Problem, possibly memory related?

**Mr. Mulder** · 07-09-2005, 10:42 PM

Right, I flashed the BIOS, all is well on the BIOS reading front, I can format and install all the windows files, but, after it gets to 100%, the screen goes black, then the blue error screen appears

This time it's telling me that the HDD might have viruses and to run check disk

**Snee** · 07-09-2005, 10:56 PM

If it was me, I might try repartitioning it, and I'd also have a look in bios to see that it's detected correctly and all that.

Take a look at the LBA mode thing https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showt...light=LBA+mode

But seeing as how I was so much help before, the answer is prolly something else

**Mr. Mulder** · 07-09-2005, 11:01 PM

Right, tried installing again (this time will a smaller partition) and this time, our old friend Mr. Blue Screen said "Check With Your Vender For Any Hardware Updates, Disable BIOS Memory Options Such As Caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to..." and so on

been at this for awhile now, I'll be back tomorrow morning if anyone would like to leave a suitable solution

ebuyer, btw, have already RMA'd it and asked for it to be sent

SnnY, just saw your post, I'll look into that in the morning thnx

**Mr. Mulder** · 07-10-2005, 09:17 AM

Morning Gents

Just looked through all of the BIOS and didn't see an option for LBA anywhere

**Mr. Mulder** · 07-10-2005, 10:22 AM

I seriously think it's the BIOS chip, somehow

The blue screen messages are varied and suggest options that can only be done with Windows installed (Like running in Safe Mode).

But, on the POST screen, everything checks out since flashing the BIOS, but that's not to say the chip still isn't damaged right?

(I've only got today left to work on this

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**Snee** · 07-10-2005, 01:05 PM

If possible you should really test the drive (and maybe the sticks) in another machine.

It's frikkin hard to rule things out when you don't know if the stuff worked to begin with.

I don't suppose you have a knoppix-disk lying around, btw? If so you could boot from that and see if you get any hardware errors.

**Mr. Mulder** · 07-10-2005, 01:20 PM

there's no other machine that the sticks could be tested in

someones bringing over an old base unit later on, so the CD/HDD can be tested.

Linux you say? haven't got any distros to hand, but i'll d/l a copy of Kanotix and give it ago

**Snee** · 07-10-2005, 01:41 PM

http://www.knoppix.org/

^my favourite.

I've used it before on buggered machines.

If the hd is working, and the partition is good it'll pop up in knoppix.

If you get any errors during bootup those could tell you something about your hardware. It's worth trying imo.