Re: MC Freezes

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From: Nigel Barker (nigel_at_hp.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:41:26 GMT

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:45:07 -0800, "MCE NUB" <MCE
NUB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My system configuration is as follows;
>Asus P4P800S-X motherboard
>Intel 2.8E Prescott CPU
>ATI 9600XT video card
>Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS sound card
>(2) ATI E-Home Wonder TV tuner cards (one w/FM one w/o)
>NEC ND2510A DVD+/-RW
>Western Digital WD2000JD SATA hard drive
>and an Ahanix D.Vine 5 case w/VFD
>
>Overall the system performs perfectly but, the problem I am having is that
>about three minutes after media center is opened the system hangs, sound
>stops, the screen freezes and the system will not accept input from the
>keyboard or mouse. Before freezing, TV playback and recording, DVD playback,
>CD playback and recording, VFD, and all other Media Center functions work
>flawlessly. The crash happens about three minutes after the ehome shell is
>opened regardless of media center's current undertaking.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do you mean it works perfectly before you start MCE? Or do you mean that after
three minutes it hangs whatever you are doing? If so it sounds like it's
overheating. Check the all the fans are spinning on CPU, graphics card &
motherboard.

Other than that many people have had trouble with the E-home Wonder cards. 

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

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