Choong: My suggestions:
1) You may have a boot sector virus, or perhaps some other wacky software has installed data or code in your master boot record (on the C: drive). Some programs use copy protection schemes that do this - recent versions of Intuit's TurboTax programs do this, and it's caused problems for some of their users. Unfortunately, re-formatting does not necessarily overwrite the master boot record. To do this, you need to use the fdisk.exe program like this "fdisk /mbr". I can't recall if you have to supply a drive letter to the fdisk command. Be sure your data is backed up BEFORE you do this. 2) In your PC's, you may have mismatched RAM types. With so many BIOS settings, speeds and types of RAM out there, it's easy to get RAM that is not really the correct type or speed for your PC. I've seen RAM that is marked as PC133 that would not work in PC133 slots, but worked fine in PC100 slots. The memtest86 program (it's free) will tell you how reliable your PC's RAM is. Get it at www.memtest86.com I've used memtest86 to find problems in several PCs that people assumed were software problems. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Choong Keat Yian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ""Protel EDA Forum"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Analysing... > Been there,done that.I even formatted my pc and reinstall it and it still come with those random Error and "Fatal Attraction" dialoque.Been done with fresh installed WinXP on 3 other different machine too,its all the same.I have tried to use RegClean to do the job too,its all the same.There is no guarantee of the same nature but the style of the problem of crash is the same.I believe in my last call when i reformat my own pc and then run Protel 99SE,well its all the same and i consider my lucky only when for somehow it work till my job finished. > > Choong > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >I would definitely try running Regclean to clean up your windows registry - > >seems to alleviate most random crashing. You can find it using an internet > >search. > > > >David Watling > > > __________________________________________________________________ > McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. > Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 > > Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! > http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
