Right i've had a probelm where i would frequently get a disk read error when i boot up windows, it's now decided to corrupt the hardrive. Tried a different HDD and still was getting Read errors, any one got any ideas ? ill post the spec a bit later

all can remeber its a ( im formatting it i speak)

AMD operaton 2.0 ghz
2gig Cosair ram
a nividia 8800 GTS

and the mother moderboard a shuttle made one ( i really haven't got a clue about this damn thing)

any ways i was thinking of buying a new case, mother board and processor (the rest being from the old one ) but i need this to last for a while longer.

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if its doing it to another disk as well id say the ide controller is knackerd / on its way out
or
are you over clocking btw ? not running any funny speeds on the pci bus ?

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Similar problem to what I've got. http://forum.gamecommunity.co.uk:8080/viewtopic.php?t=47449 Could be numerous things but also could be bad memory. Had the problem once before on an old computer, changed the memory and it want away. Ran Memtest? Oh yeah, I've currently got corsair as well hmmmmm...

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Im not overclocking . havn't touched the pci bus.

i've aslo tried different ram.

EDIT : i found a firmware upgarde for the shuttle Fixes several problems which are exactly in description of mine . Though these fixes arn't for my manufacturer of my hard drive hopefully they might do the trick.

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didn't do it

old man let me borrow his. He's got it running then never turned it on after.

it's some got mad stuff in it .

Operating System: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Ultimate
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Shuttle Inc
System Model: SD37V10
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 1006MB used, 7341MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Aslo got my 8800 GTS ( it was from his in the first place )

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