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07-05-2010, 03:36 AM #26Disabled
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He want one with a 8mb catch
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07-05-2010, 07:24 AM #27Junior Guru Wannabe
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It will probably be better, and cheaper to buy a new computer, rather than pay for experts, etc.
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07-05-2010, 07:29 AM #28Disabled
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07-24-2010, 11:21 PM #29Newbie
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yeah buy a new pc.. everything is constantly changing and soon that pc will be heavily effected by it.. youll be glad you did in the long run.
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12-30-2010, 05:59 PM #30Web Hosting Master
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Hmm, it's happening again. I did install some new memory a month or so ago, and I'm running chkdsk to see if it finds anything again.
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12-30-2010, 06:55 PM #31Junior Guru Wannabe
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i would suggest useing a program called HD-Tune to check for any bad sectors and to see your benchmark read / write speeds. Combined, that will check the health of your HDD. if you think its the RAM, use a program called Mem-Test. If everything passes it could be related to your OS. if you have any more problems let me know.
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12-30-2010, 08:23 PM #32WS Developer
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buy a new hardrive
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12-30-2010, 10:51 PM #33Web Hosting Master
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chkdsk /f /r found nothing.
HD-Tune found 3 unstable pending sectors, for which HD-Tune shows a warning status. The write error rate is also 3, for which it says the status is OK..
The benchmark says minimum transfer rate is 10.5mb/s, maximum is 56.6 for read.
Temperature is 49 degrees C.
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12-30-2010, 11:09 PM #34Web Hosting Master
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01-02-2011, 12:42 AM #35Web Hosting Master
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I ran chkdsk again, and again it found nothing. But HD-Tune still showed the same issues as before. The hard drive is a Western Digital, so I downloaded WD's diagnostic tool. It found one or more errors that couldn't be corrected, so ... drumroll please... I decided to spring for a new hard drive.
Hopefully, that'll be the end of this issue. From what I found in searches for my old hard drive model number, this behavior is consistent with a gradual failure. If the $43 for a new hard drive gets me another year or two on this old computer, I'm happy.
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01-02-2011, 01:35 AM #36Web Hosting Master
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[GB ≠ GiB] [MB ≠ MiB] [kB ≠ kiB] [1000 ≠ 1024] [Giga ≠ gram] [Mega ≠ milli] [Kelvin ≠ kilo] [Byte ≠ bit]
There is no millibit. There is no gram-bit. There is no Kelvin-Byte.0
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01-02-2011, 02:04 AM #37Web Hosting Evangelist
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I'd recommend you buy yourself a new computer. Not worth putting $$ into the system every month just to keep it running.
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01-02-2011, 11:00 AM #38Web Hosting Master
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[GB ≠ GiB] [MB ≠ MiB] [kB ≠ kiB] [1000 ≠ 1024] [Giga ≠ gram] [Mega ≠ milli] [Kelvin ≠ kilo] [Byte ≠ bit]
There is no millibit. There is no gram-bit. There is no Kelvin-Byte.0
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01-02-2011, 04:26 PM #39Web Hosting Master
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I like old things. Economically, it usually makes sense. My car is older than this computer!
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01-08-2011, 09:11 PM #40Newbie
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If the computer is old, buy a cheap hard drive
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01-17-2011, 03:50 AM #41Newbie
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If you are having a hard time to cope with the speed of your computer,the sound, the modem, etc. then it is now the right time to buy a new one since computers nowadays are less expensive than before. Right?
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01-17-2011, 05:51 AM #42Junior Guru Wannabe
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Its better to replace hard drive.
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01-28-2011, 10:13 AM #43WHT Addict
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best way is buy a new computer. because by changing hard disk drive your problem may not solve.
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01-30-2011, 03:48 AM #44Web Hosting Master
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depends on your needs and pocket power actually, if the hardware previously (when all was well) worked fine , buy a hard drive else a new pc.
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01-31-2011, 04:23 PM #45Web Hosting Master
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Hi,
I hope its bad idea to purchase a new system. You can purchase only a new hard disk for yourself.0
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03-16-2011, 10:18 PM #46Web Hosting Master
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Just to update, the new hard drive has been fine. A couple of weeks ago, I started getting excess heat errors/shutdowns. The fan had died. I bought a replacement fan for $3, and I'm good to go again.
For a guy who's no hardware expert, it's been fun to open up the box and install these. The new fan came as a complete assembly with a new heat sink - but it was slightly different from the old one, and wouldn't fit. So I took off the new sink, attached the old one to it after a cleaning, and as I think the Canadians say, Bob's your uncle.0
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03-17-2011, 01:51 AM #47Temporarily Suspended
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I would buy a new computer. these days they are cheap and you can get a good deal at walmart or some place like that for a great system. so then its is updated and working perfect for ya.
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03-17-2011, 12:44 PM #48the sauce boss
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buy an SSD, or setup an SSD RAID.
I just setup a new workstation with a corsair force 120gb raid 0. It's well worth the extra moneyGorillaServers Inc | Direct Unmetered Dedicated Servers0
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04-21-2011, 09:30 AM #49Disabled
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I would also recommend for new PC. It will be good for a longer time and you will be tension free from day to day repairing.
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