AFU error

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by dar512

The best memtest is this one anyway. That's an iso image. Download the file to a different computer. Use any of the methods on this page to burn the file to a cd. The cd will be bootable. Now boot your machine from the cd you made. You may have to run your machine's setup program to tell it to boot from cd. (When your machine first starts up, you should see a message "Press F2 (or something else) for setup." PM me if you have problems.

When the cd boots it will automatically start running the memtest.

how long should the test take? it took mine appx 2 hours to complete with no errors. I started jinx's doing it, and it was going 2.5-3 times faster than mine.

[dar512]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

how long should the test take? it took mine appx 2 hours to complete with no errors. I started jinx's doing it, and it was going 2.5-3 times faster than mine.

It can take a while to go through the whole test. 2 hours sounds about right. I don't know why there was a difference between your machine and Jinx's. Are your configurations exactly the same? If she has less memory or a faster bus, that might explain it.

The test is pretty thorough, so I'd start looking at other issues. One would guess the hard drive, but it's certainly possible to be other things. A virus, for instance, can play havoc with your machine.

It's a fairly new computer, isn't it? I'd say if it's not the hard drive, then you should have a strongly worded talk with the vendor. Unless you've poured a drink in the thing, it shouldn't be failing this soon.

You'd have a harder time of getting something out of them if it's the hard drive. A hard bump when it's reading or writing can ruin a sector or more.

If you've got automated diagnostics as tw suspects, I'd run those and see what it tells you.

Otherwise run the Windows drive tests I mentioned yesterday.

Good luck.