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XP Instability/Restarts

Started by smokdU , Mar 11 2009 11:48 AM

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smokdU

Posted 11 March 2009 - 11:48 AM

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Hey all. I recently replaced my HDD/installed xp pro. I replaced HDD after my PC began restarting itself whenever I was in the middle of something important.

For the first few days, the restarts ceased. Then it started up again. Everyone suggested my RAM was bad, so I ran a memtest. There was an error, but when I tested each one individually; no error. Then everyone said, "It's gotta be your motherboard". So I ran the diagnostic program "PC Doctor" (if anyone is familiar), and after a grueling 4 hour test, every component passed.

So my question is, what now? Could it be an XP error? Although, it was doing it before replacing the HDD, and that was w/ XP Home. Now it has XP Pro. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate them. smokdU

PS And I still have no sound. I posted this topic also, but have had no responses. HEP ME!

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makai

Posted 11 March 2009 - 04:44 PM

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What kind of computer are you talking about here? Is this a desktop, a laptop? Who makes it, is there model number associated with it? What are the specs?

Ok, I just read your sound thread, and apparently this is an HP something or other. Still we need to know the rest of what this is before we should go any further. However, let me ask this... did the sound work before you installed XP Pro? Also, what version XP are you running, SP1, SP1a, SP2, SP3? Is there a speaker icon in the System tray? If you go to Control Panel/Sound/Audio tab, what is noted as the Default device for Sound playback?