Fix my computer and win a prize!
Well I'll start with what I have:
-AMD Athlon XP 2000+
-ECS K7S5A Pro SiS 735 Athlon(XP)Duron SktA DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, LAN Retail
-Abit Siluro GF4 Ti4200-8X AGP 8X 128MB DDR Video Card wTV-Out & DVI
-Western Digital Caviar WD800BB 80GB EIDE ATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive
-40 gig Western Digital Secondary HD
-1 stick of 512 DDR PNY memory
-1 stick of 256 DDR PNY memory
Windows 2000
Custom built by a friend.
Here's the situation. I recently moved from home(where my computer had no internet access) to Iowa State University where I am on the campus network. The first three weeks, my computer worked fine untill...
i decided to try out Bit Torrent(about five days ago). Here's the description of my problem:
First, my computer has problems starting up. If I power my system up normaly, my hard drives are not detected. If I hit the tinny reset button, my hard drives ARE detected. Then I comes to an error saying that S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, but not capiable and I must hit F1 to proceed. After this there is about a 50% chance that my computer will either finish starting up, or go to a Blue Screen Of Death saying that there is an Unknown Hard Error.
If it starts up, my computer will run smoothly for about twenty seconds, and then freeze for about twenty seconds. It seems to do it no matter how much stress I'm putting on my system (be it using AIM, Internet Explorer, Unreal 2, Media Player to watch a movie, or just sitting idlely at my desktop). After about twenty minutes of this, a dialog box comes up saying "Unknown Hard Error" and it shuts my computer down. I have uninstalled Bit Torrent and have tried opperating my computer disconnected from the network. Occasionaly there is a longer period of time between freezes, and twice since the problem occured, it has started up and run nornamly.
And so, if a solution exists that does not result in me having to reformat, I will be very appreciative. Thanks for reading through my poor typing and for any ideas you may have.
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