Topic: is my comp haunted?

[el tigre]

my recent issues

are;
hard drive wont defrag "game files"after installing any large game
issues connecting to servers once HL2 and steam are installed
steam freezes up dloading new maps
and all this after a fresh start of windows
what gives
any ideas would be great cause im fresh out
 

[aldog]

From my technical viewpoint I'd have to say yes.

I'm sure DJ, Meph, Darth Walt (where is he?) may have different ideas.

[Smackintosh]

memory and motherboard, could be either one.

I've had bad ram that caused problems with games, replaced
the memory and it worked great.

then I had a bad motherboard that caused similar problems.

[Smoke]

i was gonna m.b. but ram sounds like a good start too.how old is your hd?

[el tigre]

brand new
but why wont my hd defrag new game files?
memory can be replaced its samsung
2gb

[Smoke]

try a different defrag program

[el tigre]

any suggestions on program?

[Smoke]

not off the top of my head.but i see a google search in your future.

[mephisto_kur]

Starforce.  What game did you install?

[el tigre]

Hl2
fear
oblivion
had to remove them to defrag
then rinstalled fear and oblivion and fear has a nearly 4 GB chunk that will not defrag
when hl2 was intalled there was 14 GB i couldn't defrag
all game files
grrrrrr

[Smackintosh]

sounds like a hard drive problem if it won't defrag, dunno, thats really weird.

[dj]

What's your definition of a fragmented file? ?Even after you defrag, you'll still have some files that will be slightly fragmented, especially if they are larger. ?Is your hard drive nearing capacity? ?If so, that will limit your ability to do a good defrag.

Eliminate the possibility of a memory problem by taking one stick out if you have more than one. ?Use the computer for a while and see if the problems persist.

Does the hard drive seem to be running slower than usual? ?If it is, maybe it's on its last legs.

[Smoke]

and you can check the memory for errors using a ram checker file thingy,sorry i don't know all the terminology.but seriously you can.

[dj]

MemTest

[el tigre]

the defrag wasnt a serious issue at first
then when hl2 dm would not load and css froze in game online
i was a bit concerned i let the comp check my memory on the reboot
and its error free according to boot screen
defrag used to allways have one or two small files that would never defrag like sys.log
but my games would always defrag