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RMA may not be your solution, it is not hardware related and there may be a charge for software/user created issues. You could try system restore from the command prompt, providing you know the logon details for the administrator account (wish I had a quid for every time I tell someone to create a password to log on with): 1. Hold F8 to get start up options. 2. Select Safe Mode With A Command Prompt 3. Logon using Administrator and password (if you have a password for your account and it was auto-logging on use the password for that account). 4. Run this command at the command shell (DOS Box): %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe then press enter. 5. Follow on screen prompts. This will only work if you have the password (if it is blank then try just hitting return) AND you have not disabled system restore. Again, for others to bear in mind, You MUst Always Log ON to Your System With A Password, it is your first line of defence against malware/trojans/hackers and is your last resort if your driver install goes tits up, because until you logon XP keeps a copy of the old configuration, once you logon it is destroyed and you cannot easily roll-back with Last Known Good.

After post keep pressing F8, like Pete says, until you get safe mode option. Don't select safe mode (unless you have auto logon enabled) what you need to look for is 'Last Known Good'. This will restore your system to the last time you successfully logged on. If you have auto logon enabled (not good IMHO see above for one reason) then you will need to try safe mode. If that fails you are now entering the repair arena, and for this (unless the repair console was installed which is highly unlikely) you will need your OS install disk. Is it XP or Vista?

Ahh. CheckMods is what we were talking about M8. You can read all about it and download it in here: http://www.dangerdogz.com/forums/index.php/board,66.0.html

+1 What FT said, it is an up to date virus recovery bootable CD image. Fingers crossed it works for you.

It works fine Jim, if you have Irfanview it has a FLV player Galloway is a prize prat.

Avira do a Linux boot disk image for moments like this: http://dl1.pro.antivir.de/package/rescue_system/common/en/rescue_system-common-en.exe Worth a try if you have another PC to burn the image with.

Gatwick will serve you just fine, Heathrow is a tad closer and also has good rail links (IIRC there is the underground (Subway) there) but may be much busier on the transport front. Getting the ticket on the day will not be an issue, booking online is more convenient.

Seagate have a facility for putting in the serial number, and it will tell you the warranty status and how to RMA it if covered. Drive is, quite frankly, buggered so needs to be replaced. This is the only drive in your system? Is it SATA or PATA? If PATA (the older standard) when putting in a new drive you will need to take note of any jumpers that are on it, and make sure replacement is jumpered the same. If SATA you can ignore the jumpers, but bear in mind Seagate/Maxtor used to ship drives with a jumper in place that forced SATA 1 mode, removing said jumper will give a significant speed boost - it is documented on Seagate site.

Looked like fun to do! Nice vid

Can't get that vid here in the UK, would be nice if one of you NA guys could download it and post it for us, would like to know what 'they' don't want us to know.. Galloway is an arse, a despicable slimy wriggling piece of shit.. Oh wait, he's a politician, so that's normal...except he is better at it than most..

Sniff 'Removed By User' I'll wait for it to return!

Check out this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329075 If you have a dynamic disk this could explain it, too late for me now. Backup just in case, never a bad move unless you over write good with crap, and see what a drive fitness reveals.

Back up what you can your disk is on the way out. Sorry had a bit to drink

Another quick thing you can do: start->run and type in: eventvwr That will open the system log, click on the system node in left window, then look in right hand pane for red errors, are any disk related? I had this recently and it transpired it was a dodgy SATA cable (I hope).

Sorry Andrew, got absorbed elsewhere. Yes Chkdsk will take a really long time, perhaps you should try growing the beans, picking them, roasting them before grinding and brewing? Depending upon the size of the disk and the amount of data it could take 3 or more hours to complete. It sounds like this is what you need to do, and to let it run. Unreadable sector does not sound very encouraging, what make model disk is it? Do you have it backed up? If not back up then try checkdisk, if it is (as I believe it is) failing then the chkdsk may stress it beyond the pale..but it will have to be done.. NTFS, the filing system used by XP, is able to mark sectors bad and relocate recoverable data, but you need to run your disk makers health check utility.

To check RAM: http://www.memtest86.com/ You can download an ISO and create a bootable CD - this will check RAM for you. I would also run a checkdisk (right click drive -> properties -> tools 'check for errors' tick all boxes and click OK, it will tell you it cannot run and do you want to schedule it, say yes, reboot, and go grind some beans for your coffee. Brew, enjoy, then wait a bit longer for the check to finish.

I'll be giving it a go later, but with a 4870, to see if it clears up my artifacts. But I too will hold off until I have got some stick time in tonight, all this mod work is getting in the way of my R&R..

Another stray returns, me thinks we need a dog warden... Welcome back m8

MAC address would be the same, so router would see it as same system. Unless you have wron network card installed on a dual card board. Are your drivers OK?

Neat, LQ version worked for me.

Is the fan on it's way out? Often you can tell by rotating it by hand when system is powered down, they tend to have the bearings stiffen up resulting in a lower rpm. An after market cooler would be an option then..

Mine has evolved a tad too since my last post in this thread. Home built. ThermalTake case (can't remember the model) AMD 6000+ AM2 CPU (OEM Cooler) 2 x 2 Gb Corsair CM2X2048-6400C5 RAM DFI Lan Party DK 790FX-M2RS Mobo ATI 4870HD 2 x Seagate Barracuda 320Gb SATAII drives 1 x Seagate Barracuda 500Gb SATAII dirve 1 x Maxtor 650Gb External drive 1 x Pioneer DVR-215 SATA DVD\CD Writer 1 x HP DVD 40c DVD\CD Write Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Audio card ANTEC TruePower Trio 650W 22" Asus Flat Panel 21" Iiyama CRT

nVidia is the same, Vertical Synch is usually advised to be off because it artificially throttles the fps to monitor refresh Turn it on for best visuals, and off for best bragging rights

Welcome Ade, that checksum has proved to be a boon. When FoolTrottels ChkMods program is released these things will be but a distant memory

Is your AAA patched with the 1.1 patch from the vault? The switcher copies C:\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\_Game Switchers\4.08 Mods OFF (Original)\files.SFS and il2fb.exe to the root of your game folder. (the italics is specific to my install, yours will likely be different). You can use the MD5Summer from the vault to confirm your files are ok with the attached MD5Sum. See This Thread On instructions if required