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Helped a friend troubleshoot problems with a winxp/k7s5a system.
Registry recovery messages were quite common on startup (but XP would
indicate the files were recovered from backup or logs). Also had
other weird program errors and failures. CPU/Memory tests showed
things looked OK. Finally pulled out a new HD and attempted to
install XP on the new HD, and failures occurred reading the XP CD (2
different CDs I might add). Tried another CDROM and had similar
problems. Drive Fitness tests all passed for his primary drive (IBM
40 gig Deathstar drive, my first suspect). Finally, I swapped the
mobo with a spare I owned (and was gonna use soon) and found that
fixed the problem. It appears the IDE interface was causing
intermittent problems/failures. I suspected the IDE interface when a
backup program reported CRC errors reading his 2nd HD (a WD 40 gig HD)
where his HD backups were stored.
Anyone else seen this type of failure with a k7s5a?
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Best regards,
Kyle
Helped a friend troubleshoot problems with a winxp/k7s5a system.
Registry recovery messages were quite common on startup (but XP would
indicate the files were recovered from backup or logs). Also had
other weird program errors and failures. CPU/Memory tests showed
things looked OK. Finally pulled out a new HD and attempted to
install XP on the new HD, and failures occurred reading the XP CD (2
different CDs I might add). Tried another CDROM and had similar
problems. Drive Fitness tests all passed for his primary drive (IBM
40 gig Deathstar drive, my first suspect). Finally, I swapped the
mobo with a spare I owned (and was gonna use soon) and found that
fixed the problem. It appears the IDE interface was causing
intermittent problems/failures. I suspected the IDE interface when a
backup program reported CRC errors reading his 2nd HD (a WD 40 gig HD)
where his HD backups were stored.
Anyone else seen this type of failure with a k7s5a?
--
Best regards,
Kyle