Re: Strange problem

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From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 04:30:42 -0500

What is Eve- Online? 

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"jeffrey" <jeffrey@nospam.com> wrote in message 
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| Hi,
|
| Need some second opinions on this.  The problem is one 
program that keeps
| locking up the computer forcing a reboot all the time. 
The program is
| Eve-Online.  I was having this problem on the computer 
when the OS was W2K,
| but had a serious HDD crash and had to replace it.  So I 
installed XP Pro
| SP1, then updated to SP2.  On both OS, I had all the 
latest driver updates
| (Eve said to check all driver, which I did without their 
suggestions),
| latest Direct X as well, but the problem persists on the 
fresh install.  On
| my notebook with XP Pro SP2, it works with no problem 
though.  The system is
| a P3 1 Ghz, 1.32 Gb RAM, ASUS GeForce 5700 256 Mb DDR, 
using a Logictech
| cordless trackball, SB Live soundcard.  I`m not sure, but 
on some of the
| reboots, I loose my trackball (USB type) and have to 
replug the USB
| trackball back in.  I would try a PS2 mouse, but the PS2 
mouse port is not
| working.  Since this problem occurs in two different OS on 
the same system,
| I can rule out the OS (since it works on the laptop XP Pro 
SP2), as well as
| the HDD.  Keyboard is new too and the video card is barely 
a month old.  The
| problem only occurs with that one program though.  Any 
suggestions on a
| likely culprit?  Do you think it could be a program 
conflict with one of the
| drivers ( Trackball, video)?  Some other peice of hardware 
starting to fail?
| As for programs, the Notebook has the same programs 
installed and same
| background programs running as well.  All I can think of 
is driver conflict
| or hardware.  Sometimes the system locks up right away, 
sometimes it can go
| for hours playing the game, then a lock up.
|
| Jeff
|

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