) and as of yet I can't reproduce the issue.. But only time will tell. I had tried a new IDE cable to no avail. Thanks for the all the help!
 
Arg! Still having problems!

Well it seems to stabilize only when I take down the FSB to 100Mhz and set the multiplier to 10. But it is a 1Ghz 266FSB CPU it should run at 133FSB x7.5! I am going to return this CompUSA power supply and get the Enlight 400W one they have instead. Maybe that will help. Otherwise, can anyone provide input about how I might stabilize the system?

Thanks again!
 
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