Bah humbug! More PC problems!

[Cpl. Bingham]

Right click on your drive letter in explorer. Choose Properties>Tools>Error Checking, click Check Now.

[LordShard]

To late. I used the recorvery console on the winXP cd but that didn't help, so I reinstalled XP. I can't activate now though. :\

Anyways around the activation?

[Cpl. Bingham]

Explain what you mean by can't activate...

If it says that your comp configuration has changed enough that you need to reactivate your license of windows, they usually provide a phone number you can call to reactivate your key. If that's the case, it's all pretty painless and the MS rep will get you up and going quickly.

On the other hand, it simply may be your network settings aren't set up properly when you first installed XP. You don't have to activate XP to use it right away, you have a 30-day grace period. Once you've reinstalled and verified that you do have internet access, try reactivating then and see if it goes through.

[LordShard]

Yeah my configuration changed to much so it wouldn't let me reactivate. I guess I'll just call them tommarow morning.

[Bullhead]

Let it run memtest86 overnight (or while at work, school, whatever). The longer the better. If it passes multiple cycles, you're memory system is likely fine. If it errors, then you've got to start testing the sticks 1 at a time, then 2, to find the problem.....

good luck, especially with that soyo (I hate them. Miserable experiences with their rma and tech support)