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Xenokai
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_ 		1. November 2006 @ 19:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I traded my pc and i just wanna test it. the ram seemd to work fine with it like you all said. I know theres somthing wrong with the harddrive but my the pc has a 3 year geek squad warranty (hope they still cover it after you add stuff) Anyway i wanted to full test everything on this pc and see how what and which piece of hardware is working fine. any suggestions?
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200 Gig Harddrive 7200RPM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 512meg(PCI-E)
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marsey99
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 03:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i am sure one of these might do the job,

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_memory.html

or this one will do the lot, i think,

http://www.testmem.nm.ru/snm.zip

speedfan will tell you the basics about your harddrive
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Xenokai
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 07:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hmmmm are those programs safe? I know they prob are but i had programs that install into dos >.> i always get a virus that way. Is the a better program?
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HP AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz
1.5 Gig DDR SDRAM PC3200
200 Gig Harddrive 7200RPM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 512meg(PCI-E)
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
marsey99
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 08:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
iv used testmem(the second one) without problems, it also has a full system test(called s+m) that runs from within windows
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Xenokai
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_ 		7. November 2006 @ 23:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i tryed that program and it scanned everything. It scanned the HDD which took awhile. i left it on the default settings. But i donno if it was ok? i never seen a status result screen. It scanned the surface is that where it should of found problems?
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HP AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz
1.5 Gig DDR SDRAM PC3200
200 Gig Harddrive 7200RPM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 512meg(PCI-E)
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
ddp
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_ 		8. November 2006 @ 06:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
download from hd manufacturer their diagnostic software.
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Xenokai
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_ 		8. November 2006 @ 07:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i did that and ran the disk at system bootup but im not sure if it found any problems because after it got done it didnt show any results lol I fig it would find somthing since the HDD makes a loud click every so often =/
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HP AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz
1.5 Gig DDR SDRAM PC3200
200 Gig Harddrive 7200RPM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 512meg(PCI-E)
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Xenokai
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_ 		8. November 2006 @ 21:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what does it do if it finds problems?
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HP AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz
1.5 Gig DDR SDRAM PC3200
200 Gig Harddrive 7200RPM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 512meg(PCI-E)
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
ddp
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_ 		9. November 2006 @ 06:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if finds errors it will give you an error code #.
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Xenokai
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_ 		9. November 2006 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
showed no error codes just did hdd windows error scandisk and also found no bad sectors. This is very annoying. I doubt best buy will fix it if they dont find errors. somthing is causeing it to click <.<
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HP AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz
1.5 Gig DDR SDRAM PC3200
200 Gig Harddrive 7200RPM
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 512meg(PCI-E)
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
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ddp
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_ 		9. November 2006 @ 11:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check hd manufacturer's site for faq & maybe even email them a question about that clicking
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