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

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.


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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

Software memory tests, generally, are crap. Unless you slap those modules
on an actual tester, don't put much stock in that program.

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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

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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