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Originally Posted by bobb1589
error checking can miss problems with hard drives
http://www.memtest86.com/ download that and then use IMGBurn to burn it to a CD and boot from it. (this will test your memory. memory rarely goes bad, but it is possible)
Do you get any beeps when you start up the computer?
What Brand / Model computer is it?
Your MoBo could be bad too. (Does your MoBo have an error log in the system setup?) |
I do not get any beeps currently. I did before which led me to replacing the motherboard watch battery. I'll attempt to do this memory check again, but like I said, I tried swapping both sticks in different slots and configurations with no difference. I would find is extremely odd that both sticks failed. I'll still give it a shot though.
The computer is a custom build from a company still in business (Cyberpower PC). The system ran without fault since 2004+ up until about 6 months ago after it got a nasty virus (my fault).
I think it may be the motherboard but if thats the case then I might just say screw it. I'm sure it would not be too difficult to track down an old motherboard but I ask if it's worth it...I dunno.
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Originally Posted by pound
Well if you pulled out the drive and you still have the same problem then its not the drive. Do you have any spare parts to swap around? video card, mobo, proc, etc. That's really the only way to rule out what the issue is now. I used to have about 2 or 3 computers worth of spare parts which really came in handy when stuff like this came up.
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I purchased a new video card when I thought the last one took a dump. I was getting video out of it no problem but now I get vertical multi-colored bars on the screen. Switched back to the old video card which does actually work and everything is fine.