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Well, it won't make a country song, or will it? But here's what happened. For me to be a computer professional, sometimes I don't think they like me very much, lol. Read on...
I had an Abit system built 4 months ago, and it continuously wanted to randomly blue screen and reboot. I determined it was the Mobo, at least what else could it be? General protection fault was the error.
So, I replaced it with an Asus A7N266. fresh partition and format, installed W2K, and then shelved the system for a few weeks. Then my Tyan S2460 developed problems. So it was time to get the Asus loaded up with the stuff I use while I get my Tyan replaced with something.
Immediately, when I started loading software, I noticed that if I moved my mouse when the hourglass was on (processing), the whole system would lockup tight as a drum. All I could do was reset. I learned quickly to press the activate button on the mouse, then clear of it while it was processing. Well, while that wasn't very good, I did it anyway to avoid lockups.
Then, boom, I got a pop up window after installing one of my programs that said:
Error writing file blah blah blah, your data has been lost due to hardware error or network error. (that's the short version of message, I can't find the text I wrote out right at moment)Saying ok would produce another, and another message maybe 6-8 times before you got to a point of no popups. Then you start doing something else and it happened again. Once this happened, rebooting did nothing, the problem was there to stay.
Since I had reloaded windows 2 times, and both times this problem came back, I decided it was time for more drastic actions. So, I removed both HDs, and made the slave that I hadn't even connected during this install, the old main drive, and threw the old drive in the floor.
What do you know, after a format and load, the system has miraculously become stable now, no lockups in 2 days, and no pop up error screens.
Diagnosis- Bad Quantum Fireball HD. Live and learn.
Now, I am wondering, if the problem HD had been the Abit's problem as well, just the Abit didn't handle the error with the OS as gracefully as the Asus. Anyone? Remember, the Abit blue screened and rebooted, but the Asus gave pop up messages.
I could be proved wrong yet. But I am doubting so.
Lex
I had an Abit system built 4 months ago, and it continuously wanted to randomly blue screen and reboot. I determined it was the Mobo, at least what else could it be? General protection fault was the error.
So, I replaced it with an Asus A7N266. fresh partition and format, installed W2K, and then shelved the system for a few weeks. Then my Tyan S2460 developed problems. So it was time to get the Asus loaded up with the stuff I use while I get my Tyan replaced with something.
Immediately, when I started loading software, I noticed that if I moved my mouse when the hourglass was on (processing), the whole system would lockup tight as a drum. All I could do was reset. I learned quickly to press the activate button on the mouse, then clear of it while it was processing. Well, while that wasn't very good, I did it anyway to avoid lockups.
Then, boom, I got a pop up window after installing one of my programs that said:
Error writing file blah blah blah, your data has been lost due to hardware error or network error. (that's the short version of message, I can't find the text I wrote out right at moment)Saying ok would produce another, and another message maybe 6-8 times before you got to a point of no popups. Then you start doing something else and it happened again. Once this happened, rebooting did nothing, the problem was there to stay.
Since I had reloaded windows 2 times, and both times this problem came back, I decided it was time for more drastic actions. So, I removed both HDs, and made the slave that I hadn't even connected during this install, the old main drive, and threw the old drive in the floor.
What do you know, after a format and load, the system has miraculously become stable now, no lockups in 2 days, and no pop up error screens.
Diagnosis- Bad Quantum Fireball HD. Live and learn.
Now, I am wondering, if the problem HD had been the Abit's problem as well, just the Abit didn't handle the error with the OS as gracefully as the Asus. Anyone? Remember, the Abit blue screened and rebooted, but the Asus gave pop up messages.
I could be proved wrong yet. But I am doubting so.
Lex
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