I recently decided to fix my Dell Dimension 4550 (p4 2.0GHz, !GB SDRAM 266MHz) which crashed about a year ago. First I put in a new hard drive (Maxtor 180) then I reinstalled XP. Once I saw the computer still worked I decided to upgrade it. I swapped out the 250W PSU with an Extreme Power 430W. Then I replaced the (broken) CD drive with a Mad Dog DVD burner. Then I put in a new soundcard (COMP USA cheapie). Everything was up and running and working fine. The next day I decided to teach myself how to set up a network and spent a few hours trying to get it to work. During those hours I probably restarted the computer ten times without any problems. Then I restarted it and got the "disc read error has occurred Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart" message. I initially thought my hard drive crashed again but I swapped it into an external case and attached it to my primary computer--and it worked fine. Now I simply have no idea what to do? Any suggestions?
2007-02-26
16:18:47
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Bruce
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