Problems with motherboard

[Craig]

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Hi,
I have been having troubles with my motherboard.
Half Life 2 won't start - it gives a memory read error and sometimes a
memory write error and then crashes.
Trackmania Sunrise Demo won't install - it just says that the source is
corrupt - I have re-copied and I have also tested on another machine and
it's fine on another machine - so it's the PC messing it up not a
corrupt source.
Alot of programs also give that error when installing - I have to keep
pressings retry for it to go through which is very annoying.

Also, when I installed Windows I had alot of troubles. Windows said it
related to memory - they also gave a fix which I ran. It worked but
during the install it completley froze and I had to turn the computer
off.

I had to do the fix many times before it went through and worked
properly.

When I got into Windows the first thing I did was install SP2 - that all
went fine.
When I got back into Windows after the reboot my theme files weren't
working and I had to apply the uxtheme.dll patch to view the XP style.

I have tested my memory in another machine and all was fine, I have also
tested my hard drive.

So that only really leaves the motherboard and CPU that could be faulty.

So I RMAed my motherboard and CPU and they are going back as soon as
possible for checking and replcement.

I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what was
causing the problems?

Was it the CPU or the motherboard?

Hope somebody can help me!

Cheers
Craig

 

[Guest]

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"Craig" <pcfanatics@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns963222CCD256pcfanaticsgmailcom@217.32.252.50...
> Hi,
> I have been having troubles with my motherboard.
> Half Life 2 won't start - it gives a memory read error and sometimes a
> memory write error and then crashes.
> Trackmania Sunrise Demo won't install - it just says that the source is
> corrupt - I have re-copied and I have also tested on another machine and
> it's fine on another machine - so it's the PC messing it up not a
> corrupt source.
> Alot of programs also give that error when installing - I have to keep
> pressings retry for it to go through which is very annoying.
>
> Also, when I installed Windows I had alot of troubles. Windows said it
> related to memory - they also gave a fix which I ran. It worked but
> during the install it completley froze and I had to turn the computer
> off.
>
> I had to do the fix many times before it went through and worked
> properly.
>
> When I got into Windows the first thing I did was install SP2 - that all
> went fine.
> When I got back into Windows after the reboot my theme files weren't
> working and I had to apply the uxtheme.dll patch to view the XP style.
>
> I have tested my memory in another machine and all was fine, I have also
> tested my hard drive.
>
> So that only really leaves the motherboard and CPU that could be faulty.
>
> So I RMAed my motherboard and CPU and they are going back as soon as
> possible for checking and replcement.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what was
> causing the problems?
>
> Was it the CPU or the motherboard?
>
> Hope somebody can help me!
>
> Cheers
> Craig

Google for MEMTEST 86. Download and run it. Even though your memory worked
on another machine, it seems faulty.

 

[Craig]

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"PWY" <pyork22@*mail.com> wrote in
news:TSu5e.26640$9v2.929111@twister.southeast.rr.com:

>
> "Craig" <pcfanatics@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns963222CCD256pcfanaticsgmailcom@217.32.252.50...
>> Hi,
>> I have been having troubles with my motherboard.
>> Half Life 2 won't start - it gives a memory read error and sometimes
>> a memory write error and then crashes.
>> Trackmania Sunrise Demo won't install - it just says that the source
>> is corrupt - I have re-copied and I have also tested on another
>> machine and it's fine on another machine - so it's the PC messing it
>> up not a corrupt source.
>> Alot of programs also give that error when installing - I have to
>> keep pressings retry for it to go through which is very annoying.
>>
>> Also, when I installed Windows I had alot of troubles. Windows said
>> it related to memory - they also gave a fix which I ran. It worked
>> but during the install it completley froze and I had to turn the
>> computer off.
>>
>> I had to do the fix many times before it went through and worked
>> properly.
>>
>> When I got into Windows the first thing I did was install SP2 - that
>> all went fine.
>> When I got back into Windows after the reboot my theme files weren't
>> working and I had to apply the uxtheme.dll patch to view the XP
>> style.
>>
>> I have tested my memory in another machine and all was fine, I have
>> also tested my hard drive.
>>
>> So that only really leaves the motherboard and CPU that could be
>> faulty.
>>
>> So I RMAed my motherboard and CPU and they are going back as soon as
>> possible for checking and replcement.
>>
>> I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what was
>> causing the problems?
>>
>> Was it the CPU or the motherboard?
>>
>> Hope somebody can help me!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Craig
>
> Google for MEMTEST 86. Download and run it. Even though your memory
> worked on another machine, it seems faulty.
>
>

I did run memtest86+ all night, it found no errors.
Thanks for help anyways.
I have sent my CPU and motherboard back for them to replace whichever's
faulty.
Craig.