Bought this computer from BrianS. Compaq 1.8 pentium and 384mb memory windows xp fresh install I believe. John R this computer is similar to the one I bought off you that works on the other machine.
Thing locked up the other day and gave me a weird error which I don't remember now. I was in the middle of running the cnc program I use and it quit. Then it started telling me there were problems with the windows page file and corrupt files on the hard drive, or that settings could not be saved because there was a problem with a file and windows needed to reboot or it rebooted on it's own.
I shut the page file thing off and it seems to have helped but what is now happening is that the machine will stop in the middle of a cut, the screen says it's on a line in the middle of the program, the timer still runs on the screen, the hard drive light is on and the machine stays in that one place then on it's own starts right back up where it left off SOMETIMES (sometimes it just stays there forever) and it will finish the program but only after it sits for a short time.
Not enough memory? Hard drive?
Sledgehammer?
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blue screens of death and other computer messages sometimes lie
or don't point to your actual problem
it's just the default response by the computer when there is a problem
so don't accept the face value of it as being gospel
if it was me........
i would google "sufficient memory for cnc computers" and ping the
worlds blogs for a similar person's dilemma and read for a bit all the answers
and many times that will reveal the solution
Salty, my guess is inline with TDF, hard drive is crapping out. In my experience, best case life expectancy of a moderately used HD is 4-5 years. Based on the specs of you computer, I'd bet you're right about there if not past that point.
I'd get the smallest new HD I could find. Should be around $30. Hell, you're probably using so little storage space that you could buy a $15 USB thumb drive and run windows and your CNC control software off of that.
Just kidding - that particular issues is usually a corrupt os files, this occurs a lot when the page file is not large enough to handle the program that is being ran and the system locks and try's to dump un necessary programs being ran, you can increase your page file to 4096 and turn off system restore to try and gain some efficiency. The other thing that may cause the file to become corrupted other then a bad HD is a bad stick of memory however, you would have received a error.
K I'm going to change the drive and memory off another machine and make at least one work. I think Brian said this was a fresh os install and the cnc program is pretty small-don't take very much to run the thing.
How big is the HD in there?
how much is available?
How many processes running?
Did you run a scan disk?
Do you have up to date video and chipset drivers?
Before you guy buy one or even a external, there needs to be some more do diligence.
Salt i tried to PM you but . Failed
email no pms I can't keep up with it. It's a midol thing.
It's a TAINT computer
Taint too old
Taint too small
I dunno the drive stuff right now I got it disconnected and on another machine right now. I'm going to rob the memory out of it and stuff it in the machine that's working right now.
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email no pms I can't keep up with it. It's a midol thing.
It's a TAINT computer
Taint too old
Taint too small
I dunno the drive stuff right now I got it disconnected and on another machine right now. I'm going to rob the memory out of it and stuff it in the machine that's working right now.
Be careful with doing that, some require memory to match.
Bought this car from Joe's Cherry Autos. 2002 Chevy Malibu with 94,000 miles, recent tune up I believe. John R this car is similar to the one I bought off you that the wife drives.
Thing stalled out the other day and made a weird noise which I don't remember now. I was in the middle of running to the office and it quit. Then the gauges started lighting, telling me there were problems with the engine or emissions or something.
I pulled the computer chip out and took off the exhaust and it seems to have helped but what is now happening is that the car will stall out whenever I come to a stop, the neighbors look at me funny, and the local cop has pulled me over twice and given me warnings.
Engine? Wiper Blades?
Scott - much like mentioned above - sounds like the hard drive is failing or the OS is miconfigured / Virus / Malware. Turning off the page file is the equivalent of ripping out a cars computer chip, it might run but it will likely run like #@#^ and stall out all of the time.
You need to recreate the page file. And do a full scandisk on the computer ; My Computer, Right click on drive, properties, tools, scan disk. You can also google active disk monitor and have that do a scan disk - then tell us what you see.
I have been having a problem with the summer air. It's lighter than the winter air and I get better gas mileage. But as it start to get cold, my tires go flat and I need fill them with the heavier winter air. So I can't find a way to keep it light after it's starts to freeze What should I should I do?
second computer getting swapped tomorrow I guess. I got the bsod on this one this afternoon and it went to sleep...came up with a mac address window and dhcp then tried to start windows, said drive was not bootable. I shut it down and restarted ok.
Going to work on this tomorrow. 
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