So I've been getting CRC errors everytime I try to install something from a CD... the CDs and DVDs aren't the problem since they all worked before. Sometimes, when extracting huge files from my recovery partition onto my main one with winrar, I often get 'corrupted files' error and have to try multiple times before it finally works...
Anyways
I thought it might be the RAM, but I ran memtest 86 and memtest 86+ with both sticks in at once, and both of them in seperately for over 10 hours each. No errors.
I have a 160GB WesternDigital Harddrive, and I thought it might have some bad blocks.. so I ran dlgdiag.exe from CD and it showed no errors even with extensive search.
So now I just think that it's the DVDrom failing on me... it's not the cables either since I tried swapping the IDE cable with another one already (master - dvdrom, slave - harddrive). I think it's possible since I've had it and the Hard disk for a while now.
So I think I've isolated the problem, (i have no other DVDroms in the house to test.. the other computers are HP / Dell) but is it possible that the motherboard is also at fault here? I've read that borked motherboard controllers can screw random things up.. maybe a defective CPU can cause it too (probably not though)? what do you guys think?
Specs
C2D e6600
2gb ddr667
8800GTS
160gb WD HDD
Anyways
I thought it might be the RAM, but I ran memtest 86 and memtest 86+ with both sticks in at once, and both of them in seperately for over 10 hours each. No errors.
I have a 160GB WesternDigital Harddrive, and I thought it might have some bad blocks.. so I ran dlgdiag.exe from CD and it showed no errors even with extensive search.
So now I just think that it's the DVDrom failing on me... it's not the cables either since I tried swapping the IDE cable with another one already (master - dvdrom, slave - harddrive). I think it's possible since I've had it and the Hard disk for a while now.
So I think I've isolated the problem, (i have no other DVDroms in the house to test.. the other computers are HP / Dell) but is it possible that the motherboard is also at fault here? I've read that borked motherboard controllers can screw random things up.. maybe a defective CPU can cause it too (probably not though)? what do you guys think?
Specs
C2D e6600
2gb ddr667
8800GTS
160gb WD HDD