I give up! This computer is the most unwillingy piece of...

[Mr.Pandah]

garbage I've ever had. I spent about 1500-2000 dollars on this computer that I have, and its been giving me problems ever since I got it. Well, one problem to be exact. It won't install anything without giving me some problem. I can't freaking stand it. I've essentially given up on the damn thing and just play whatever I can on my laptop now. It is so tempermental.

This is what happens, I go to install a game, doesn't matter what game it is, doesn't matter how I try to install it, and it gives me some error message where it says something about how some file is corrupt. I've tried downloading the files online and installing them that way, I've tried through CD, still no luck. Its the same damn thing over and over again.

I bought a new hard drive to see if that was the problem, but nope, still the same error keeps coming up. What could it possibly be? Can anyone out there help me? I wish Eggo was still around... =(

 

[Leorex]

if its new send it back.

 

[Godavari]

What OS are you using?

 

[Mr.Pandah]

if its new send it back.

Built it myself.

What OS are you using?

It currently has Vista on it, but I'm convinced its not the OS because I installed XP on it as well to see if it was the OS. I got the same error on both. It picks and chooses where exactly it wants to stop the installations. Sometimes it'll get to 10%, sometiems 90%, and sometimes 5%, all in that order. Hell, with enough patience, I've been able to install some games...but it takes over 3 hours to do so. Time I'm not willing to spend to just install a game. I suppose I could install Windows 7 on it (or attempt to, if it will even install it). I don't think the OS is the problem though.

 

[syndicated44]

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

 

[Godavari]

if its new send it back.

Built it myself.

What OS are you using?

It currently has Vista on it, but I'm convinced its not the OS because I installed XP on it as well to see if it was the OS. I got the same error on both. It picks and chooses where exactly it wants to stop the installations. Sometimes it'll get to 10%, sometiems 90%, and sometimes 5%, all in that order. Hell, with enough patience, I've been able to install some games...but it takes over 3 hours to do so. Time I'm not willing to spend to just install a game. I suppose I could install Windows 7 on it (or attempt to, if it will even install it). I don't think the OS is the problem though.

Well then I'm not sure what to tell ya. There are people way better than me at this stuff.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

 

[syndicated44]

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

Thats strange considering most times you get a file corruption it is the medium you are installing it from. The problem maybe ram, if you can maybe swap the stick(s) you have in there and try another.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

Thats strange considering most times you get a file corruption it is the medium you are installing it from. The problem maybe ram, if you can maybe swap the stick(s) you have in there and try another.

You think it might be the RAM? Hmmm...I don't have any spare lying around unfortunately, but maybe I can get my hands on some in the near future if nobody else has any other ideas.

 

[Pilot Bush]

It must be a ghost

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Without knowing the error, I'd say just check to make sure your drives are properly installed and updated (to match your OS if need be.)

Blind grasp, and basic enough that you have likely already done it.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Without knowing the error, I'd say just check to make sure your drives are properly installed and updated (to match your OS if need be.)

Blind grasp, and basic enough that you have likely already done it.

Yup...the thing is though, the error is never the same, unless it chooses the same file as the last time that it thought was corrupt. It goes along the lines of "Cannot proceed with installation due to corrupt file [insert any file name here from video game], please try again" and all that stuff. Same error, different files.

 

[Tellaris]

It actually kind of does sound like a memory issue, rather, its having trouble putting things into memory, failing it and saying the file is corrupt instead. If its ram, try http://www.memtest86.com/
It will test your RAM, and will usually come up with something.
It did come up with nothing for me, but that was because the ram was fine... Motherboard controller was bad.

 

[syndicated44]

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

Thats strange considering most times you get a file corruption it is the medium you are installing it from. The problem maybe ram, if you can maybe swap the stick(s) you have in there and try another.

You think it might be the RAM? Hmmm...I don't have any spare lying around unfortunately, but maybe I can get my hands on some in the near future if nobody else has any other ideas.

Considering it is more or less a rather powerful comp and I am assuming that everything is up to date ram would probably be the the first thing I would try. You may just have a bad stick. The only other thing I can think of is that maybe the OS didnt install right and it maybe trying to install the programs for xp while running vista or vice versa. Is there the same error message every time or does it change or does the computer simply crash?

 

[Neurowaste]

Well, since you built it yourself, the possibility for error is always there. One thing goes wrong, you might get an unforeseen problem, could be something as simple as a bad connector pin, had this happen to me once. Completely re-assembled it and it worked, still don't know what the hell it i was, and since you're spending all this effort and money on it,you might just want to have it looked at by a techie, i mean, yes it's ridiculously overpriced but if worst comes to worst, that's your only safe bet, sorry about your troubles, i love PC's and all but sometimes they just piss me off and make me ragequit to my 360.

 

[Slayer_2]

Have you checked the disk drive? If you changed the OS, it can't be software related. Maybe the laser can't read disks properly. You've only mentioned installing games (which are usually on disks), but have you tried installing something else?

 

[Mr.Pandah]

It actually kind of does sound like a memory issue, rather, its having trouble putting things into memory, failing it and saying the file is corrupt instead. If its ram, try http://www.memtest86.com/
It will test your RAM, and will usually come up with something.
It did come up with nothing for me, but that was because the ram was fine... Motherboard controller was bad.

Hmmm...Alright, I'll try that tomorrow after I get out of classes. 10-7ish tomorrow unfortunately.

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

Thats strange considering most times you get a file corruption it is the medium you are installing it from. The problem maybe ram, if you can maybe swap the stick(s) you have in there and try another.

You think it might be the RAM? Hmmm...I don't have any spare lying around unfortunately, but maybe I can get my hands on some in the near future if nobody else has any other ideas.

Considering it is more or less a rather powerful comp and I am assuming that everything is up to date ram would probably be the the first thing I would try. You may just have a bad stick. The only other thing I can think of is that maybe the OS didnt install right and it maybe trying to install the programs for xp while running vista or vice versa. Is there the same error message every time or does it change or does the computer simply crash?

It is essentially the same error, just in respect to the different games. They all go along the lines of a certain file being corrupt, and it being a different one each time.

Well, since you built it yourself, the possibility for error is always there. One thing goes wrong, you might get an unforeseen problem, could be something as simple as a bad connector pin, had this happen to me once. Completely re-assembled it and it worked, still don't know what the hell it i was, and since you're spending all this effort and money on it,you might just want to have it looked at by a techie, i mean, yes it's ridiculously overpriced but if worst comes to worst, that's your only safe bet, sorry about your troubles, i love PC's and all but sometimes they just piss me off and make me ragequit to my 360.

Yeah, I guess I could try pulling it apart again if these other things don't work. Hopefully I won't have to do something like that though. But then again, pulling it apart and putting it back together is free, unlike buying new sticks of RAM. >_<

I've also had a technician, who is a friend of mine take a look at it. He recommended buying the hard drive because he said everything else seemed to be fine. So I got stuck with a brand new hard drive and a computer that still didn't work. It just turns into such a headache sometimes.

The first computer I built never had such problems! =P

Have you checked the disk drive? If you changed the OS, it can't be software related. Maybe the laser can't read disks properly. You've only mentioned installing games (which are usually on disks), but have you tried installing something else?

I've tried installing from downloads as well. (example: I've tried to install WoW both from the discs and from online installation. Same errors came from both procedures)

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Spoiler: snip

It actually kind of does sound like a memory issue, rather, its having trouble putting things into memory, failing it and saying the file is corrupt instead. If its ram, try http://www.memtest86.com/
It will test your RAM, and will usually come up with something.
It did come up with nothing for me, but that was because the ram was fine... Motherboard controller was bad.

Hmmm...Alright, I'll try that tomorrow after I get out of classes. 10-7ish tomorrow unfortunately.

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

Thats strange considering most times you get a file corruption it is the medium you are installing it from. The problem maybe ram, if you can maybe swap the stick(s) you have in there and try another.

You think it might be the RAM? Hmmm...I don't have any spare lying around unfortunately, but maybe I can get my hands on some in the near future if nobody else has any other ideas.

Considering it is more or less a rather powerful comp and I am assuming that everything is up to date ram would probably be the the first thing I would try. You may just have a bad stick. The only other thing I can think of is that maybe the OS didnt install right and it maybe trying to install the programs for xp while running vista or vice versa. Is there the same error message every time or does it change or does the computer simply crash?

It is essentially the same error, just in respect to the different games. They all go along the lines of a certain file being corrupt, and it being a different one each time.

Well, since you built it yourself, the possibility for error is always there. One thing goes wrong, you might get an unforeseen problem, could be something as simple as a bad connector pin, had this happen to me once. Completely re-assembled it and it worked, still don't know what the hell it i was, and since you're spending all this effort and money on it,you might just want to have it looked at by a techie, i mean, yes it's ridiculously overpriced but if worst comes to worst, that's your only safe bet, sorry about your troubles, i love PC's and all but sometimes they just piss me off and make me ragequit to my 360.

Yeah, I guess I could try pulling it apart again if these other things don't work. Hopefully I won't have to do something like that though. But then again, pulling it apart and putting it back together is free, unlike buying new sticks of RAM. >_<

I've also had a technician, who is a friend of mine take a look at it. He recommended buying the hard drive because he said everything else seemed to be fine. So I got stuck with a brand new hard drive and a computer that still didn't work. It just turns into such a headache sometimes.

The first computer I built never had such problems! =P

Have you checked the disk drive? If you changed the OS, it can't be software related. Maybe the laser can't read disks properly. You've only mentioned installing games (which are usually on disks), but have you tried installing something else?

I've tried installing from downloads as well. (example: I've tried to install WoW both from the discs and from online installation. Same errors came from both procedures)

That is strange, its not the disk if you can download it and it still doesent work, nor is it the memory units if it is allowing the download. I think it is most certainly a software problem, perhaps an issue with the registry? Try re-installing all your drivers, taking out and putting back in the ram, ensuring the HDD is completely connected and peraps check over all your settings in control panel/security etc.

Yup...It is strange, which is why I pretty much gave up on it a long time ago. Its only recently that I've looked at my desktop gathering dust and feel almost ashamed that I haven't done more to try and get that bad boy running again.

 

[syndicated44]

Spoiler: snip

It actually kind of does sound like a memory issue, rather, its having trouble putting things into memory, failing it and saying the file is corrupt instead. If its ram, try http://www.memtest86.com/
It will test your RAM, and will usually come up with something.
It did come up with nothing for me, but that was because the ram was fine... Motherboard controller was bad.

Hmmm...Alright, I'll try that tomorrow after I get out of classes. 10-7ish tomorrow unfortunately.

What are your specs?

Edit: what are you trying to install games or other software?

This is just going off of memory, but I'll try my best. I'll post them tomorrow if any are wrong.

Quad-Core Intel Processor, 2.4ghz I believe.
2 Nvidia 8800 GT SLI enabled(I Think its SLI, not sure if thats the correct term)
Can't remember the motherboard
4 gigs of RAM, don't remember the type.
Err...DVD-Rom, and I think a 200gb Western Digital Hard drive.

Sorry about the severe lack of memory on this, I built it over a year ago, and essentially gave up on it.

Also, I'm just trying to install games, but I'm sure any software I'd try to install would give me the same problem.

Thats strange considering most times you get a file corruption it is the medium you are installing it from. The problem maybe ram, if you can maybe swap the stick(s) you have in there and try another.

You think it might be the RAM? Hmmm...I don't have any spare lying around unfortunately, but maybe I can get my hands on some in the near future if nobody else has any other ideas.

Considering it is more or less a rather powerful comp and I am assuming that everything is up to date ram would probably be the the first thing I would try. You may just have a bad stick. The only other thing I can think of is that maybe the OS didnt install right and it maybe trying to install the programs for xp while running vista or vice versa. Is there the same error message every time or does it change or does the computer simply crash?

It is essentially the same error, just in respect to the different games. They all go along the lines of a certain file being corrupt, and it being a different one each time.

Well, since you built it yourself, the possibility for error is always there. One thing goes wrong, you might get an unforeseen problem, could be something as simple as a bad connector pin, had this happen to me once. Completely re-assembled it and it worked, still don't know what the hell it i was, and since you're spending all this effort and money on it,you might just want to have it looked at by a techie, i mean, yes it's ridiculously overpriced but if worst comes to worst, that's your only safe bet, sorry about your troubles, i love PC's and all but sometimes they just piss me off and make me ragequit to my 360.

Yeah, I guess I could try pulling it apart again if these other things don't work. Hopefully I won't have to do something like that though. But then again, pulling it apart and putting it back together is free, unlike buying new sticks of RAM. >_<

I've also had a technician, who is a friend of mine take a look at it. He recommended buying the hard drive because he said everything else seemed to be fine. So I got stuck with a brand new hard drive and a computer that still didn't work. It just turns into such a headache sometimes.

The first computer I built never had such problems! =P

Have you checked the disk drive? If you changed the OS, it can't be software related. Maybe the laser can't read disks properly. You've only mentioned installing games (which are usually on disks), but have you tried installing something else?

I've tried installing from downloads as well. (example: I've tried to install WoW both from the discs and from online installation. Same errors came from both procedures)

That is strange, its not the disk if you can download it and it still doesent work, nor is it the memory units if it is allowing the download. I think it is most certainly a software problem, perhaps an issue with the registry? Try re-installing all your drivers, taking out and putting back in the ram, ensuring the HDD is completely connected and peraps check over all your settings in control panel/security etc.

Yup...It is strange, which is why I pretty much gave up on it a long time ago. Its only recently that I've looked at my desktop gathering dust and feel almost ashamed that I haven't done more to try and get that bad boy running again.

Well good luck. If I were you I would find somebody with 4 gigs of ram and just test it out before you go and purchase something. Also that is a very nice rig and its very good your getting it up and running because god forbid I ever have to do my gaming on a laptop when I have a beast sitting next to me . As somebody said earlier if absolutely worst comes to worse just pay some tech group to work on it or at least diagnose it. Good luck again!