Re: powerdown fails after sp2

jf9908 wrote:
Original problems occured after I installed sp3, current problems
occurred after main board was replaced and I rebooted hard drive to
factory and used the disk that I have to install sp2. Between
these two references, I took the laptop to a tech to see if he
could tell me what was wrong and he said I needed a new main board.
Does not the disk that came with the computer to set it back to
factory setting wipe out everything on the hard drive? I have had
to reboot adding the sp2 disk on other pcs and never had a problem
until this time.

Given what you have:
"The manufacturer does not have parts so I purchased one from e-bay."

There's no telling (unless you bought the same board) if you have the proper
drivers available on that 'disk that came with the computer'... Did you
update the hardware drivers from each hardware manufacturer?


Hard disk drive diagnostics would depend on the manufacturer of the
particular hard disk drive you have (Belarc Advisor might be able to tell
you: http://www.belarc.com/ .)

Examples of where to get the hared drive diagnostic utilities:
Hitachi
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Maxtor
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.8db0c3d6932ced37294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/View%20By%20Category/Desktop%20Storage/Maxtor%20Other
Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools
Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp


Some simple memory tests:
http://www.memtest86.com/download.html
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Hardware can and does go bad. Also - if the motherboard you got was from
eBay (even if it was the same motherboard as was previously in there by
make/model) - it was bought *from eBay*... ;-) )

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