Ben Winston wrote:
What were the symptoms of your hdd getting corrupted? I too have the
A8V with the 3500+, and once I got XP64 running, it was a real champ,
but for some reason, now the OS seems like it's running at half power
(very slow). I've been thinking about blowing away the install, but I
want to be sure that it's an install issue, and not a
motherbaord/memory/chip issue.


The OS may not load. Sometimes the OS will load but drivers will not.
Applications will crash. Hard drive corruption can have several roots. Run
the system at default speeds and voltages if you're ever in doubt.