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He told me that I had bad sectors on my hard disk.And its reason was that my phone line would remain inside my modem even after I had disconnected my internet.Its true,my phone line remains in the modem 24/7.And he told me that there had been some sudden jolt to the BIOs that moved them.And that's why Windows XP wouldn't get loaded.And at first he told me Windows XP wouldn't work and he installed Windows 98.And asked me to visit his shop to take my system back.He also told me to get my BIOs right from a bigger shop if I wanna run Windows XP.When I visited it he told me that somehow the BIOs got OK again suddenly and then he told me Windows XP are now installed.After that I got my computer back...that's all that happened.If you think he's a fruit cake,tell me cuz I love kicking butts of Techs lol!:D
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::hide-beh
"Close all watertight doors...............flood to 650...........full left rudder.........rig for silent running"
There are three BIOSes on a depth charge run?
Gore old chap, what is it that you seem to see that I do not :D
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ali1 - It's great that you got your computer up and working again.
However, when you have badsectors on your HDD they are known to get worse over time. You should from now be extra careful and make more backups of important data. Otherwise you might lose stuff again when you try to build up all of your files again. I myself had 2 HDD failures in a row not to long ago, and I lost a lot of my personal stuff. Luckily I had some backups, and a USB 2.0 HDD that I saved lots of stuff to after the first failure, but I still lost a lot of time and productivity dealing with those issues.
His explanation is valid (minus the HDD spinning from the jolt). Power-surges can do damage if you don't have a power-surge/spike protector for your AC outlets and Telephone lines. Usually this can be a damaged modem or powersupply, but I don't know how far the damage would spread (ie to the BIOS or anything). The badsectors on your HDD are probably not related to the original problems though. Those usually develop on their own. They can also happen if your Computer's PowerSupply unit devlivers an unsteady 12volt voltage to the HDD, but many HDDs can deal with some fluctuation. His installing Windows 98 was probably good luck. Usually if you can install one OS, you can install another. Probably his first attempt had problems, but when he reset and decided to try Windows 98 something inside of the computer fixed itself and Windows 98 worked, where if he tried it the first time it wouldn't have. Still, he had a good explanation so that most people would feel they understand, and that is what counts in tech repair/service.
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I will make one observation only:
NT/2K/XP = NTFS
9x = FAT
I have no further comments
Meow
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I've this problem too, even more during i'm installing game and during playing com game. it 's concerns with my sound card, after I update my sound card driver, then there is no more problem.
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I have just fixed my system, and would like to apologise to Ali1 for the thread hi-jack, and to thank nihil for the input, since I fitted the new 2.4 g AMD cpu, plus a correctly sized cooler ?? all is well. However, I cannot get the system to recognise the cpu as 2.4 ? clock speed is at 100M, and I thought that if cpu clock @100M, then if you set the core / bus ratio to, say, 14, that the chip would be a 1.4. am having a problem getting the system to see anything but a 1.5G cpu at the mo. it is running at 50*C. Any help would be most appreciated !!!!!!!!
ps. this is NOT th efirst cpu at 2.4 to be tried ?? have already fried one ? and at £70 each, it is not an expense I can accomodate.
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A bit off topic - P4 chips are more expensive than their AMD equivalents, but P4 chips will not fry themselves. The P4 chip itself has a basic thermal monitor, so regardless of what your motherboard/cooling fan is doing, the P4 chip itself will shutdown if it gets too hot.
I've actually seen this happen, as the motherboard was too slow to respond to a cooling fan failure. Nothing wrong with 50C - well within limits for AMD & P4's.
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Ali1............run scandisk with a full surface scan and the advanced settings checked so it produces a log. That should tell you if you really have any damaged sectors.
If you do, you really ought to think about a new HDD.
On reflection I think that the "sudden jolt" that your technician was referring to was a power surge. If the modem and phone line are involved then it would be an EMP (electro magnetic pulse) this would most probably be caused by lightning......had you had a thunderstorm? I find this very unusual though as I have only seen this fry the modem.....I would have expected the MoBo to be next, not the HDD?
You should also get a surge protector for your power supply.
Darkes.................absolutely correct a P4 is difficult to fry, but a lot more expensive.
Foxy, your clock speed is wrong!!! It should be 133Mhz. You need to find the true speed of your processor which I think is about 2Ghz (BE CAREFUL you must get this right). The TRUE processor speed divided by the clock speed gives you the ratio. At 100MHz you have it set up as a Duron :(
EDIT: Remember that Durons are rated at their true clockspeed whereas Athlons are at "performance rating" which is much higher than the actual speed of the chip. You must use the actual or true speed to calculate the multiplier ratio.
OK I have just checked AMDs site, the XP2400+ runs at 2.0GHz and should have a multiplier of 15 and will go up to 85c
You need to be sure that the MoBo will support 133/266. Some are default set to 100/200 in case you put a Duron in them ;)
Cheers
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Nihil,there isn't Scan Disk in Windows XP Pro.
And the technician didn't tell me my hard disk got bad sectors because of the jolt.it were the BIOs that got affected by the jolt.He told me that because my phone line's always connected to the computer,I can get a virus.However I don't think it makes sense,I mean,when my computer's off,how could I get a virus?Also,when I'm not connected to the internet,how could I get a virus that's being spread through the internet?
