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| Rob O'Connor 2002-06-23, 10:25 am |
| Hi,
Would like to get the group's feeling as to what the problem could be
with my computer.
Chaintech Motherboard (SocketA, ATA133)
AMD Duron 800 CPU
256MB SDRAM
Western Digital 30GB IDE HDD
Seagate 80GB IDE HDD
LiteOn 12x CDRW
Pioneer 8x DVD
Abit Siluro Geforce4 MX420
300W PSU
Windows 2000 Server
I always had problems with this computer, usually when installing
software from CD, windows would give me a blue screen.
Since upgrading to the GF4 and putting the extra 80GB drive in its
been terrible, everything that involves a lot of disk I/O gives a blue
screen, different every time. Copying over 100Mb across hard disks is
certain to cause a crash.
I've tried swapping DIMM slots, removing unneccessary cards to reduce
power drain, tried a multitude of different OSs from clean install so
I'm pretty sure this is a hardware fault.
Any ideas, maybe something in the BIOS i've overlooked?
Cheers,
Rob
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| RodgerH 2002-06-23, 1:25 pm |
| Rob O'Connor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would like to get the group's feeling as to what the problem could be
> with my computer.
>
> Chaintech Motherboard (SocketA, ATA133)
> AMD Duron 800 CPU
> 256MB SDRAM
> Western Digital 30GB IDE HDD
> Seagate 80GB IDE HDD
> LiteOn 12x CDRW
> Pioneer 8x DVD
> Abit Siluro Geforce4 MX420
> 300W PSU
> Windows 2000 Server
>
> I always had problems with this computer, usually when installing
> software from CD, windows would give me a blue screen.
>
> Since upgrading to the GF4 and putting the extra 80GB drive in its
> been terrible, everything that involves a lot of disk I/O gives a blue
> screen, different every time. Copying over 100Mb across hard disks is
> certain to cause a crash.
>
> I've tried swapping DIMM slots, removing unneccessary cards to reduce
> power drain, tried a multitude of different OSs from clean install so
> I'm pretty sure this is a hardware fault.
>
> Any ideas, maybe something in the BIOS i've overlooked?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
In my experience, CD-ROM drives are generally unstable any time they share
an IDE cable with other devices (another CD or HD). It looks like you have
2 HD and 2 CD drives .
Do you have this CD on a cable by itself and as the primary master? If
not, try that.
If so, check your BIOS for IDE speed settings -- try using a slower PIO
mode and see if it helps.
~Rodger
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| Could be a driver problem, check that you got the latest driver for the mobo
and the cards installed.
Edi
"Rob O'Connor" <usenet@rocsystems.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:m5rbhu41b5cqvovhueou983mr
a012mdqie@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> Would like to get the group's feeling as to what the problem could be
> with my computer.
>
> Chaintech Motherboard (SocketA, ATA133)
> AMD Duron 800 CPU
> 256MB SDRAM
> Western Digital 30GB IDE HDD
> Seagate 80GB IDE HDD
> LiteOn 12x CDRW
> Pioneer 8x DVD
> Abit Siluro Geforce4 MX420
> 300W PSU
> Windows 2000 Server
>
> I always had problems with this computer, usually when installing
> software from CD, windows would give me a blue screen.
>
> Since upgrading to the GF4 and putting the extra 80GB drive in its
> been terrible, everything that involves a lot of disk I/O gives a blue
> screen, different every time. Copying over 100Mb across hard disks is
> certain to cause a crash.
>
> I've tried swapping DIMM slots, removing unneccessary cards to reduce
> power drain, tried a multitude of different OSs from clean install so
> I'm pretty sure this is a hardware fault.
>
> Any ideas, maybe something in the BIOS i've overlooked?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
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| jombeewoof 2002-06-24, 10:56 am |
| I saw a similar problem just last week
it turned out to be the memory stick (POST was reading just fine but I couldn't install win98 on the machine without serious conflicts and several restarts) try another stick without the stick you have in there | |
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| off the top of my head: sounds like motherboard or its drivers: bad ide
controller.
especially if the problem had always been there and had recently been
exacerbated by new hard drive.
but to back into it, i would first disable all the drives but the one with
the os, rather than going through a reinstall. do you have stability? can
you copy big files (e.g., off the net or another computer on your network)?
then add the drives back starting with the ones that were installed first.
can you copy big files? when does it start to crash?
as others have indicated however, it can be many things.
good luck
Mike Bateman
"Rob O'Connor" <usenet@rocsystems.co.uk> wrote in message
news:m5rbhu41b5cqvovhueou983mr
a012mdqie@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> Would like to get the group's feeling as to what the problem could be
> with my computer.
>
> Chaintech Motherboard (SocketA, ATA133)
> AMD Duron 800 CPU
> 256MB SDRAM
> Western Digital 30GB IDE HDD
> Seagate 80GB IDE HDD
> LiteOn 12x CDRW
> Pioneer 8x DVD
> Abit Siluro Geforce4 MX420
> 300W PSU
> Windows 2000 Server
>
> I always had problems with this computer, usually when installing
> software from CD, windows would give me a blue screen.
>
> Since upgrading to the GF4 and putting the extra 80GB drive in its
> been terrible, everything that involves a lot of disk I/O gives a blue
> screen, different every time. Copying over 100Mb across hard disks is
> certain to cause a crash.
>
> I've tried swapping DIMM slots, removing unneccessary cards to reduce
> power drain, tried a multitude of different OSs from clean install so
> I'm pretty sure this is a hardware fault.
>
> Any ideas, maybe something in the BIOS i've overlooked?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
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| When you get the BSOD, writre down the STOP code. Go to Microsoft's Knowledge Base and see what the
problem is. Probably the memory. Replace it and see if it still happens.
TOny
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:25:41 GMT, "edi" <ediklimauk@nospam.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Could be a driver problem, check that you got the latest driver for the mobo
>and the cards installed.
>
>Edi
>
>"Rob O'Connor" <usenet@rocsystems.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:m5rbhu41b5cqvovhueou983mr
a012mdqie@4ax.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Would like to get the group's feeling as to what the problem could be
>> with my computer.
>>
>> Chaintech Motherboard (SocketA, ATA133)
>> AMD Duron 800 CPU
>> 256MB SDRAM
>> Western Digital 30GB IDE HDD
>> Seagate 80GB IDE HDD
>> LiteOn 12x CDRW
>> Pioneer 8x DVD
>> Abit Siluro Geforce4 MX420
>> 300W PSU
>> Windows 2000 Server
>>
>> I always had problems with this computer, usually when installing
>> software from CD, windows would give me a blue screen.
>>
>> Since upgrading to the GF4 and putting the extra 80GB drive in its
>> been terrible, everything that involves a lot of disk I/O gives a blue
>> screen, different every time. Copying over 100Mb across hard disks is
>> certain to cause a crash.
>>
>> I've tried swapping DIMM slots, removing unneccessary cards to reduce
>> power drain, tried a multitude of different OSs from clean install so
>> I'm pretty sure this is a hardware fault.
>>
>> Any ideas, maybe something in the BIOS i've overlooked?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rob
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