Troubleshooting XP installation....

[rvgopal85]

I have a system with 1.7GHZ , P4 , 512 MB + 256 MB SDRAM

I had some problems in XP SP2. The system began to restart sometime after booting . It also showed some Memory Access Error . After this I ran memtest86 .The memtest86 displayed lot of errors in the memory .

I replaced the 256 MB SDRAM with 512MB SDRAM. But still the problem did not stop. I decided to format and reinstall windows. I used many XP cds to do tht, but after the formatting , when the file is copied it shows up "cannot copy filename" . Several files were not copied during the installation and the installation failed.

I dont know wat the problem is. Also i cant understand how 4 cds fail . So i thought there may be problem in the hardware.

Any suggestion to troubleshoot?

[Anand_RF]

From the first line that you've typed, it seems to me like you've placed both the 512 mb RAM AND the 256 mb one. Remove the 256 mb one if that's the case, it'll do more bad than good for your pc.
btw what motherboard do u have?

[n2casey]

Check the speed (i.e. frequency) of both RAM. If they have different speed then there will b such prob. To use both RAM simultaneously, they shud have same speed.

[romeo_8693]

typical solution to that prob....ur ram one/both RAM is/are SCREWED.

[techtronic]

Problem might also creep in because of CD/DVD ROM too
Check them

[rvgopal85]

I originally had 1 256 MB and 1 512 MB , now i sold the 256 MB RAM after the memtest .

Now i have 2 512MB RAM and 1 128 MB RAM.

I have 2 dvd drives. I've tried installing xp from the other drive , still it gives same error. I tried using the cd in my friends computer and the xp installation was done without any errors .

[vrnoormd]

Use only one 512MB Ram and Only one DVD Drive in Secondary Master to installation of XP SP2

I have same problem with TWO CD/DVD Drives in Installation of XP SP2, but Solved it.

Try It.

[::vicky::]

try ur friends ram and t that time dont use ur ram both of them

[romeo_8693]

@rvgopal
man u got 3 slots????

[rvgopal85]

Ya i have 3 RAM slots ....

Now iam running with just 2 - 512 MB RAM and reinstalled xp , but still the probelm is not over ...the system gets restarted as it likes randomly

I thought it could be a error in L2 cache of processor .... any thoughts?
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I forgot to tell one thing.....

XP did not get installed with the 2- 512 RAM . I removed the 2 - 512 MB RAM , and installed the 128 MB only. This time the xp got installed without any errors ......... i had some problems as i told earlier wen i tried to install xp with the new 512MB RAM

So iam confused....any solution to this prob
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I also had a memtest run with the 2 512 MB RAM , and it showed a memory error at 756.4 MB ...... so could the RAM be a prob?

[romeo_8693]

dude as i told u ur 512 ram is screwed...get it replaced...it had once happend to my friend..he had to change his ram then....