power supply might be suspect. Hows the wall voltage ? fp At 05:35 AM 1/16/2009, Victor Subervi Poked the stick with: >Hi; > >I had to replace my motherboard and toss out a hard drive because of this >problem, and now it seems to be repeating itself! The HD I currently am >using I've used for many years with no problem (the other one was a 2nd HD). >The problem is mainly around having the checksum not check on boot and >having to reset the BIOS settings to the default. On my old motherboard, it >would do it every so often, and then the problem got worse and worse and >suddenly the machine wouldn't boot and I had to buy a new motherboard. This >problem with the BIOS has only happened once so far on the new board, but it >also created other problems, including screwing up at least one driver in my >audio system (it appears to be part of the Windoze bundle) and asking me if >I want to register MS Word (after it had been installed for months). Another >wierd problem is that I can't get Python to work with browsers (everything >else works fine). Wierd, wierd, wierd. But I don't want to shell out more >money on motherboards! > >These problems began with the old motherboard when I installed the new HD, >which I have tossed, so I was surprised when they continued with the new >motherboard, since I had assumed the old HD was responsible. Now, at the >same time I installed the old HD, I also began using a thumb drive, so I >wonder if it could be the source of the problem? It's a ScanDisc U3 >Launchpad Version 1,1,0,2 Device Version 2.18 ADAPI Version 4.4.0.47 >Unicode. > >I have Windoze XP, an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz, hard drive WDC >WD800LB-60DNA1, CD TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J, motherboard is a Foxconn, >Phoenix AwardBIOS. Why be more specific on the motherboard when it screwed >up the same way on a completely different one? Didn't want to open the box >for that. Ideas? > >TIA, > >Victor
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