Weird Prob, need help...

[amitz3]

Hello this prob started a few weeks ago, it started with a few blue screens in the middle of games, later it became crashes (reboot).
It even became to this the os crashed and stopped working (Win XP : NTLDR not found).

First i thought it was a heat factor when my CPU got to 56C but now i lowered it to 43C and it looks like the prob remains.

I really wonder what error could make such an effect such as defacting the os so it cant boot.

I would love any kind of help, thanks
Amit

AMD XP 1800+
GIGABYTE 7VTXE KT266A
512 DDR 2100
MSI GF3 TI200
(Bios updated and so all other drivers)

 

[minendo]

Do you get BSOD's (if so, what error codes?) or do you have windows configured to automatically restart on crash?

 

[T3C]

sounds like an issue with the OS, try reloading it, wich versionof windows you running?

 

[amitz3]

windows wasnt configed as auto restart and its not the os prob, i formated 2 times at the last week. im using Windows XP PRO SP1, fully updated.

 

[UlricT]

it could be bad RAM.... check it out. Were you running it out of spec?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: amitz3
windows wasnt configed as auto restart and its not the os prob, i formated 2 times at the last week. im using Windows XP PRO SP1, fully updated.

Try running memtest86.

 

[amitz3]

could be bad ram i never tested, the prob is i cant boot cos my floppy drive is foulty, any other way?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: amitz3
could be bad ram i never tested, the prob is i cant boot cos my floppy drive is foulty, any other way?

Run the WinXP repair tool from the XP cd.

 

[amitz3]

didnt quite get how to run it...
I can get to the repair mode but i dont know what file to run
Thanks...

 

[amitz3]

BTW got a blue screen with the following error message:
"Page foult in nonpaged area"

 

[bigben]

are you overclocking anything?

If you are...stop now

2nd - is your memory timing all correct. Make sure memory is good. if floppy is bad, try removing stuff one part at a time and running prime95 again and again to see what is causing instability. Take things slow and make sure you test one part at a time (remember your scientific method)

I'll bet is motherboard or memory. I hate motherboards - they have always been my problem

 

[amitz3]

As i see it i cant use memtest86 until some one send me the unpacked version of it (cos i cant unpack it to my floppy, cos my drive is foulty), so if u can ill be greatfull thanks