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Originally Posted by TriggerFinger
Hi,
Check for overheating. Make sure your vents/heatsink is free of any obstruction. Use a can of compressed air to blow out the dust inside. Make sure you blow out all if not most of the dust out.
Run Memtest86+ to test your RAM. Run the test for each RAM module (removing one module each time) making like 2 passes for each RAM.
Also run HDD diagnostics on your hard drive. I usually use Hitachi Drive Fitness test but it is best if you use the diag tool of your HDD brand. (Check the HDD Diagnostic Tools link in my sig).
Do these tests first...
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Thanks for the quick response. ^^ While I was waiting I decided to try again and pulled out one of my 512 mem. sticks from an old Compaq computer. I know, taking out 2 gig of memory for a 512 is suicidal. But...it worked. lol I was able to reformat completely and reinstall XP.
Now, to find out which one of the ram sticks is the evil twin. For some reason I was unable to get memtest86+ or Microsoft's memory test to work. :/ Reading through the instructions again to make sure I haven't missed anything. Need to use a CD since a floppy disk drive does not exist on my laptop. lol Any thoughts?