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Also, last night I found my resource CD and ran the Dell 32bit Diag and got the following error message: Msg. SYSTEM_ERROR initialization failure. Invalid L1/L2 relationship. L1 size: 0 L2 size: 100000 Thx for the info on the Video card and yes it is ATI Radeon .... I will try that tonight.

Hello everyone, I am trying to figure out why my system keeps rebooting on its own and powers back up with this message: "SATA Primary hard disk drive 0 failure" Strike F1 key to continue, F2 to run setup utility. I ran a HD test from the BIOs splash screen and it passed along with a succesful defrag. I have ran both my Norton and AVG virus programs along with my spy programs too. I am using a Dell XPS Gen 2 with the following config: Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz (800FSB) 1MB cache CPU Kingston Hyper X 512MB Dual channel DDR 433Mhz mem MSI Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 256MB DDR AGP 8X video Seagate 160GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer SATA Hard drive w/ Native Command Queuing S&B Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 sound card w/ IEEE 1394 480W Dual Fan power supply Window XP PRO SP2 Thx, Blue

Hello everyone, Try to make this short and sweet. HELP!!! My system keeps rebooting on its own when I access certain applications and when it reboots I get this message: "SATA Primary hard disk drive 0 failure" Strike F1 key to continue, F2 to run setup utility. I turn the system off and turn it back on and it works ok till it crashes again. Also, I get the send error message when I power the system back on and this is what I get in details: C:\DOCUME~1\DELLUS~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERea4e.dir00\Mini060205-03.dmp C:\DOCUME~1\DELLUS~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERea4e.dir00\sysdata.xml Any suggestions on what to do? I have ran disk defrag, done a HD check from the BIO's splash screen and it passed. I am running XP Pro Serv pack 2 on a Dell XPS Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz 800FSB 1MB cache, 512MB kingston Hyper X 433Mhz DDR memory, 256MB DDR Video memory, with a Seagate 160GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer SATA Hard drive w/ Native Command Queuing Thx in advance, Blue

Hello everyone, My name is Blue and I am a software application tester in the telecom industry. I have worked on PC and mainframes for about 10 years and always learning something new or at least trying to about computers. That is what brings me here to find assistance with my home PC. I am trying to learn how to read error message in XP so I can troubleshoot and fix the problems myself. I look forward to learning and helping others with my knowledge when able. Thank you, Blue