Re: Win2K Machine "Eating Itself Alive"
- From: "Walterius" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:50:35 -0400
Sounds to me like a hardware, possibly a memory or a hard drive, problem.
I'd also look at overheating, especially from dust bunnies. (When was the
last time you blew out the dust?)
"tmaki" <toivo_maki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:I9%_f.1132$Lm5.304@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've just run across this newsgroup, and hope there's a solution to a
newly developed problem I'm having with a Win2K box.
The machine has been running flawlessly for about 3 years. It is a
dedicated audio workstation, and is never connected to the Internet.
It's only purpose is to record, edit, and process audio files that I
produce in my recording business.
It is a PIII, 1Ghz, 512Mb, Intel 815 mobo. WD hard drives, Plextor CD
drive. Nothing out of the ordinary. It has been the most stable machine
I've had of the six running in my office/studio.
Just a couple days ago, it was working perfectly. I've got a multi-track
project to mix and edit, and yesterday decided to work on it.
Turned it on normally, and got error messages that I was running low on
virtual memory. Okay, says I, figuring I'd just go in and fix it. It was
strange, though, as nothing has been changed since a few days ago when
it ran just fine.
As I commenced to do the work I needed to do, every program I tried to
run quit with a "the program has generated errors and will shut down"
error. Even Control Panel programs. Just before I reached the point I'm
at now, no executable would run - nothing. All came back with the error.
At this point, all I get is "low virtual memory" or "out of memory"
errors. Windows will not even start. Not even in safe mode. Right this
very minute I running virus scanning and cleaning (McAfee) from a
floppy. Quite a few files were reported as having been "infected" with a
"like W32/Parvo" something or other.
If I could get into safe mode or even the command prompt, I might be
able to figure this out myself. But it just seems to be getting worse
and worse every time I shut it down and start it up again.
I'd appreciate any pointers. I've looked on-line and just can't seem to
find anything (maybe I'm just using the right search words...)
Thanks in advance.
T. Maki
Riverside, CA
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