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re: Same Issue, Been Through Alot!
Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 1:49 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Clifford
(1 messages posted)
Two years ago I had a system custom built. It was awesome for about a year. Then
I downloaded some patches for XP on the Microsoft web site. My system went nuts,
shutting on and off by itself. XP was reinstalled but would then occasionally crash.
Not being able to detect disk drive for days or even a week afterwards when it did.
The system was finally taken for repair to the twit that built it. I am told the
hard drive is shot (It was allegedly tested in another system). I then discover he
put in a 100 MHz Ram with two 133s. I go elsewhere and a Western Digital drive is
installed. The new installer puts in Win 98. It worked fine for a day, then suddenly
shuts off with a video game – It first shut down after playing the game for hours,
then more frequently as time went on. I tried playing mp3’s and the system shut down
at random. I get frequent error messages, lack of memory, and invalid Opcode in VDX
quartz etc… So back goes in XP. Audio drivers are uninstalled updated and reinstalled,
a new 64MB video card is installed, and it runs great. . . for a day. Then the system
shuts off by itself a few minuets after the screen saver kicks in. I try to analyze
or defrag the drive the computer reboots. What the hell?? If it’s a power supply
issue (250w), why did it suddenly puke after installing XP patches. If it’s the Bios
I’ve been hosed by two different so-called computer experts. I’ve also recently been
told to install another sound card and modem! Why? They worked great before, why
won’t the system hum now? I’m currently using an ECS P6VAP-A+ mainboard and an 866
PIII processor. No burner, a full tower and plenty of ventilation. What in the world
is wrong with this thing??
On Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 1:23 pm, TobyCloud wrote:
>I am having the same issue :P
>It seems to be completely random. Sometimes it happens when the computer is playing
>a game (this would be understandable in certain situations). Sometimes it happens
>while listening to music in Winamp.
>
>I currently run:
> AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.333GHz
> Asus A7V133 Revision 1009
> 384MB PC133 SDRAM
> Geforce4 ti4200 128MB
> (also happened with Geforce2 GTS 64MB)
> Sound Blaster Platinum 5.1
> 400W Power Supply
> (also happened with 300W Power Supply)
> Windows 2000 SP2
>
>I see the following warnings in Event Viewer:
> System Log: The F: disk is at or near capacity. You may need to delete some files
> System Log: An error was detected on device \Device\CdRom1 during a paging operation
> Application Log: WMI ADAP was unable to process the PerfProc performance library
>due to a time violation in the collect function
>
>- I do not run WinMx or Mcafee softwares
>- My computer is running at the correct temperature (PC: 107.5F)
>- I have two additional 4" Case fans mounted on the side opposite my processor
>- This did not happen after a new hardware install
>
>- It could be RAM, but that will be checked tomorrow Jan 8 (Im receiving a 512MB
>PC133 Dimm which will be installed)
>
>Don't know what else to include. Thanks Guys, any help is appreciated.
>
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