Re: Bad hard drive or driver issues?
- From: ckoehler <ckoehler@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:29:00 -0800 (PST)
On Dec 17, 6:36 pm, neosolipsism <neosolipsism.
31r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm running an nForce4 Intel SLI setup with XP Pro SP2, which I built
about a year ago. Had no serious issues with it then, other than
nVidia's ****tacular onboard NAM and USB issues. Using a P4 531, 2gb DC
667 ram, 7600gtko GPU, 80gb & 160gb WD sata HD, couple of disc drives,
and a big flashy PSU.
About 4 months ago I started getting occassional freezes, mostly when
under a large load involving a big chunk of disk space. I expected the
occasional freeze, especially if downloading/watching/playing/burning
all at the same time. A few months later I start getting boot-up
problems, especially when cold. Sometimes it would freeze-up before the
Windows loading screen. Had a few others issues I wanted to take care,
so I figured I'd do a fresh install. Moved all my media to the 160gb,
wiped the 80gb out, reinstalled XP fresh on the 80gb (deleted,
partitioned, formatted same file system using the XP disc).
Worked just fine, till I rebooted. Wouldn't boot XP from the hard
drive (boot priorities were correct in BIOS). Ran CHKDSK, FIXBOOT,
BOOTCFG and every **** thing else related to booting. Everything showed
it there and proper, just wouldn't boot. Wiped the drive out again,
reinstalled fresh again. Now I'm getting pretty much random problems.
Sometimes the computer makes a few beeps instead of one and won't even
display anything when I power it up, just a debug code on the board
related to "HD Write-Protect". Sometimes it gets to the Windows loading
screen and freezes. Sometimes I get to XP, screw around for a few
minutes before it freezes then reboots. I've been using the drivers
straight off the mobo disc (with the exception of the NAM and Firewall
related stuff of course), just as I did originally with no problems.
Been trying to use updated drivers off the nVidia website, but can't
accomplish uninstalling the old drivers without freezing. Can't even
run any sort of virus check or anything from Windows without an eventual
freeze.
Like I said, the drive shows up just fine. I can do a clean install
and go about my business for hours, but as soon as I reboot, I start
encountering problems again. Should I assume the HD is just shot, or am
I missing a driver issue here? I really don't want to put XP on the
160gb, cause if thats not the case then I'm putting all my media in
danger of deletion.
Bad powersupply? Can you get into BIOS and see what voltage you are
getting. A bad PSU could mess up all your other hardware.
Its a little early and I tried to read your message, but to me I was
wondering how you said you reformated the drives...but are your sure
you don't have boot records on both drives? This could really confuse
Windows. Also no other operating systems installed on the drives as
well? Windows hates dual-booting.
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