I am having a MEGA PROBLEM!!!! the deal: I''ve just reinstalled windows for the second time. today, my computer started to malfunction, IE: applications start up VERY slowly, unresponding apps. The Major problematics: I CAN NOT RUN ANY PROGRAMS! I keep getting the Illegal operation error. Every application I try to install / run. I have totally deleted my hard drive, and reinstaslled clean, 2 times! I have no clue to what the problem could be. I installed DX8.1 OK. But everything else is an ERROR! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! ASK me any question, I am very inclined in software / hardware information, so I can pretty much answer anyones questions! I NEED HELP PLEASE PLEASE! I can''t handle this anymore! I''m stuck in 16color, no applications able to run!!! __________________ AMD XP 1800+ (1.53ghz) Radeon 8500 (274/274) Sound Blaster Live! Epox 8KHA+ 256MB Crucial PC133 Maxtor 20gb / 5400RPM Western Digital 40gb / 7200RPM WIN98SE

If you''re getting those kinds of errors, your RAM might be corrupted. I''m not sure though.

Firebird Entertainment

Or a RAM slot/configuration might not work properly (happened to me once). If you have extra slots, then try different positions for the stick(s) of RAM.
When something similar happened to me, the computer could never be on for longer than about an hour, because the RAM would get corrupted and something would lock up, even when the computer was sitting there idle.

Another possibility is the hard drive, bad sectors on the hard drive can cause things to become corrupted. If you haven''t already, then you might want to run Scan Disk on your hard drive.

J.W.

Sorry, this won''t help but:
Why is this post in the NeHe forum?? There are other forums you know. For example, there is:
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Perhaps a helpful moderator would move this thread for you.

John B

... I AM posting in one of the forums listed......


A: I tried moving the ram over

B: Will run scan disk, and will try a hard drive swap.

Your missing the point of listing the forums completely.