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check disk and wester digital disk utility report no problems with my hdd.

I still need help here plz :) btw you edited my post. why? there were no links

my system: Intel Core2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 2048 MBytes IP35 (Intel P35+ICH7)main board XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 Geforce 8800 GTS 512 250 gig sata hdd antec truepower trio 550w The first issue appeared several months ago. My mouse is usb, but I used the supplied ps2 adaptor. This stopped working in the middle of an internet session. I took off the adaptor and plugged it direct to usb, the mouse worked fine. So I reinstalled the main-board drivers and mouse worked again on ps2, for a few days then stopped :( so I now use usb only. Next I started getting random boot failures. Intermittent and after pressing the reboot button the system will boot with no probs, and run all day. Recent developments include explorer errors, that stop me getting into control panel and sound issues. stuttering and pauses in mp3 playback. Again all of theses issues are intermittent. In an attempt to rule out software, I reformatted my hdd and reinstalled xp sp3 and am up to date on avg, spybot and adaware. My cpu runs at a steady 31 26 - idle to 41 46 under load. The case is free from dust and i have also checked for burst capacitors. I have purchased some new ram to rule out a memory problem. This morning I booted up with no probs, and went to Ebay and printed out all of my ebay sales sheets. All was fine until I got my mail in from outlook express. I was deleting spam when the system froze then went to a bsod :( I didn't get a chance to copy down the details before it rebooted the pc. The boot failed at dmi pool data. After i turned the pc off and on again all was fine, with no boot error. Its looking like the main-board to me as its not at any specific point that it crashes. can anyone think which is the best way for me to proceed? Any other ideas from you guys will be most welcome.