Corrupt Ntfs Problem

Hello, i am having some trouble here and hope someone has some ideas of things i can try

-The Hardware:
-Video cards i tried-
Asus Radeon 9200 se 128mb Agp upto 8x
Ati Radeon 7000 Agp 4x 64mb
Nvidia TnT2 - Vanta Agp 4x 64mb
Ati Radeon 7000 PCI 64mb

onboard video is S3 ProSavage DDR
-Mainboard-
I use a k7vmm+ (rev 7.1c) M/O (Latest Bios)

-The Problem:
Windows will on boot up screen alert me that ntfs.sys is corrupt (Only when i have an agp video card installed or Pci video card installed and Onboard video disabled). I have replaced ntfs.sys, with different versions, using the recovery console with no success.
The ntfs.sys file will only stay "corrupt" while the agp or pci video card is installed. If i revert back to onboard video this problem dissapear's.
I flashed latest bios - updated agp m/b drivers from ecs

 

I think you may have a bad memory stick. Try the process of elimination (best method) or else run a memory test program (not really reliable)overnight.

http://www.memtest86.com/

 

Thanks for the reply surferdude
I have tried ram that has passed the test of time. Also I can boot past the ntfs "corrupt" message as long as i disable onboard video. The computer has worked perfect for over a year without ever seeing a blue screen or crash (with onboard video)

C:\Windows\System32\Ntfs.sys the file is missing or corrupt

i will still do the mem test just in case, thanks for the tip
any other ideas i can try till i use the mem test later tonight?

Im going to see if system file checker right comes up with anything

 

Swap memory. Been there done that.

 

NTFS.sys problems

About the only fixes I can find from some searching involve replacing a bad memory stick unless you have overclocked your CPU and in that case, the overclocking could be the cause.

Very possible given the situation where you run fine (rudimentary video) vs. the situation where you get the error (high end video) since while the video board is doing quite a bit of display processing with it's own resources, it is also probably using some memory locations that aren't normally being used.

 

Problem solved

You were absolutely correct, it was the memory stick, Amazing that both my memory sticks would not work.

luckily i was able to use a third memory stick from a friend to test.
On first boot everything ran smooth.
So i went out and bought some new ram.


Newt i believe you are correct in your thinking as now my office computer, that does use onboard video, uses both chips that wouldnt work, and has no problems.

Thanks to everyone who posted.