It's possible you have some bad hardware but I'm guessing incorrect drivers
are to blame. You might try a different operating (Windows XP) system as a
test.
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"BruceInTx" wrote:
>I ran the memory test...no problems there. I'm using one 2G stick.
>
> I found the Verifier.exe file on another computer. But since it's an exe,
> I
> can't boot to it and there's no OS to launch it, so I'm not sure how to
> make
> use of it.
>
> I just tried unplugging the SATA drive and connecting an old IDE drive.
> But
> the BIOS won't see the IDE drive at all. Could I have a bad motherboard
> here?