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older PC produces corrupt files
Chris Wenger wrote:
Hello! I had to re-install Windows 2000 on my PC. Now I've come across a strange problem. When I download large files (current example: Win2k Service Pack 3 with 125 MB) they are always corrupted. Has anyone ever seen something similar? Which hardware problem could cause such corruption? I had a bad HD that "seemed" OK but would corrupt files.. -- Stacey |
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For me, it was some wierdness between my NIC and soundcard. Switched PCI
slots, problem dissolved. Not that NT5.x uses IRQ's, anyway... I've, also, had a HDD that seemed bad, turned out to be the motherboard DIMM's. Too many variables. Use Sherlock Holme's method, and deduce. - Stacey stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: Chris Wenger wrote: Hello! I had to re-install Windows 2000 on my PC. Now I've come across a strange problem. When I download large files (current example: Win2k Service Pack 3 with 125 MB) they are always corrupted. Has anyone ever seen something similar? Which hardware problem could cause such corruption? I had a bad HD that "seemed" OK but would corrupt files.. -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 |
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Software memory tests, generally, are crap. Unless you slap those modules
on an actual tester, don't put much stock in that program. - Chris Wenger stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:12:22 -0400, Stacey wrote: I had to re-install Windows 2000 on my PC. Now I've come across a strange problem. When I download large files (current example: Win2k Service Pack 3 with 125 MB) they are always corrupted. Has anyone ever seen something similar? Which hardware problem could cause such corruption? I had a bad HD that "seemed" OK but would corrupt files.. I suspected the IDE cables to be the culprit but I have located the problem now. Memtest86 (free at http://www.memtest86.com) clearly proves that one of my three RAM modules is defective. I will replace it and see if that solves my problem. Thanks all for your assistance! Chris -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 |
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No. The point I was 'trying' to make is: unless you slap those modules into
a DIMM tester (Physical), nothing means nothing. Software tests mean squat. Learn it, live it, love it. It's how it is. - jaster stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: "Strontium" wrote in message ... Software memory tests, generally, are crap. Unless you slap those modules on an actual tester, don't put much stock in that program. - Chris Wenger stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:12:22 -0400, Stacey wrote: I had to re-install Windows 2000 on my PC. Now I've come across a strange problem. When I download large files (current example: Win2k Service Pack 3 with 125 MB) they are always corrupted. Has anyone ever seen something similar? Which hardware problem could cause such corruption? I had a bad HD that "seemed" OK but would corrupt files.. I suspected the IDE cables to be the culprit but I have located the problem now. Memtest86 (free at http://www.memtest86.com) clearly proves that one of my three RAM modules is defective. I will replace it and see if that solves my problem. Thanks all for your assistance! Chris -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 If that is true then if a chip fails memtest86 then its really bad right? A more accurate statement is memtest86 may not identify weak memory chips or every failing memory chip. -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 |
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An advantage of memtest86 over the DIMM tester is the memory is being
tested in the physical environment it is being used in. Memory which fails in one motherboard may run fine in another (possibly at a lower speed, possibly at the same speed). I presume most manufacturers have and use DIMM testers, but new memory still occasionally fails. memtest86 has worked well for me, a DIMM tester may work better for you. Roger Strontium wrote: No. The point I was 'trying' to make is: unless you slap those modules into a DIMM tester (Physical), nothing means nothing. Software tests mean squat. Learn it, live it, love it. It's how it is. - jaster stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: "Strontium" wrote in message ... Software memory tests, generally, are crap. Unless you slap those modules on an actual tester, don't put much stock in that program. - Chris Wenger stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:12:22 -0400, Stacey wrote: I had to re-install Windows 2000 on my PC. Now I've come across a strange problem. When I download large files (current example: Win2k Service Pack 3 with 125 MB) they are always corrupted. Has anyone ever seen something similar? Which hardware problem could cause such corruption? I had a bad HD that "seemed" OK but would corrupt files.. I suspected the IDE cables to be the culprit but I have located the problem now. Memtest86 (free at http://www.memtest86.com) clearly proves that one of my three RAM modules is defective. I will replace it and see if that solves my problem. Thanks all for your assistance! Chris -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 If that is true then if a chip fails memtest86 then its really bad right? A more accurate statement is memtest86 may not identify weak memory chips or every failing memory chip. -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 |
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The only problem with software testing is that if the module tests bad...how
do you know it's not the motherboard's DIMM(s)? The only real world answer is to physically test the memory on an instrument built for that purpose. OP is saying that their memory is bad. Well, unfortunately, it could very well be the motherboard/and/or DIMMs. I've seen it happen, far too often. - Roger stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: An advantage of memtest86 over the DIMM tester is the memory is being tested in the physical environment it is being used in. Memory which fails in one motherboard may run fine in another (possibly at a lower speed, possibly at the same speed). I presume most manufacturers have and use DIMM testers, but new memory still occasionally fails. memtest86 has worked well for me, a DIMM tester may work better for you. Roger Strontium wrote: No. The point I was 'trying' to make is: unless you slap those modules into a DIMM tester (Physical), nothing means nothing. Software tests mean squat. Learn it, live it, love it. It's how it is. - jaster stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: "Strontium" wrote in message ... Software memory tests, generally, are crap. Unless you slap those modules on an actual tester, don't put much stock in that program. - Chris Wenger stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:12:22 -0400, Stacey wrote: I had to re-install Windows 2000 on my PC. Now I've come across a strange problem. When I download large files (current example: Win2k Service Pack 3 with 125 MB) they are always corrupted. Has anyone ever seen something similar? Which hardware problem could cause such corruption? I had a bad HD that "seemed" OK but would corrupt files.. I suspected the IDE cables to be the culprit but I have located the problem now. Memtest86 (free at http://www.memtest86.com) clearly proves that one of my three RAM modules is defective. I will replace it and see if that solves my problem. Thanks all for your assistance! Chris -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 If that is true then if a chip fails memtest86 then its really bad right? A more accurate statement is memtest86 may not identify weak memory chips or every failing memory chip. -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 -- I'm sorry. Apparently, I'm feeling a little too psychotic this morning. -The main character in Postal 2 |
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