First let me start with the common specs:
HP Pavilion a700y PJ618AV with MS-6577 4.1 motherboard and Phoenix 3.25 BIOS with Windows XP SP2
The symptoms:
-Whenever I change anything in the BIOS I get checksum errors and it defaults to the standard options and boots (LiveUpdate shows no updated BIOS released after this version, so why the corruption?)
-Whenever I restart the resolution goes back to the standard 800x600 even though the graphics drivers are correct and "working properly" according to Windows
-Restart random files go corrupt and Daemon Tools SCSI adapter is always wiped -scandisk prompts on restart even after clean or seemingly clean shut down/restart
-No virus according to scan with latest DAT using Symantec
-Processor spikes of up to 20% to send an IM using a P4 2.8GHz with 512MB ram (processor temperature is actually quite low even on 100% load 45C max)
And accordingly computer has huge spikes and cpu usage for trivial things
I have run Memtest86+ with 0 errors, but other than that I don't really know of reliable tools related to this
Any help is pre-appreciated by skuzzy Corp. -.-
Thanks
HP Pavilion a700y PJ618AV with MS-6577 4.1 motherboard and Phoenix 3.25 BIOS with Windows XP SP2
The symptoms:
-Whenever I change anything in the BIOS I get checksum errors and it defaults to the standard options and boots (LiveUpdate shows no updated BIOS released after this version, so why the corruption?)
-Whenever I restart the resolution goes back to the standard 800x600 even though the graphics drivers are correct and "working properly" according to Windows
-Restart random files go corrupt and Daemon Tools SCSI adapter is always wiped -scandisk prompts on restart even after clean or seemingly clean shut down/restart
-No virus according to scan with latest DAT using Symantec
-Processor spikes of up to 20% to send an IM using a P4 2.8GHz with 512MB ram (processor temperature is actually quite low even on 100% load 45C max)
And accordingly computer has huge spikes and cpu usage for trivial things
I have run Memtest86+ with 0 errors, but other than that I don't really know of reliable tools related to this
Any help is pre-appreciated by skuzzy Corp. -.-
Thanks