[SkyBum]

Lately I've been getting a lot of corrupted downloads (primarily game demos). In the past it was never a problem but lately it's pretty much 50/50. For example I just downloaded the Painkiller demo from File Front. On the first attempt winZip produced an error as soon as I tried to extract it. After downloading it a second time it extracted fine but once it started installing, I recieved a warning of another corrupt file.

I was wondering if any of you might have any suggestions as to how I might identify the cause of this problem. I use Comcast cable (2.4Mb), Surfboard modem, Zone Alarm, Norton Antivirus. Any ideas?

[hohum]

If your system is overclocked in any way that could be the cause. Apart from that, dunno..

[SkyBum]

No overclocking here, (except for my 1st time videocard oc yesterday) but this problem has been happening for about a month and a half....

[hohum]

The fact you were able to unzip it the second time suggests it isn't being corrupted by your internet connection - it's not possible to extract an archive if it is corrupt in any way (unless you ignore the errors and continue anyway). Try running scandisk or something? Could be a hard drive problem.

[PangingJr]

i've seen this similar prob with Via chipsets somewhere before i'll look it up, will post when i can find it.

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this one may not be exact same prob as yours, just check it out..
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=CR...fl.net&rnum=52

[SkyBum]

Very interesting....

Whether or not it is the source of the problem, that's an excellent reason to tidy up the mess of cables in my system.

Thanks for the input!