CRC Error when installing programs from disc or virtual drives

Jebus Slaves

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Hi everyone,

I have been for a couple of years now getting CRC errors and disk/file read errors and other error types associated with installation failures from CD-ROM but primarily from virtual drives when trying to install games and software. I have had to resort to installing them on my laptop then copying the installed files onto an USB/HD and then copying them onto my PC.

I have looked up why I keep getting cyclic redundancy checks and have not found a solution yet. I also notice when I try to unpack zipped files with WinZip or 7Zip on my PC they get read errors, but the same files unpacked on my laptop are successfully unpacked.

My current PC system is:

GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3 motherboard

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9650

Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2 8500 1066 MHz DDR2

1TB seagate HDD

GPU GeForce GTX 280

PSU Powercooler PS-880EM 850W

On a side note, I ran a memory test, as I have also been getting BOD for about the same time, and it turns out one of the RAM sticks are faulty. I am not sure if this has anything to do with the associated disc/file reading errors?
 

Jebus Slaves

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Hi I ran memtest right through all 10 tests, it appears it keeps looping and adding more errors to each test. It is attributed to one stick as I ran the test with one stick in each time. If I purchase new RAM will this solve the CRC error and disk/file read errors that I have been getting?
 

New ram will very likely solve all the problems. CRC errors are typical result of faulty ram, because ever single byte moved around in you PC is written to ram first.
 

Jebus Slaves

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Cheers for the reply, much appreciated. I just purchased some RAM [G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500 1066MHz CL6], when I install it, I will attempt to install some of the programs I had trouble with prior.