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Nov 30, 2005, 05:15 PM
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The Paranoid Cook
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 636
 
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Blue screen O' Death...
I am just wondering can incorrect settings in the BIOS especially with the RAM permantely screw up windows because the RAM could sent corrupted data for just that time, and after fixing it won't make a difference until a re-install?
Thanks Vinny C Service |
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Nov 30, 2005, 06:12 PM
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Styleless Wonder
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 6,049
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Yes. There is always a chance that improper RAM timings can corrupt data while the data sits in RAM and then the data changes can be made permanent when it gets saved on your HDD. I tend to mess with those things from a fresh install or when backups are made. It's never messed up my Windows yet, but it can happen.
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Nov 30, 2005, 08:11 PM
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Noise? What noise?
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It is possible but running chkdsk would fix those kinds of errors in most cases. The worst you gotta worry about is a corrupted MFT, but even then the mirror copy should be OK and get auto restored from.
Definately not wise but then again not the most serious of problems if you're careful about keeping backups |
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