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I'm going to start from the beginning on this one. Maybe you guys can help me.
I had an extra partition of space on my HD, so I tried loading Wolvix Linux onto it. Somehow the installation failed, so I rebooted and started having problems.
During the failed installation, Wolvix alerted me that my disk was having problems (under Gparted) and the disk started making some funny noises only after I loaded linux and started formatting ext3 into the partition.
I reboot and it won't boot regularly (reboots) so I boot into Safe mode. I restart and boot normally and everything seems to be working alright. Start surfing on Firefox and I get a "PFN_LIST_CORRUPT" BSOD. Reboot, check the interwebs for the usual culprits and it says that Physical RAM is messed up, or that I have a driver problem.
So I run Memtest86+ through all the tests and get no errors. I was surprised, I know Crucial Tracer RAM has a lot of problems, but it doesn't seem to be the RAM.
So I play Team Fortress 2 for a bit, then BAM! Same exact BSOD.
Then I run Avira AV, scans the entire system and gives me one warning. Pagefile.sys cannot be read. I'm not sure if this is normal or what, but it led me to believe the shitty Maxtor HDD might be going.
Everything is getting slower. Boot-ups, etc. I can't even listen to music while surfing the internet because the BPM on the music gets super low. Using Foobar btw. Tried others, it's worse on Itunes and VLC. This is streaming music from my server or off the HDD.
I've been trying to load up some games, I'm getting decent framerates like usual, but then stuttering occurs. Today I loaded up CS:S and got graphical corruption in the menu. I joined a server from my Steam friends list and the display freaked out. Purple and yellow everywhere, misplaced textures etc. It says nv4_disp.dll stopped working or something.
So now I don't know what to think. It could be my RAM, Hard drive or my Video Card. I know the cards that are > G80 have issues or something, which my 8600GT is a G84. My Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM seems fine (2x1GB btw) but I know people have had problems with them. Or it could be my HDD, all of my other Maxtor drives have died so it's not surprising that this one might too.
My E2180 idles at 30/33C, 40C load with a Golden Orb 2.
Sorry for the Wall of Text, I just want you guys to know as much as possible.
I had an extra partition of space on my HD, so I tried loading Wolvix Linux onto it. Somehow the installation failed, so I rebooted and started having problems.
During the failed installation, Wolvix alerted me that my disk was having problems (under Gparted) and the disk started making some funny noises only after I loaded linux and started formatting ext3 into the partition.
I reboot and it won't boot regularly (reboots) so I boot into Safe mode. I restart and boot normally and everything seems to be working alright. Start surfing on Firefox and I get a "PFN_LIST_CORRUPT" BSOD. Reboot, check the interwebs for the usual culprits and it says that Physical RAM is messed up, or that I have a driver problem.
So I run Memtest86+ through all the tests and get no errors. I was surprised, I know Crucial Tracer RAM has a lot of problems, but it doesn't seem to be the RAM.
So I play Team Fortress 2 for a bit, then BAM! Same exact BSOD.
Then I run Avira AV, scans the entire system and gives me one warning. Pagefile.sys cannot be read. I'm not sure if this is normal or what, but it led me to believe the shitty Maxtor HDD might be going.
Everything is getting slower. Boot-ups, etc. I can't even listen to music while surfing the internet because the BPM on the music gets super low. Using Foobar btw. Tried others, it's worse on Itunes and VLC. This is streaming music from my server or off the HDD.
I've been trying to load up some games, I'm getting decent framerates like usual, but then stuttering occurs. Today I loaded up CS:S and got graphical corruption in the menu. I joined a server from my Steam friends list and the display freaked out. Purple and yellow everywhere, misplaced textures etc. It says nv4_disp.dll stopped working or something.
So now I don't know what to think. It could be my RAM, Hard drive or my Video Card. I know the cards that are > G80 have issues or something, which my 8600GT is a G84. My Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM seems fine (2x1GB btw) but I know people have had problems with them. Or it could be my HDD, all of my other Maxtor drives have died so it's not surprising that this one might too.
My E2180 idles at 30/33C, 40C load with a Golden Orb 2.
Sorry for the Wall of Text, I just want you guys to know as much as possible.
Did you update your chipset/ide controller drivers? NVIDIA's IDE controller drivers don't have the best rep out there, and could very well be whats causing your issues (since Memtest passed; how many passes did it do, btw?). Also try updating your vidcard drivers, or even rolling back to the ones that came on the CD.