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From: Bill Anderson on 8 Dec 2007 19:24
The Mighty Favog wrote:
> On Dec 8, 1:05 pm, Bob M <ram1...(a)vzavenue.net> wrote:

>
> Bob, I never did figure out how to interpret the results of Memtest
> 86. But I did find something called DocMemory PC Memory Diagnostic
> Software that seemed to be more user friendly, for me, anyway. I
> removed one stick of memory and ran Docmemory and after about 35
> minutes of passing every test four times, I shut down and tried the
> other stick. This time I thought DocMemory was going to blow up, as
> it found more than 10,000 errors in the first 10 seconds. Switched
> the sticks again, and all tests passed. Switched again, and 10,000
> errors in 10 seconds. I think I may have found the problem Many
> thanks for your very insightful help. I'd have invested in a video
> card if you hadn't intervened.
>

Update: With just the one good memory stick installed, I have
everything working just as it's supposed to again. I've
Ghost-reinstalled a good Vista partition. In fact, I'm typing this from
Vista now. You people who can diagnose a problem like mine from nothing
more than my summary really amaze me. Many thanks and three cheers for
Usenet!

--
Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Favog
From: The Mighty Favog on 8 Dec 2007 18:17
On Dec 8, 1:05 pm, Bob M <ram1...(a)vzavenue.net> wrote:
> The Mighty Favog wrote:
> > So many things are going wrong, I'm not sure where's the best place to
> > start asking for help. Bear with me:
>
> > This past summer I built a new system:
>
> > Motherboard: ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX
> > Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache
> > LGA 775
> > Memory: Crucial 2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR2
> > PC2-8500
> > Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100210L Radeon HD 2600XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR4 PCI
> > Express x16
> > Power Supply: PC Power and Cooling ULTRA-QUIET PSU: SILENCER(R) 610
> > EPS12V
> > Video capture: ATI VisionTek TV Wonder PCI Express (added within the
> > past month)
> > Storage: Four 500 gigabyte hard drives -- three Western Digital and
> > one Maxtor.
>
> > I'm running a triple-boot configuration with these OSs in separate
> > partitions on a single 500 gigabyte drive:
>
> > C: WinXP
> > D: Vista
> > E: WinXP testbed (a small partition where I try out things before
> > installing them on C:)
>
> > Until recently everything's been working just great. Then two or
> > three weeks ago I began to get an error message at WinXP shutdown.
> > Something like "The instruction at 0x66903f88 the memory could not be
> > written at 0x66903f88" along with a critical stop sound. Didn't
> > happen all the time at shutdown, but pretty often. Then a few days
> > ago I was online and I heard a "click" and the system rebooted. Right
> > out of nowhere. Then, when XP loaded again, I saw this error:
> > "Catalyst control center monitoring program has encountered a problem
> > and needs to close." When I closed that window, I saw this message:
> > "Catalyst control center host application has encountered a problem
> > and needs to close."
>
> > Weird. So I decided to try Vista, which I seldom do anymore since
> > first playing with it, because XP is just easier to use and more of my
> > software works with it. But when Vista loaded, my beautiful Dreamscene
> > desktop waterfall appeared for a second and then the desktop went to
> > black. And then I got an error message saying Windows Explorer had
> > stopped working. Then another message saying Windows Explorer was
> > restarting. Then another message saying it had stopped working. And
> > on and on. I also got a message saying I had no ATI drivers. I also
> > found the Aero scheme wasn't available to load.
>
> > Weird. But I had a backup of the Vista partition, so I started Ghost
> > from the WinXP testbed partition and tried to put a known working
> > version of the Vista partition in place. Ghost failed. Now this was
> > getting really strange. I'd done this before several times with no
> > problems. So what was going on?
>
> > I noticed that the Vista partition had lost its D: drive designation.
> > So I used the drive manager to give the partition its D: back and I
> > reformatted it. Then I tried loading the Ghost backup of the Vista
> > partition and it worked. But when I ran Vista, it would load but all
> > the previous problems reappeared.
>
> > So I disconnected all four of my hard drives, took a perfectly good
> > previously used 120 gigabyte IDE hard drive out of a drawer, and
> > hooked it up. I partitioned it into two equal-size partitions and
> > loaded Windows XP onto the first. It loaded OK -- there was one
> > problem when it said it couldn't find a file on the WinXP disk, but
> > then it seemed to find it after a few tries and went on. I fully
> > updated WinXP online -- SP2 and everything. But it won't load
> > Internet Explorer 7 no matter what I try. Seems to load fine, but
> > then XP announces it failed to load.
>
> > Then I installed Vista on the second partition. Big failure. It
> > seems to have loaded properly, but when it tries to start all I ever
> > see are the little horizontally moving green blocks. When they close
> > and Vista says it's about to run for the first time, I hear a click
> > and the system reboots. I am offered the opportunity to start it in
> > safe mode, but even then, just when the Vista wallpaper is supposed to
> > load, the system reboots.
>
> > I've loaded the newest version of ATI's Catalyst Control Center into
> > the new WinXP installation. When I started WinXP to type this
> > message, I got the old "Catalyst control center monitoring program has
> > encountered a problem and needs to close" and "Catalyst control center
> > host application has encountered a problem and needs to close"
> > messages. And this, mind you, is on a FRESH installation of WinXP on
> > a different physical hard drive.
>
> > I've removed the TV Wonder from the system. I've removed all four 500
> > gigabyte hard drives from the system. And still it's flaky.
>
> > So ... I'm guessing I have a hardware problem. The power supply?
> > Memory? Or, what I think is the likely culprit, the Radeon video card
> > itself?
>
> > Ideas, anyone? I hate to go over to Best Buy to get a new video card,
> > but I may just give it a shot. BTW, the first time I tried to type
> > this message, the computer rebooted and I lost what I'd typed. Very
> > annoying. Help, please.
>
> > --
> > Bill Anderson
>
> > I am the Mighty Favog
> > If you want to send a private email, pls use billanderson...(a)yahoo.com
>
> Download Memtest 86 and test the memory. I've read reviews on
> Newegg.com and several other places about Crucial Ballistixs failing
> quite often. If the memory passes the tests then my bet is on the power
> supply.
>

Bob, I never did figure out how to interpret the results of Memtest
86. But I did find something called DocMemory PC Memory Diagnostic
Software that seemed to be more user friendly, for me, anyway. I
removed one stick of memory and ran Docmemory and after about 35
minutes of passing every test four times, I shut down and tried the
other stick. This time I thought DocMemory was going to blow up, as
it found more than 10,000 errors in the first 10 seconds. Switched
the sticks again, and all tests passed. Switched again, and 10,000
errors in 10 seconds. I think I may have found the problem Many
thanks for your very insightful help. I'd have invested in a video
card if you hadn't intervened.

--
Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Favog
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