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re: Same Issue, Been Through Alot!
Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 3:19 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ronno
(1 messages posted)
Just downloaded the most recent 5-6 Win XP upgrades and now IE Explorer shuts down
every 10 minutes while surfing the I-net. PC is Asus A7V133 with an Athlon C 1333
with all the parts working all the time. Tossed out conflicting software long ago.
Hardware tempuratures good etc. - has been since installing Win XP about 2 years
ago. I'm going to uninstall relevent XP upgrades starting with most recent until
everything works again. Ron
On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 1:49 am, Clifford wrote:
>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??
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