#9

I spent over 5 hours this weekend trying to fix my computer, and it's making me really mad.
After I went out to the Tiger Direct and bought my HDD and hooked it up, thinking that my HDD was the problem, the exact same problem occurs. When I finish formatting my HDD(NTFS), it doesn't copy the Windows files correctly to the HDD and I have to think of a new idea on what's causing this problem. So far i've ruled out:
Old HDD with bad sectors isnt problem
New HDD isnt problem because it writes fine and it's brand new
CD-ROM drive, it can run/read other disks when swapped to different computer
Motherboard BIOS because it gives power and runs correctly, and i reset my BIOS
Windows XP CD, because it has no scratches and because i tried using 3 diff. CDs
So now, what's left is 1 stick of RAM is broken, and the Serial ATA cables arn't working right.
If those two things won't fix the problem, i'm all out of ideas. I hope it works because i've had it not working for many many weeks now.
I'll keep updated, peace.