puzzle for geeks

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mewizard

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Hi geeks :) Believe me I have tried, for weeks, and now its just a pain in the ass :cool:

My pc crashes too often, 1stly here are my main specs

AMD Athlon 1100 MHz Not Overclocked
Windows XP Pro
1x 40GB hard drive 1x 20GB hard drive
2x 256MB SD RAM 1x 128MB SD RAM
Soundblaster Live
Diamond Supra 56e Memory

Sometimes my pc can crash several times in 5 minutes. Crashing meaning freezing up on me, and if im playing any music i get a continuous split second of it.

This means I have to reboot thus intrupting and deleting any unsaved work.

I need any suggestions at all please as you can imagine, this is getting on my tits :mad:

Ask anymore questions you need to know

Thanx
-rob
 
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Embattle

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First things first, this should of been put in the hardware forum.

Have you:

1. Reinstalled Windows
2. Striped down the PC and Rebuilt it
 
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old.Jas

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I believe this belongs in the hardware forum
 
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old.eaglestar

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What = a decent OS Jas ?

btw
the problem might be (bad) memory related. (try leaving out some mem modules)
 
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old.Jas

Guest
Win2kPro should do the job, I'm sure that some linux aficionados will pip in though
 
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Embattle

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Originally posted by Jas
Win2kPro should do the job, I'm sure that some linux aficionados will pip in though
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I don't have a rpoblem with either XP/W2K I find they both do certain things better and worse.
 
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Nibbler

Guest
Yes.

Win2K does: Work
Wink2K doesn't: Look like a fisher price toy

XP does: Look like a fisher price toy
XP doesn't: work



:clap:
 
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Embattle

Guest
Originally posted by Lead Nibbler
Yes.

Win2K does: Work
Wink2K doesn't: Look like a fisher price toy

XP does: Look like a fisher price toy
XP doesn't: work



:clap:
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Not if you have the brains to change the way it looks, fairly easy really and as stated it like W2K works fine on my computer.
 
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mewizard

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i have formatted and reinstalled windows but no luck

i remember having xp on ages ago, and i didnt crash like this....

but that was when i had 1x 20gb hard drive and 128 mb of ram,

could the problem be not enough voltage? or an unwaunted driver... ?
 
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Embattle

Guest
Do what eaglestar said, change a round the memory configuration...for example leave out the 128 etc
 
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Furr

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!!REBUILD TEH PUTER!!!!2442¬|

Fixed all my problems.
 
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mewizard

Guest
ok, but i cant see how rebuilding your pc would work, any technical side behind this?

and ill leave in my original 128mb as i cant remember it crashing like this with that in
 
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Embattle

Guest
Originally posted by mewizard
ok, but i cant see how rebuilding your pc would work, any technical side behind this?

and ill leave in my original 128mb as i cant remember it crashing like this with that in
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Simple because of loose connections etc overheating due to dust and old thermal paste etc etc etc.
 
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Summo

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Originally posted by mewizard
Sometimes my pc can crash several times in 5 minutes.
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I'm assuming your PC locks up for a second or two before carrying on, rather than actually crashing so you have to reset.

Check the System entries on Event Viewer at the times your PC locks up. Let us know what it says, or even better put the event ID in here or search the MS Knowledge Base.
 
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Furr

Guest
event viewer

-->control panel
-->administrative tools
-->event viewer
-->should be in the system one

Ow!!!

and i just bit my tongue
 
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mewizard

Guest
Re: Re: puzzle for geeks

I'm assuming your PC locks up for a second or two before carrying on, rather than actually crashing so you have to reset.
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My pc would crash, causing the whole machine to freeze up, thus manually rebooting my machine. So in the case of 'crashing several times in 5 mins'. I would reboot my pc several times.

im trying that event viewer btw, just need to figure out how to use it
 
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mewizard

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Originally posted by SomeGuy
It's ACPI, I betcha. :/
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it is :)

event id 4 + 5

to checkout a screenshot, visit here

so where do i go from here?
 
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Xavier

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best bet is to reinstall windows without ACPI - once XP/2K is installed with the ACPI version of the Hardware Abstraction Layer it's utterly impossible to remove and leave a stable platform... :(

when you come to reinstall windows make sure the system partition can be reformatted and force 'standard pc' instead of acpi when booting from the xp cd (from bios) tap f5 or f8 as the cd boots up to get the menu option (can't remember which)

ACPI is the spawn of the devil!
 
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mewizard

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acording the microsoft support, i need the latest bios update, so im downloading now, hopfully that will work! :(
 
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Summo

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Gah! I had ACPI errors almost exactly as you. Flashing the BIOS sorted it. Good luck.
 
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mewizard

Guest
hmm, i get an error when trying to install the bios,

The program file BIOS-lock string does not match with your system

any ideas?
 
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Summo

Guest
Sounds like you've downloaded a version for a different BIOS. What motherboard do you have?
 
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