Memtest Errors in My System

[4Ryan6]

Panda said it found a virus and a spyware in my external. The information was limited and I cannot expand the Pandas search window. It seemed though that at the very end it found 2 problems both in the file Xvid 1.1 which I have had for ages and used to play Xvid encoded video.

I manually went and deleted the file itself. Then, I quickly did another scan with the file in the recycling bin, and right in the beginning of the scan it detected stuff in my bin. I emptied the Bin and began another scan.

The last scan finished with no known issues on my external, however I will do one more scan.

Next will be to rescan my HD with the same program.

Obviously we're on two different pages here, let me know when you get back to resolving your initial issues. OK

 

[billdcat4]

I am not using the old ram

Correction would read , I am not using the new ram. I don't care that much about the second gig that could give me issues. If you say that I cannot get it to work easily in my box, then I will return them to Newegg.

I also want to add that on Friday my Logitech mx3100 wireless keyboard and mouse stopped working suddenly. This is well documented much earlier in the thread. I think something fried the wireless receiver and thus that is why they wont work in any PC. In any case, I believe that I am well within the warranty and will be able to resolve that issue easily.

THE END

 

[billdcat4]

Obviously we're on two different pages here, let me know when you get back to resolving your initial issues. OK

Pardon? My initial issues of my new ram are unfortunately the least of my problems. I want to find out now how to fix my other issues enumerated somewhere above (not far)

I was on a different page, I want to add and finalize that I dont really care about that new RAM, we have bigger fish to fry\

THE END

 

[4Ryan6]

Well my Bad, if it was me I'd want to use the additional RAM if I could but if it doesn't matter to you then so be it.

Your USB keyboard and mouse, if they won't work in another machine obviously your machine is not the problem the keyboard and mouse must be bad.

So is the new video card out of the issues also?

So you may be experiencing trouble from your first RAM errors and just need to do a repair reinstall to resolve the WinXp problems.

 

[billdcat4]

Well my Bad, if it was me I'd want to use the additional RAM if I could but if it doesn't matter to you then so be it.

Your USB keyboard and mouse, if they won't work in another machine obviously your machine is not the problem the keyboard and mouse must be bad.

Thank you so much for getting in subject.

I acknowledge that my keyboard and mouse, or their separate receiver must be fried.

However, I do not know for sure if the new video card or its drivers are out of the spotlight, in fact I never touched anything in that region since the big upgrade on Thursday.

So you may be experiencing trouble from your first RAM errors and just need to do a repair reinstall to resolve the WinXp problems.

I dont understand, are you saying that just because my system received memtest errors from that first test, that it could have somehow convinced my Windows installation that it wasnt good enough for me? Im not trying to make fun of your suggestions, its just that I really dont know what you are trying to suggest.

Peace out

 

[billdcat4]

Now there Is one last issue to take care of before I do my repair/reinstall

Should I use my old video card and sound card or my new stuff?

I hope my new stuff, but what is the best idea?

 

[4Ryan6]

So you may be experiencing trouble from your first RAM errors and just need to do a repair reinstall to resolve the WinXp problems.

I dont understand, are you saying that just because my system received memtest errors from that first test, that it could have somehow convinced my Windows installation that it wasnt good enough for me? Im not trying to make fun of your suggestions, its just that I really dont know what you are trying to suggest.

Peace out

Memtest wasn't the only thing you ran according to the beginning of this thread.

I upgraded my PC last night with an eVGA 7900gs (from an ATI X800GT/SE 128mb), a bluegears sound card, and a second pair of 512mb DIMMS of DDR2 PC2-4200 533mhz RAM. That brought my ram from the dell supplied 1gb (2x512mb) of the same type of RAM, to 2gb(4x512mb). I just want to make sure that that is clear.

I ran 3dMark 06 and 05 on my system. Before upgrading, my score in 3Dmark 05 was 3584, whereas after upgrading it was 6941, a 93% increase in performance. So that sounds appropriate, correct? I then ran 3Dmark06 which my previous configuration did not possess the minimum requirements for. My scores were:
3dmark 06 nvidia
4002 3dmarks
sm2.0 1827
hdr sm3.0 1813
cpu 952

I then ran F.E.A.R. with no patches installed, at the autodetect settings, with only the resolution increased to 1600x1200. It ran phenomenally, although I did not benchmark it, I assume that the framerates were between 40 and 55 fps. This also does not indicate any issues, as far as I can tell.

Well, I should probably say that my system is a Dell XPS Gen 3 with an intel 925x based mobo, and powered by a P4 Prescott 540 3.2ghz 32bit CPU with Hyperthreading (currently turned on.)

I never ran memtest on my PC before last night. Last night I ran memtest86 on my system. It took approximately 35 minutes to complete the first pass. In test 7 it detected 11 errors. Included is the photo that I took of the screen, I apologize for the dark tint, but I need more experience with that camera.

Seems to me you'd run 3D mark 05 and 06, played some F.E.A.R and not telling what else before you decided to run memtest and discover all that time you were running RAM that was producing errors, well what do you think those original errors, were corrupting? Everything you opened and ran, including Windows.

So beside repairing Windows, you'll probably have to uninstall 3D Mark 05 and 06 and reinstall them and possibly F.E.A.R., a Windows repair only repairs Windows not the other screwed up software. Understand.

 

[4Ryan6]

Now there Is one last issue to take care of before I do my repair/reinstall

Should I use my old video card and sound card or my new stuff?

I hope my new stuff, but what is the best idea?

I see no reason why the new soundcard and video card cannot be used, just make sure the old video and sound drivers are removed.

 

[billdcat4]

OMG thanks....

eems to me you'd run 3D mark 05 and 06, played some F.E.A.R and not telling what else before you decided to run memtest and discover all that time you were running RAM that was producing errors, well what do you think those original errors, were corrupting? Everything you opened and ran, including Windows.

So beside repairing Windows, you'll probably have to uninstall 3D Mark 05 and 06 and reinstall them and possibly F.E.A.R., a Windows repair only repairs Windows not the other screwed up software. Understand.

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling both 3dmark 05 and 06 at least 3 times. One guy suggested that it could just be that the install files were corrupted. If what you say is true... then that could be the case.

Well I certainly will uninstall F.E.A.R. right away as well as 3dmark 05 and 06.

I gtg eat ill be back in 15-20min

 

[4Ryan6]

OMG thanks....


eems to me you'd run 3D mark 05 and 06, played some F.E.A.R and not telling what else before you decided to run memtest and discover all that time you were running RAM that was producing errors, well what do you think those original errors, were corrupting? Everything you opened and ran, including Windows.

So beside repairing Windows, you'll probably have to uninstall 3D Mark 05 and 06 and reinstall them and possibly F.E.A.R., a Windows repair only repairs Windows not the other screwed up software. Understand.

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling both 3dmark 05 and 06 at least 3 times. One guy suggested that it could just be that the install files were corrupted. If what you say is true... then that could be the case.

Well I certainly will uninstall F.E.A.R. right away as well as 3dmark 05 and 06.

I gtg eat ill be back in 15-20min


I would repair Windows first, then worry about the other programs, Windows is your main concern if its corrupted, the other programs may work after a Windows reinstall if you've already uninstalled and reinstalled them.

Repair Windows first, then worry about the other software!

 

[billdcat4]

Okay then Im back now.

I will now follow your instructions and attempt to do a repair on windows.

Here goes nothing.

 

[billdcat4]

I believe that the repair went ok.

My CD is from august 04 though and SP1.
During the part of the repair where it goes thru several steps and the winxp is good for ... messages come up
at that time my screen flashed black maybe 20 times for a second or two at a time.

I got into WinXP now... the res is 800x600 (as opposed to my native 16x12)

I got 3 messages on startup: A bubble from winupdate telling me that its out of date: OK duh..

b) DAEMON TOOLS (cd/dvd virtualization app) tells me that it requires at least Win2k with SPTD 1.37 or higher. Kernel debugger must be deactivated.
Should I click OK?

Also: Spybot came up telling me that a system startup user entry value changed: ctfmon.exe
should I allow or deny this change? I would assume allow.

 

[4Ryan6]

I believe that the repair went ok.

My CD is from august 04 though and SP1.
During the part of the repair where it goes thru several steps and the winxp is good for ... messages come up
at that time my screen flashed black maybe 20 times for a second or two at a time.

I got into WinXP now... the res is 800x600 (as opposed to my native 16x12)

I got 3 messages on startup: A bubble from winupdate telling me that its out of date: OK duh..

b) DAEMON TOOLS (cd/dvd virtualization app) tells me that it requires at least Win2k with SPTD 1.37 or higher. Kernel debugger must be deactivated.
Should I click OK?

Also: Spybot came up telling me that a system startup user entry value changed: ctfmon.exe
should I allow or deny this change? I would assume allow.

The first thing you'll need to do now is go to Windows Update and update the computer.

All previous updates are gone, so take care of that now.

 

[4Ryan6]

Right Click the desktop in a clear area to access the properties to change the resolution of the screen.

 

[billdcat4]

Ok then but what about the other popups? I have not touched the PC yet. I want your specific input on this for each action I take.

 

[billdcat4]

Okay doing that now (changed screen's res)
still waiting for input on what to do about the 2 popups

 

[billdcat4]

a serious issue: i have 2 icons on the bottom where the clock is
both identical telling me I have no connection in either wired or wifi
usually I use my wifi card linksys wmp54g to connect to the internet
I go to start menu then connect to: click on wireless network connection
Brings up an empty window with only a cancel button not grayed out

something wrong with windows recognizing my wifi card

help

 

[Dave_McMahon]

Wow this thread is annoying me.

First time got a headache for sommat that's not my prob!

ok (i know this ground has been covered i'm thinking out loud)

1, check the grounding of your power cable! and check your getting 110V or 230V (you sound like a yank! so is prob 110V!

2, Check your PSU run it to full load (prime 95 or similar) and GPU (maybe 3dmark.......) then check you have close to 5V between Red and Black on molex and close to 12V between Yellow and Black on a molex)

3, Get a hoover (Vacum cleaner) and whilst touching the end on the Case (For anti-static) get every single last bit of dust OUT) (it took me three times once)

4, Get the system back to Factory settings (i.e orig hardware and orig windows/OEM drivers etc (DONT connect to the Internet) Backup your Cat pictures to USB/CD/DVD etc

5, Run the mem test with the modules in single and dual channel mode

6, if passes then add the new mem and re-test PSU and memtest

7, as above but add your GPU

8, use Autopatcher to get your updates without connecting to the internet (use your laptop to Download)

9, do the same for zone alarm, Spyware blaster and Spybot S&D

10, connect to internet and update Spyware blaster and S&D and run windows update for the ones Autopatcher missed etc (Run Autopatcher several times after the reboots)

11, run a Hot 3d Game and check PSU.

12, maybe replace Northbridge Heatsink (Maybe DELL was good enough for the old GPU but not the new one?????????)

13, Good luck!!!

 

[billdcat4]

I will now insert the Linkys's Card's driver CD in and attempt to reinstall those drivers.

Wish me luck
I would feel better if I didnt feel so alone

 

[4Ryan6]

Right Click the My Computer Icon

Select Properties

Select Hardware Tab

Select Device Manager

Check in Device Manager to see if the Network is Installed, if not install it.

 

[billdcat4]

effing great, i will do as you say now..

dont leave yet i could use your help

 

[billdcat4]

Check in Device Manager to see if the Network is Installed, if not install it.

I already was on that page, it recognizes my card just fine with its drivers and all, its just that it refuses to allow me the regular winxp wireless network connect feature.

It gives me no ability to connect to the internet now. I will attempt to reinstall the drivers from the original reinstall CD

 

[Dave_McMahon]

Please tell me if i helped!

A good book called Upgrading and Repairing pc's might help (Very good)

 

[billdcat4]

Im sorry to say that your comment is about 4 hours outdated

please get on the current subject at hand

 

[4Ryan6]

Your problems now should be simply step by step reinstall of anything the Windows CD didn't have drivers for, we're talking hardware here, Device Manager will tag with yellow or red anything needing drivers.

All prior software programs will work as before, unless they were corrupted, then an uninstall and reinstall of just the corrupted programs will resolve the issue.