Neverending problem...any ideas?

[algae]

Here's a summary of my troubles today:
Win XP Pro was acting unstable so I tried a repair. The repair wouldn’t run without the "sub-component COM+ raised an exception while processing....". message. I eventually took the main hd out and slaved it to my main pc so I could save the important data. While I did this I ran a WD diagnostic on the drive to see if it was ok and it checked out good.
On my next attempt at installing the os, I got a “low on virtual memory” error and again the install became unstable. I took out one of the 256 mb memory sticks
and went to the store and bought new RAM as the disk was formatting. This time the install completed and all seemed to be fine. I added the new RAM and the pc snapped into action. I installed a few programs and ran into an occasional “installer error” but otherwise it was ok. When I got to installing my wireless USB network adapter the system got unstable again.
I once again went back to scratch and installed, this time with everything but essential peripherals connected. I remembered that during the last installation, plug and play did not install my soundcard so I thought that maybe this bugginess was related to that.
This time almost all the way through the install I got this error:
” ntfs.sys page_fault_in_nonpaged_area…”
It seems that I get some sort of blue screen no matter what.
I pretty much out of ideas and I’d appreciate any insight.
Thanks
Gary

[Sixpac_XP]

What are the specs of your computer? Do you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard?

If you are overclocking your computer then just don't for now.

It could be alot of things like bad IDE cables or bad ram slots on your motherboard.

[algae]

Thanks fro replying. The mobo is approx. 3 years old, MSI K7T266 Pro2, 512 DDR PC2700 RAM (bought yesterday), Ati 9600 Pro video, WD 80 G Hd. Not and never overclocked.
No I haven't updated the bios but I can do that I suppose.

G.

[algae]

Here are the system temps, etc. CPU 53C / 127F , System Temp 37C, CPU Fan speed 4963, System Fan Speed 3970, Power Fan speed 0.
What do you think of that Power fan speed??

G.

[woodbutcher]

Power Fan Speed would be for another 3 pin fan connector on the mobo. If you do no have a 3 pin fan connected to that the reading will show as 0.

WB