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Solve : Odd problem -- impossible to diagnose? |
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Answer» At least, not with anything I KNOW of. At least, not with anything I know of. Straight off the top of my head, this sounds like hardware, HDD or RAM, or conceivably PSU. Thermal related, a RAM module not quite snug when cold but OK a minute later as it warms?, a loose power connector maybe to a disk drive, a damaged or loose IDE/SATA cable, that sort of thing. At least I would try to eliminate each thing. There is a program called Memtest that can test your RAM for errors. Also I'd do a thorough Scandisk on my boot drive. Are you saying that now and then the first boot of the day throws a bsod when you get to the Windows XP splash with the animated blue bar? Right at the start of that, or part way through? And after that later boots are OK? Is there anything in the Event Log (Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Event Viewer) that ties in with the times it happens? If it happens after the event logging service is started up, there may be clues in there. A certain service or driver EVERY time, comparing logs of good boots with logs of bad ones? A warning such as "disk error"? Maybe even a summary of the bsod message. Event ID 6009 seems to be the first thing recorded, then you can see later events until the bsod maybe... I would certainly have a look around inside the caseOh well, one of my guesses was right. People do say Maxtors run hot. I had one bite the dust a few months back, it had a partition for my XP swap file, it wasn't until it started clicking at any swap activity and freezing the machine that I came out of hardware-failure-denial. The event log was full of red "error" icons. I'm on mother's lappy right now. I need a new hdd, looking at Seagates. 350 GB for $75. Not bad. I really don't need that much space, but I can't find anything smaller. Crap, I'm gonna be out a *very* nice computer for a few weeks.Yipee! 300 GB SATA formatting as I speak! I'll be back on the Net in a day or TWO. Oy. I am a living Windows "Est. Time Left" counter. I always overestimate. I'm back on the Net, all old protections up and running. Time to see if I can slave my old hdd and get files off of it, then it's history. Anyone know a good way to destroy an old hdd so noone takes the data? Quote from: Dilbert on August 18, 2007, 04:58:36 PM Oy. I am a living Windows "Est. Time Left" counter. I always overestimate. I'm back on the Net, all old protections up and running. Time to see if I can slave my old hdd and get files off of it, then it's history. Is that Peter Noone you're worried about? Out of Herman's Hermits? No one ELSE? Uh... wha? No, I just don't want anyone else getting their hands on my stuff. Ah, forget it. BB gun works well. I'm getting the data off that old hdd now. I have no further use for a dying 200GB hdd when my new one is another 100 GB yet, but I'd rather not have personal data in the hands of strangers as I chuck this. Quote from: Dilbert on August 18, 2007, 05:18:16 PM Uh... wha? You wrote "noone" when I think you meant "no one". Peter Noone was a famous 1960s singer in a band called Herman's Hermits, and his name is usually brought up by *censored* spelling professors in such circumstances. They're fun to take apart...smash with a sledgehammer...melt in a blast furnace etc. etc.Quote from: patio on August 19, 2007, 07:46:18 AM They're fun to take apart...smash with a sledgehammer...melt in a blast furnace etc. etc. I believe the CIA procedure for the most sensitive data involves melting the platters in a crucible in front of witnesses. |
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