Computer Help Please!!

[harv405]

Alright I was playing fear and all of a sudden it encounters and error and has to close. So I say ok and restart then everything goes to hell. Nothing starts working and error messages for windows are popping up everywhere. I thought it was a virius so I delete the partition. Then when i go to reinstall windows it formats as NTFS fine but a windows file cannot be copied onto the harddrive. So I switched disks twice and same error. Then I bought a new harddrive today. Again same error. What could be causing this? Oh and its not the cd drives either. Does anyone know whats causeing this?? Id really appreciate the help. Thanks

[harv405]

Alright it was the new ram I installed. However, now Got all the drivers and everythign installed. Then when I restarted after installing virius protection it freezes before going into windoews. It gets to the black screen where it says windows xp pro and the little green bar moves for about 5 minutes then freezes and i need to restart then it doesnt pick the HD up... Ideas? Please help. Thanks

specs: amd 64 3700
asus a8n-sli board
512 coirsier value selcect
EVga geforce 7800GT 256
linksys wireless network card

[YellowDucky1981]

Since the problem started with the ram I would go there. Make sure everything is good with it. try it on another computer if possible. Look up ram problems as well with certain motherboards like te one you have, isolate the problem. OR, make sure your power supply can handle everything and it isnt oevr heating.

[seans]

This sounds like a power problem to me.

Test the power supply, if you don't know how to do this swap it out for a known good one. If you don't have a known good one around there is not much you can do but buy one. Antec, PC Power & Cooling, fortan source, seasonic are all good brands that have proven over time not to suck.