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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. I download things
all the time, could be a virus. This started right after installed Diablo II. So I decided to see if reformatting my C partition (nothing but windows stuff on it) and I reinstall with Windows XP 64-bit edition. (At this point I bought a new power supply to see if that was the problem.. it wasn't so I returned it) It has all kinds of problems (sound drivers for my motherboard doesn't work, Diablo II crashing with some random error) so I go and borrow a friends Windows XP Pro disk to try to install that, and this is when the biggest problems start. So I start formatting to this version of windows and I get the error when it is copying files (many of the files I had to hit retry several times one) ntfs.sys 0x00000024 in a blue screen. So I figured there must be something wrong with this CD, and decide to go back to Windows 64-bit until I could find another version of windows. I start formatting with the 64-bit CD again and when it is copying files (with only a few retry on certain files) it gets the same error. Now I guess it is a hard drive problem, buy a new one, and it turns out it isn't (haven't returned yet). I then get another version of Windows XP Pro to see if both CD's are broken. I put in this CD and right after it says "Setup is starting windows" it shows an error saying "CDFS_FILE_SYSTEM" at the top and "cdfs.sys" at the bottom. I tried taking out each ram and trying each individually, using only one of my two sticks it got a little further, when copying files it got to the file cdcopy.dll and it wouldn't work, I decided to see what would happen if I skipped it, and it comes out with the same "cdfs.sys" error again. I then get an extra CD drive from a friend (it was only an 8x, but it worked for him to install XP) and in the last XP cd I used (the one with the cdfs.sys problem) it still had the same problem at the same time (I didn't bother trying the ram again). I tried the original two (my 64-bit and my friends regular, which both has ntfs.sys error) and they restarted right after it said "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" at the very beginning after booting from disk. One time I was lucky enough to get to after it says "setup is starting up windows" then asked to hit enter to continue, and it restarted. One time with the second XP cd (the one with the ntfs.sys error but not the 64-bit edition) it got to some point before letting me hit enter to continue it came up with a blue screen saying "USBPort.sys" "0x000000D1" at the bottom and "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" at the top. From the last problem there I am assuming it is the motherboard. I do remember before I got all new computer parts my computer was restarting randomly and I did not know the problem. My main problem is not being able to install windows. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? all of my computer parts are about 5 months old (other than the new hard drive[only a week old but plan to return since it is not the problem] and the CD drive [got it on christmas]) comp specs: Motherboard: Abit AL8-V CPU: 3.0 ghz Pentium 4(i think its pentium 4, if there is any way to check without the box let me know) RAM: 2x 512mb Corsair DDR2 PC4200 Hard drive(old):western digital 120gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Hard drive(new): Maxtor 100gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Power supply: some random 430 watt one. (the one i bought and returned was 600 watts, infinity i believe) DVD/CD-RW: 52x 32x 52x 16x of course this happens right before oblivion comes out =( |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
Everlast746 wrote:
At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. I download things all the time, could be a virus. This started right after installed Diablo II. So I decided to see if reformatting my C partition (nothing but windows stuff on it) and I reinstall with Windows XP 64-bit edition. (At this point I bought a new power supply to see if that was the problem.. it wasn't so I returned it) It has all kinds of problems (sound drivers for my motherboard doesn't work, Diablo II crashing with some random error) so I go and borrow a friends Windows XP Pro disk to try to install that, and this is when the biggest problems start. So I start formatting to this version of windows and I get the error when it is copying files (many of the files I had to hit retry several times one) ntfs.sys 0x00000024 in a blue screen. So I figured there must be something wrong with this CD, and decide to go back to Windows 64-bit until I could find another version of windows. I start formatting with the 64-bit CD again and when it is copying files (with only a few retry on certain files) it gets the same error. Now I guess it is a hard drive problem, buy a new one, and it turns out it isn't (haven't returned yet). I then get another version of Windows XP Pro to see if both CD's are broken. I put in this CD and right after it says "Setup is starting windows" it shows an error saying "CDFS_FILE_SYSTEM" at the top and "cdfs.sys" at the bottom. I tried taking out each ram and trying each individually, using only one of my two sticks it got a little further, when copying files it got to the file cdcopy.dll and it wouldn't work, I decided to see what would happen if I skipped it, and it comes out with the same "cdfs.sys" error again. I then get an extra CD drive from a friend (it was only an 8x, but it worked for him to install XP) and in the last XP cd I used (the one with the cdfs.sys problem) it still had the same problem at the same time (I didn't bother trying the ram again). I tried the original two (my 64-bit and my friends regular, which both has ntfs.sys error) and they restarted right after it said "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" at the very beginning after booting from disk. One time I was lucky enough to get to after it says "setup is starting up windows" then asked to hit enter to continue, and it restarted. One time with the second XP cd (the one with the ntfs.sys error but not the 64-bit edition) it got to some point before letting me hit enter to continue it came up with a blue screen saying "USBPort.sys" "0x000000D1" at the bottom and "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" at the top. From the last problem there I am assuming it is the motherboard. I do remember before I got all new computer parts my computer was restarting randomly and I did not know the problem. My main problem is not being able to install windows. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? all of my computer parts are about 5 months old (other than the new hard drive[only a week old but plan to return since it is not the problem] and the CD drive [got it on christmas]) comp specs: Motherboard: Abit AL8-V CPU: 3.0 ghz Pentium 4(i think its pentium 4, if there is any way to check without the box let me know) RAM: 2x 512mb Corsair DDR2 PC4200 Hard drive(old):western digital 120gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Hard drive(new): Maxtor 100gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Power supply: some random 430 watt one. (the one i bought and returned was 600 watts, infinity i believe) DVD/CD-RW: 52x 32x 52x 16x of course this happens right before oblivion comes out =( probably *shouldn't* have gone to 64-bit. even now there are only a handful of apps that support it. |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
David Fairbrother wrote:
Everlast746 wrote: At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. I download things all the time, could be a virus. This started right after installed Diablo II. So I decided to see if reformatting my C partition (nothing but windows stuff on it) and I reinstall with Windows XP 64-bit edition. (At this point I bought a new power supply to see if that was the problem.. it wasn't so I returned it) It has all kinds of problems (sound drivers for my motherboard doesn't work, Diablo II crashing with some random error) so I go and borrow a friends Windows XP Pro disk to try to install that, and this is when the biggest problems start. So I start formatting to this version of windows and I get the error when it is copying files (many of the files I had to hit retry several times one) ntfs.sys 0x00000024 in a blue screen. So I figured there must be something wrong with this CD, and decide to go back to Windows 64-bit until I could find another version of windows. I start formatting with the 64-bit CD again and when it is copying files (with only a few retry on certain files) it gets the same error. Now I guess it is a hard drive problem, buy a new one, and it turns out it isn't (haven't returned yet). I then get another version of Windows XP Pro to see if both CD's are broken. I put in this CD and right after it says "Setup is starting windows" it shows an error saying "CDFS_FILE_SYSTEM" at the top and "cdfs.sys" at the bottom. I tried taking out each ram and trying each individually, using only one of my two sticks it got a little further, when copying files it got to the file cdcopy.dll and it wouldn't work, I decided to see what would happen if I skipped it, and it comes out with the same "cdfs.sys" error again. I then get an extra CD drive from a friend (it was only an 8x, but it worked for him to install XP) and in the last XP cd I used (the one with the cdfs.sys problem) it still had the same problem at the same time (I didn't bother trying the ram again). I tried the original two (my 64-bit and my friends regular, which both has ntfs.sys error) and they restarted right after it said "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" at the very beginning after booting from disk. One time I was lucky enough to get to after it says "setup is starting up windows" then asked to hit enter to continue, and it restarted. One time with the second XP cd (the one with the ntfs.sys error but not the 64-bit edition) it got to some point before letting me hit enter to continue it came up with a blue screen saying "USBPort.sys" "0x000000D1" at the bottom and "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" at the top. From the last problem there I am assuming it is the motherboard. I do remember before I got all new computer parts my computer was restarting randomly and I did not know the problem. My main problem is not being able to install windows. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? all of my computer parts are about 5 months old (other than the new hard drive[only a week old but plan to return since it is not the problem] and the CD drive [got it on christmas]) comp specs: Motherboard: Abit AL8-V CPU: 3.0 ghz Pentium 4(i think its pentium 4, if there is any way to check without the box let me know) RAM: 2x 512mb Corsair DDR2 PC4200 Hard drive(old):western digital 120gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Hard drive(new): Maxtor 100gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Power supply: some random 430 watt one. (the one i bought and returned was 600 watts, infinity i believe) DVD/CD-RW: 52x 32x 52x 16x of course this happens right before oblivion comes out =( probably *shouldn't* have gone to 64-bit. even now there are only a handful of apps that support it. Change out the power supply first, I had a non-related power problem but, I thought it was anyway (4.6x VDC on 5), it turned out to be the Updated sound driver. You DON'T have a P4 it is an AMD something as it is 64 bits. Check the caps on your motherboard (I don't know if Abit has this problem anymore but it still exists). This kind of stuff may be hard disk trouble, but I doubt it (OK, I don't like the HDDs you use but I'm not going to be a fanboy right now). Run Memcheck 86 (type memcheck on the boot screen of knoppix 4 CD or DVD). |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
"Everlast746" wrote in message ... At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. I download things all the time, could be a virus. This started right after installed Diablo II. So I decided to see if reformatting my C partition (nothing but windows stuff on it) and I reinstall with Windows XP 64-bit edition. (At this point I bought a new power supply to see if that was the problem.. it wasn't so I returned it) It has all kinds of problems (sound drivers for my motherboard doesn't work, Diablo II crashing with some random error) so I go and borrow a friends Windows XP Pro disk to try to install that, and this is when the biggest problems start. So I start formatting to this version of windows and I get the error when it is copying files (many of the files I had to hit retry several times one) ntfs.sys 0x00000024 in a blue screen. So I figured there must be something wrong with this CD, and decide to go back to Windows 64-bit until I could find another version of windows. I start formatting with the 64-bit CD again and when it is copying files (with only a few retry on certain files) it gets the same error. Now I guess it is a hard drive problem, buy a new one, and it turns out it isn't (haven't returned yet). I then get another version of Windows XP Pro to see if both CD's are broken. I put in this CD and right after it says "Setup is starting windows" it shows an error saying "CDFS_FILE_SYSTEM" at the top and "cdfs.sys" at the bottom. I tried taking out each ram and trying each individually, using only one of my two sticks it got a little further, when copying files it got to the file cdcopy.dll and it wouldn't work, I decided to see what would happen if I skipped it, and it comes out with the same "cdfs.sys" error again. I then get an extra CD drive from a friend (it was only an 8x, but it worked for him to install XP) and in the last XP cd I used (the one with the cdfs.sys problem) it still had the same problem at the same time (I didn't bother trying the ram again). I tried the original two (my 64-bit and my friends regular, which both has ntfs.sys error) and they restarted right after it said "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" at the very beginning after booting from disk. One time I was lucky enough to get to after it says "setup is starting up windows" then asked to hit enter to continue, and it restarted. One time with the second XP cd (the one with the ntfs.sys error but not the 64-bit edition) it got to some point before letting me hit enter to continue it came up with a blue screen saying "USBPort.sys" "0x000000D1" at the bottom and "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" at the top. From the last problem there I am assuming it is the motherboard. I do remember before I got all new computer parts my computer was restarting randomly and I did not know the problem. My main problem is not being able to install windows. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? all of my computer parts are about 5 months old (other than the new hard drive[only a week old but plan to return since it is not the problem] and the CD drive [got it on christmas]) comp specs: Motherboard: Abit AL8-V CPU: 3.0 ghz Pentium 4(i think its pentium 4, if there is any way to check without the box let me know) RAM: 2x 512mb Corsair DDR2 PC4200 Hard drive(old):western digital 120gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Hard drive(new): Maxtor 100gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Power supply: some random 430 watt one. (the one i bought and returned was 600 watts, infinity i believe) DVD/CD-RW: 52x 32x 52x 16x of course this happens right before oblivion comes out =( All your symptoms point to bad RAM. But it could also be a RAM incompatibility problem between mainboard and RAM (somewhat unlikely) or it could be a bad mainboard or CPU. IF it was my box, I'd pull BOTH sticks of RAM and replace them with ONE stick of brand new Kingston or OCZ. If that doesn't work, I'd try replacing the mainboard. There is a slim possibility that the CPU is bad. -Dave |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
"Robbie McFerren" wrote in message
... David Fairbrother wrote: Everlast746 wrote: At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. I download things all the time, could be a virus. This started right after installed Diablo II. So I decided to see if reformatting my C partition (nothing but windows stuff on it) and I reinstall with Windows XP 64-bit edition. (At this point I bought a new power supply to see if that was the problem.. it wasn't so I returned it) It has all kinds of problems (sound drivers for my motherboard doesn't work, Diablo II crashing with some random error) so I go and borrow a friends Windows XP Pro disk to try to install that, and this is when the biggest problems start. So I start formatting to this version of windows and I get the error when it is copying files (many of the files I had to hit retry several times one) ntfs.sys 0x00000024 in a blue screen. So I figured there must be something wrong with this CD, and decide to go back to Windows 64-bit until I could find another version of windows. I start formatting with the 64-bit CD again and when it is copying files (with only a few retry on certain files) it gets the same error. Now I guess it is a hard drive problem, buy a new one, and it turns out it isn't (haven't returned yet). I then get another version of Windows XP Pro to see if both CD's are broken. I put in this CD and right after it says "Setup is starting windows" it shows an error saying "CDFS_FILE_SYSTEM" at the top and "cdfs.sys" at the bottom. I tried taking out each ram and trying each individually, using only one of my two sticks it got a little further, when copying files it got to the file cdcopy.dll and it wouldn't work, I decided to see what would happen if I skipped it, and it comes out with the same "cdfs.sys" error again. I then get an extra CD drive from a friend (it was only an 8x, but it worked for him to install XP) and in the last XP cd I used (the one with the cdfs.sys problem) it still had the same problem at the same time (I didn't bother trying the ram again). I tried the original two (my 64-bit and my friends regular, which both has ntfs.sys error) and they restarted right after it said "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" at the very beginning after booting from disk. One time I was lucky enough to get to after it says "setup is starting up windows" then asked to hit enter to continue, and it restarted. One time with the second XP cd (the one with the ntfs.sys error but not the 64-bit edition) it got to some point before letting me hit enter to continue it came up with a blue screen saying "USBPort.sys" "0x000000D1" at the bottom and "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" at the top. From the last problem there I am assuming it is the motherboard. I do remember before I got all new computer parts my computer was restarting randomly and I did not know the problem. My main problem is not being able to install windows. Anyone have any idea what the problem is? all of my computer parts are about 5 months old (other than the new hard drive[only a week old but plan to return since it is not the problem] and the CD drive [got it on christmas]) comp specs: Motherboard: Abit AL8-V CPU: 3.0 ghz Pentium 4(i think its pentium 4, if there is any way to check without the box let me know) RAM: 2x 512mb Corsair DDR2 PC4200 Hard drive(old):western digital 120gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Hard drive(new): Maxtor 100gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache Power supply: some random 430 watt one. (the one i bought and returned was 600 watts, infinity i believe) DVD/CD-RW: 52x 32x 52x 16x of course this happens right before oblivion comes out =( probably *shouldn't* have gone to 64-bit. even now there are only a handful of apps that support it. Change out the power supply first, I had a non-related power problem but, I thought it was anyway (4.6x VDC on 5), it turned out to be the Updated sound driver. You DON'T have a P4 it is an AMD something as it is 64 bits. He does have a PIV board, see he http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=282 What he may not have is a 64bit CPU, and as he doesn't seem to know what CPU he has got, I don't see the point of having tried to install a 64 bit o/s. I would change out (temporarily at least) the cheapo PSU, try a different stick of ram and try again. SteveH |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
Everlast746 wrote:
At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. I download things all the time, could be a virus. This started right after installed As the prior poster suggested, you are (hopefully) dealing with bad RAM. I had a bad stick going on one system and didn't know it, but it would cause me all kinds of problems when trying to install windows etc. Similar to your problems. Download Memtest 86 (if you need a site reference i will look it up later, but google is your best bet). It's a freeware deal that burns easily onto a blank CD, which you then boot from and it runs rather extensive tests on your RAM. On mine, when i had the bad stick in, it counted up a few thousand errors in just one pass (a normal RAM stick should get 0 even after several passes). If you have multiple sticks in, you might want to run memtest with only one in at a time. |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
"Brad Houser" wrote in message ... On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:51:20 GMT, David Fairbrother wrote: Everlast746 wrote: At first, my computer would be randomly restarting. snippage So I decided to see if reformatting my C partition (nothing but windows stuff on it) and I reinstall with Windows XP 64-bit edition. more snippage comp specs: Motherboard: Abit AL8-V CPU: 3.0 ghz Pentium 4(i think its pentium 4, if there is any way to check without the box let me know) When you get a version of Windows that works, you can download the CPUID utility to check. probably *shouldn't* have gone to 64-bit. even now there are only a handful of apps that support it. This motherboard and processor does not a 64 bit computer make. Although it sounds like the setup program sort of functions at 32 bits, I am surprised you got as far as you did. Windows XP 64 bit is for 64 bit processors. The Pentium 4 is 32 bits. The model 630 (not sure if that's the one he has tho bevause he says pentium 4),is a 3.0Ghz with EM64T support, and thus will work with XP-64. Been there, done that. Brad Houser sort of but not really speaking for Intel |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
i am 100% sure i have a pentium, and it does support 64-bit, i
remember it said it in one of the corners of the box, which i lost which is why I don't know what it is exactly. It did have some different problems when I took out one piece of RAM, so I'll try the memtest thing. Thanks! |
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I have a LOT of problems with my computer
WOW, i guess its the RAM, 6800 errors, 2 passed it says.. still going
though and I have both sticks in, forgot to take one out |
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