I HATE being a techie....

[whiskeytown]

so I have to do my own work...(well, don't have to, but really should)

Biostar M7MIA motherboard...XP installation bluescreens like it's going out of style - memory/page faults - may be a bad BIOS setting, but I don't know for sure -

luckily, I backed up the old HD before installation, but still, what a [censored] nightmare - this thing won't even run the ol' Knoppix CD's I have around - issues with USB - fruck - I hate doing this kind of work again - ah well.

RB

[Hojglad]

Bluescreening like there is no tomorrow is usually an indication that your RAM is bad. I feel your pain. Hope this works out.

[fluxrad]

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Biostar M7MIA motherboard

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Hey. I found your problem.

[whiskeytown]

you pretty much nailed it - it had been a server, and I used it for that stuff before moving my stuff over from the P3 600 to try to bring the speed up -

well, suffice it to say, what a crock of [censored]....USB ports lock up, can't install XP - it'll handle win 98, but now that I think about it, I was crashing twice a day...

I'll look for a memory test when I get home.

RB

[AviD]

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Biostar M7MIA motherboard

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Hey. I found your problem.

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ROFLMAO, nh.

[astroglide]

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I HATE being a techie...Knoppix CD's I have around...I'll look for a memory test when I get home

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you must be quite the "techie" to

a) not seem to know what memtest86 is
b) also not know that it is already on recent knoppix cds



are you employed, sir?

[drexah]

actually just got done fixing my computer, i basically ran it for 2 years straight (id reboot every 4 weeks or so), all o fa sudden went to reboot and it wouldnt start up, realized there was like 50 pounds of dust in all of my power supply, cpu fan, vid card. so i cleanedi t all out, had to do a windows repair, and it still was slow..got a top of the line 420w power supply and brand new thermaltake volcano 12 heatsink...then realized my problem after cleaning the dust was simply that i forgot to plug the cpu fan into the power supply ( no wonder my fan was running at like .05 mph and my processor was 170 degrees F. ) heh, luckily i didn't burn out the proc, and found out my problem, and now i have two brand new comp parts.

[Freakin]

I've gotten to the point where I don't want to troubleshoot problems anymore, so I'm just building a new system....

Should be sweet....

And yes, memory is a likely culprit, since it could be corrupting all the installation files as it goes....

Astro: nice pic reference

Freakin

[shadow29]

I'm 95% sure it's your RAM.

This happened to me exactly and I had to replace all my RAM.

Use knoppix to check.

[gvibes]

About two weeks ago, my otherwise extremely stable computer hard reset, then wouldn't post anymore.

The freaking capacitors exploded. I was a little miffed.

It's all good now, however. EDIT: ie, I bought a new motherboard.