Booting,BIOS,OS
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diaz3188
, Sep 17 2012 12:41 PM
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Posted 17 September 2012 - 12:41 PM
diaz3188
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Posted 17 September 2012 - 01:01 PM
Ztruker
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Could be the hard drive going bad. Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Bootable Hard Drive Diagnostics
Next, test your memory. Download Memtest86+ (you want the 2nd one Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)). Unzip it then create a CD from the iso file using your CD burning software. There is a good freeware burner called ImgBurn which will do this easily.
DO NOT burn the .iso file directly to CD. It must be used as input to a program that knows what to do with it, like the one I mentioned above.
Boot the CD and run for at least 3 complete passes unless it shows errors sooner than that. An overnight run is even better.
You should also check for over heating with SpeedFan.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Bootable Hard Drive Diagnostics
Next, test your memory. Download Memtest86+ (you want the 2nd one Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)). Unzip it then create a CD from the iso file using your CD burning software. There is a good freeware burner called ImgBurn which will do this easily.
DO NOT burn the .iso file directly to CD. It must be used as input to a program that knows what to do with it, like the one I mentioned above.
Boot the CD and run for at least 3 complete passes unless it shows errors sooner than that. An overnight run is even better.
You should also check for over heating with SpeedFan.
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