MD5 errors installing software linked to hardware?
Sevar 05.02.2007 - 18:59 368 1
Sevar
Bloody Newbie
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I can install and play games from CD's and DVD's no problem. The problem I have is when downloading and installing patches or downloading (Legally - I buy them and get them with downloader programs) games from the internet. Frequently when doing this, I come across MD5 errors during the installation that cause the installation to fail. I've done a complete reformat of the computer and still come across the error.
Is this something that can frequently be attributed to hardware problems? The only times I encounter any unusual errors is during these installs, not during other times.
I've figured it's either my memory modules having problems (memtest freezes after the first couple tests) or something with the hard drive. Since I did a reformat of the drive, I'm leaning more towards the memory, although I can't rule out something with the mobo.
Anyone have any insight on what else it could be or have similar experiences?
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COLOSSUS
AdministratorGNUltra
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In case memtest does not even manage to come up with proper error messages, but failing fatally instead - well, that's pretty strong evidence that your DIMM is hosed, yes, as those test don't even know how to possibly access your harddisk.
You might want to try running other version of memtest (memtest+ instead of memtest86, or vice versa, or the proprietary. non-free goldmemory, or stresslinux, or another GNU/Linux-distro (probably with badram-patches in the kernel) and prime95) to rule out the possibility of that specific version of memtest being incompatible with your hardware.
You might also want to try downloading officially release stuff via bittorrent or http, and check md5sums of those files afterwards. GNU/Linux-ISO-distributions should be a safe bet for such endavours.
Hth, best of luck!
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