Hey guys
This last 2 weeks ive had to return 3 hard drives to my local PC store.
Each one of them is having issues and i'm starting to think it could be a hard drive controller on the MOBO.
Whats happening is... When i install fresh XPs or Windows 7s on the hard drive windows has quite a number of errors.
At first i thought it was the CDs but then i installed windows via USB still having the same issues.
I wasnt getting errors when installing windows.. But i was getting errors when i did the sfc /scannow to check for file problems.
It kept creating error logs which were 2 MB big absolutely full of errors.
When i format the hard drives and try to install XP again it says what it normally says which is something like 'windows is preparing setup' then before the option to install windows i get a BSOD.
I mean its been saying this with 3 different new hard drives and i'd find it all really hard to believe they're all faulty!
So im now really starting to think its the MOBO. But my question is, how do i check?
Is there a fix?
If i replace the MOBO does it mean needing a new CPU too?
I have attached a photo of the error i get to here so you know the BSOD i get.
But all installations of windows whether it be XP or Windows 7 have kept giving me problems either after installing windows or problems before being able to setup windows.
All chkdsk tests pass along with WD Lifeguard diagnostic tests. Extended and quick.
Any one got any ideas?
Cheers :)
This last 2 weeks ive had to return 3 hard drives to my local PC store.
Each one of them is having issues and i'm starting to think it could be a hard drive controller on the MOBO.
Whats happening is... When i install fresh XPs or Windows 7s on the hard drive windows has quite a number of errors.
At first i thought it was the CDs but then i installed windows via USB still having the same issues.
I wasnt getting errors when installing windows.. But i was getting errors when i did the sfc /scannow to check for file problems.
It kept creating error logs which were 2 MB big absolutely full of errors.
When i format the hard drives and try to install XP again it says what it normally says which is something like 'windows is preparing setup' then before the option to install windows i get a BSOD.
I mean its been saying this with 3 different new hard drives and i'd find it all really hard to believe they're all faulty!
So im now really starting to think its the MOBO. But my question is, how do i check?
Is there a fix?
If i replace the MOBO does it mean needing a new CPU too?
I have attached a photo of the error i get to here so you know the BSOD i get.
But all installations of windows whether it be XP or Windows 7 have kept giving me problems either after installing windows or problems before being able to setup windows.
All chkdsk tests pass along with WD Lifeguard diagnostic tests. Extended and quick.
Any one got any ideas?
Cheers :)