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dog1977
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_ 		16. March 2006 @ 06:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well I have about 3-4 K7S5A pro motherboards, 8 sticks of RAM, and a few Athlon XP CPU chips ... Some of this stuff is damaged, I realized when I built a computer and everytime I tried to install Win98 I got this "causeway" error or an error during setup. So how would do you guys troubleshoot these parts individually to see what is and what isnt working? I do have one working machine thats built with the ECS K7S5A motherboard and an Athlon 2200 (That i use now) but I need to build a formidable workstation so I can trade it out with a faster machine from work (shhh). Please help... dont know a thing about programs to test with.
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philraz
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_ 		16. March 2006 @ 15:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
causewqy error and crashing durring set up is ussually associated with ram (faulty module faulty slot wrong bios settings etc) I found a good all round test and burn in software is sissandra try testing the ram moduals in your working system first then when youve indentified the bad ones try to set the board up and get an os installed a good all round floppy boot prog for hardware test is PC Check
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BigDK
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 00:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Best way to test memory is memtest86.
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sammorris
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_ 		18. March 2006 @ 03:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try memory testing a system repeatedly using memetest and sisoft sandra. Put each stick individually in a working system until you find one that majorly underperforms or doesnt't perform at all. Then you have your damaged sticks.
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