Quote Originally Posted by Niclo Iste View Post
One way I test to see if there is a hardware issue with a PC is I try to install ubuntu on it. 99% of the time if there is an issue with the hardware ubuntu will flake out on the install. The added bonus is the Ubuntu CDs have a built in memory test you can use. Just a suggestion though and not something you have to do for troubleshooting.
I put ubuntu and it came back read disk error ctrl-alt-delete to restart