Recent content by sansanatomy

hmm. well i have 2 dvd drives. garebo all i use is a regular power strip. though some of the wiring in this house (i rent) is questionable. you might be onto something there. i hope not tho.... nothing i can do about that

LOL you're telling me... i've had this problem for about 9 months.. after about $600 (or more) in new parts.. i still have it thanks for all the help and suggestions thus far fellas, i appreciate it

i dont see a smart drive function in bios also ive already rebuilt and replaced all the parts in my system. i think i explained that in my original post. the next thing i am trying is new ide cables. then im gonna swap out the power supply with a new one that i already have

maybe i should clarify - the system boots and runs fine... it just crashes. a lot. usually after a while though. like approx an hour ill check for that 'smart drive' - any idea what section of the bios it's in?

well, the RAM did not solve the problem. i am still crashing. any ideas are appreciated. thanks!

UPDATE: the new RAM has, and hasn't, solved the problem. the lockups are occuring far less frequently - about every 10 hrs now. on the last lockup, i got the 'blue screen,' with the following error message: IRQL_LESS_OR_EQUAL or something close to that upon reboot XP wanted to check my H...

also - i should note that often, a minute or few before the crash, a very loud staticy noise will come through my audio (built into the board) the motherboard is brand spakin new. i DO have a brand new power supply i can put in. i guess i'll run the memtest, and wait for the new memory i...

i did just find a folder on my H: drive called Found000. 15 gb worth of corrupt data. i'm not happy. but this isn't my boot drive, just a storage drive. still... ?

oops - i should also note, i did not replace my hard drives a few months ago when i bought new parts. they are the same ones ive had for a few years. so everything except hard drives, RAM, and the power supply was replaced.

hi, anyone who can help me figure out the cause of this problem will earn my respect and admiration! :D ok, i have a chaintech 7njl6 socket a motherboard with an athlon XP processor - i believe it's a 2200+ model im running windows XP- a few months ago my computer wouldn't even boot properly -...