RE: XP completely freezes, esp. when using Media Player,Movie Maker or

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From: Andrew E. (eckrichco_at_msn.com)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:51:01 -0800

 Go to control-panel,open administration,then open event viewer.Chk the
 events and warnings that have/are taken place,click on the url for one,
 this opens help/support in xp,usually with an answer or a fix.

"Katja Flarestar" wrote:

> Hey!
>
> I've got big time trouble repairing a computer here.
>
> It is a mainboard with via chipset, Geforce 2 Ti video card,
> SoundBlaster AudioPCI (creative) sound, win XP prof. with SP2.
>
> it happens that the PC crashes all the time, and with crash I mean
> TOTAL freeze with no reacting until pressing reset, or, in some rare
> cases, it just resets itself.
>
> The problem appears mostly when using Media Player, Movie Maker or
> Internet Explorer.
> When using Media Player, it crashes immediately sometimes, sometimes
> it doesn't. When it doesn't, and I try to open movie maker as well, it
> won't take long until the crash. When it crashes,the sound of the
> media file will get stuck and repeat all the time the same moment,
> like when a cd hangs or gets stuck. The video stays frozen. sometimes
> the cd-hang repeating sound is gone, and itstead there is a
> continuous, horrifying beeeeeep.
>
> So, what I tried so far:
>
> Updating chipset drivers to via hyperion 4 in one
> Updating video card drivers
> chaged PCI cards (so that sound no longer shares an IRQ with video
> card)
> installed "vlatency" patch (supposed to cure southbridge-bug and other
> stuff for via chipsets);
>
> what else could I do?
>

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