I just set up a new computer to run audio recording/editing software. I installed xp, did some optimizing based on several good guides found from google, and had all of my 2 important drivers loaded correctly (video and sound.) The problem may lie with the audio interface. It is a usb interface which communicates with the audio softwares asio drivers. Upon the first load of the software the computer froze and crashed. The second time I opened task manager to track the cpu performance and saw a huge spuike in usage, it hung at 100 and shut down again. I then tried opening a smaller program (adobe reader.) It's opening also caused a huge spike in usage (90's) but dropped down to 1 or two relatively quickly. I decided to turn the usb interface off and load the music software again. This time it spiked high but dropped down like adobe. Unfortunately the software is useless without the audio interface to communicate with. I checked for IRQ conflicts and they were all reported as OK. Also, part of the optimizing xp for a digital audio workstation, I hit the F5 button instead of the F6 button after the first reboot of the xp install and selected "normal computer" to avoid IRQ conflicts that are known to occur in xp. I should also mention that the computer is not connected to the internet and has only brought a couple files over from the other computer which does run a firewall with Norton. My question is this. Can I take this hard drive with xp installed on it and put it in an older computer (not totally outdated) and load windows. Reinstall drivers if necassary and test the same opening of programs. I just want to make sure it's a software/hardrive isuue and not a cpu/memory/motherboard issue. Thanks

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

'Can I take this hard drive with xp installed on it and put it 
in an older computer (not totally outdated) and load windows'

Yes - the xp installed on it may not work in another machine (driver issues) - but 
either a repair reinstall or a clean install would be ok (not sure what you're asking 
- you sound pretty competent, so would expect you to know there's no problem installing 
new version of XP on this drive in another machine. If you want to keep existing 
isntallation - need a repair reinstall if it won't just work - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341. 
 Would have activation issues - but presumably this is just a short term test and 
you wouldn't need to activate.






On Friday, January 6, 2006 at 4:12 pm, james wrote:

>I just set up a new computer to run audio recording/editing software. I installed 

>xp, did some optimizing based on several good guides found from google, and had 
all 

>of my 2 important drivers loaded correctly (video and sound.) The problem may lie 

>with the audio interface. It is a usb interface which communicates with the audio 

>softwares asio drivers. Upon the first load of the software the computer froze and 

>crashed. The second time I opened task manager to track the cpu performance and 
saw 

>a huge spuike in usage, it hung at 100 and shut down again. I then tried opening 

>a smaller program (adobe reader.) It's opening also caused a huge spike in usage 

>(90's) but dropped down to 1 or two relatively quickly. I decided to turn the usb 

>interface off and load the music software again. This time it spiked high but dropped 

>down like adobe. Unfortunately the software is useless without the audio interface 

>to communicate with. I checked for IRQ conflicts and they were all reported as OK. 

>Also, part of the optimizing xp for a digital audio workstation, I hit the F5 button 

>instead of the F6 button after the first reboot of the xp install and selected "normal 

>computer" to avoid IRQ conflicts that are known to occur in xp.

>I should also mention that the computer is not connected to the internet and has 

>only brought a couple files over from the other computer which does run a firewall 

>with Norton.

>My question is this. Can I take this hard drive with xp installed on it and put 
it 

>in an older computer (not totally outdated) and load windows. Reinstall drivers 
if 

>necassary and test the same opening of programs. I just want to make sure it's a 

>software/hardrive isuue and not a cpu/memory/motherboard issue.

>Thanks  

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

What about testing the cause on the same computer. How can I go about diagnosing the cause of the spikes in cpu usage. I've read about a memory testing utility as well as some cpu "strain" tests. Scan disk should tell me about errors on the hard drive. Any suggestion would be appreciated.


On Friday, January 6, 2006 at 4:12 pm, james wrote:
>I just set up a new computer to run audio recording/editing software. I installed
>xp, did some optimizing based on several good guides found from google, and had all
>of my 2 important drivers loaded correctly (video and sound.) The problem may lie
>with the audio interface. It is a usb interface which communicates with the audio
>softwares asio drivers. Upon the first load of the software the computer froze and
>crashed. The second time I opened task manager to track the cpu performance and saw
>a huge spuike in usage, it hung at 100 and shut down again. I then tried opening
>a smaller program (adobe reader.) It's opening also caused a huge spike in usage
>(90's) but dropped down to 1 or two relatively quickly. I decided to turn the usb
>interface off and load the music software again. This time it spiked high but dropped
>down like adobe. Unfortunately the software is useless without the audio interface
>to communicate with. I checked for IRQ conflicts and they were all reported as OK.
>Also, part of the optimizing xp for a digital audio workstation, I hit the F5 button
>instead of the F6 button after the first reboot of the xp install and selected "normal
>computer" to avoid IRQ conflicts that are known to occur in xp.
>I should also mention that the computer is not connected to the internet and has
>only brought a couple files over from the other computer which does run a firewall
>with Norton.
>My question is this. Can I take this hard drive with xp installed on it and put it
>in an older computer (not totally outdated) and load windows. Reinstall drivers if
>necassary and test the same opening of programs. I just want to make sure it's a
>software/hardrive isuue and not a cpu/memory/motherboard issue.
>Thanks

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

• Search this forum
• Start a new thread on a different subject

• Report abuse of the forum