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Software or Hardware Issue?

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Woohah

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I recently built a:
P3 933,
ASUS TUSL2 with intel 815E chipset (ata100 support)
128MB RAM, (133mhz)
Integrated video/audio,
IBM Deskstar 60GXP 20GB (Ata100 capable)
Phillips 8x4x32x CDR
Linksys 10/100 ethernet
300W intel/amd approved power supply
Win98SE and later Win2000 Pro

It ran great for about 2 weeks, but then it claimed "Setup is updating your configuration" when no new hardware/software was added. Soon thereafter, Win98 said HIMEM.SYS was corrupted and failed to boot. A few times I got it started by booting safe mode, then restarting, but soon that too led to bad startups.

After reformatting, the same thing happened, but only after a few days.

I tried updating to Win2000, and this was good for a week or so, but then it gave a bsod STOP pointing to the Software hive. Microsoft Knowledge base claims this is next to irreperable. I tried an emergency disk but still no boot. A few times, it worked to revert to a Last Known Good Configuration.

In win98: I tried the fast shutdown fix from Microsoft. No help (even when applied before shutting down for the first time

I also ran IBM's disk fitness test, and it reports no errors.

ANY ideas what is causing such frustration???

--Woohah
 
its always hard to pinpoint these types of problem but i would recommend turning down the video acceleration, and also pull back on the memory timing a bit. see how that works for ya
 

How do you mean "turn down the memory timing"? The Bios is configuring that automatically as far as I can tell....

I was guessing it was something to do with how Windows was shutting down. Do the symptoms not match?

--Woohah
 
Run Some tests to Insure that Your memory is good.

It sounds like some system files are getting lost or corrupted.







 


I've never had to test Memory before. Any suggestions on how to do this? What to look for? Use some software or just swap with known-good RAM?
--woohah
 
Check download.com

I had a small program but it's on the laptop, Which isn't connected to the net here at home.

You COULD test it with Known good but seeing as it takes atleast a few days this would be very time consuming!
 
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