Originally posted by: TheKub
Originally posted by: databird
Toshiba has no diagnostics to my knowledge.
Crap. Looks like your right. Looks like I wont ever be buying a toshiba drive.
From what I read people are having luck with the IBM\Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. Though back in the "death"star days some times I had to run the destructive test for it to kick out the error.
There is something I find funny about RMAing a motherboard because you have trouble with compressed files.
I still have the mind to say that its software, hard drive, or mem (in that order of likeliness). Id be curious to see what happens if you try to extract the files while in safe-mode.
Thanks for the help so far.
Trying them in Safe Mode won't necessarily tell me anything. Let me explain with 3 examples (all in normal Windows environment).
Example 1
I had file X (self extracting). It would not extract, citing corrupt files. I tried re-downloading file X in case it was actually corrupt, but same problem - still wouldn't extract.
I tried running a full SCANDISK, and then tried extracting file X immediately after bootup - it worked.
Example 2
I had file Y (RAR - multiRAR file), and it would not extract due to being 'corrupt'. It failed at 32% extraction. Tried it a while later and it would fail at 66%. Tried it again later and it worked 100%. Tried it again later and it again failed (14%).
Example 3
Was running a virus scan (Avast! Home) and it came out clean... however, it complained that it could not scan 2 of my archive files due to being corrupt. These files were working fine a few months ago, and I haven't touched them since. I didn't try actually unRARing them right now, since I know it probably won't work, and has nothing to do with the files themselves, assuming they have not changed since they were last used.
So? What's this got to do with trying it in Safe Mode?
The theme is randomness. So if I do it in Safe Mode like 20 times, it could just be a 'fluke' that it decided to work at that moment, and give the false impression that it's a software or hardware issue. I don't want to give myself the wrong idea as to what is the source of the problem. In short, trying extractions in Safe Mode tells me nothing with certainty, due to the uncertainty of the problem itself (if it was a consistent failure to unRAR 100% of the time, then trying Safe Mode would help narrow down the problem).
Now I'm really curious... just what sort of software problem can cause something like:
- seemingly random file extraction success?
- random BSODs due to everything from win32k.sys, Ntfs.sys, ntkrnlpa.exe, etc.?
- Superfetch randomly crashing (about once a month, though curiously, this happened to me twice within an hour just now)?
I mean, is a software fault really feasible for something like this? I'm not saying it's not, but I'm wondering how things may work, technically speaking.
P.S. My statement earlier that Prime95 crashes was false - I was using a buggy version. I used the latest release and it ran for 45 minutes without issue.
Also: my motherboard is faulty anyway, given the headphone jack issue. I will have to take advantage of my warranty and replace it eventually.
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