re: Windows XP shuts down
Sunday, December 7, 2003 at 6:42 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jeff
(4 messages posted)
Similar behavior here!
My XP Pro computer (Intel 2.8 & 1.5GB RAM) will shut down without any warning and
reboot. And when it's after 4 hours of rendering in Pinnacle Studio 8, it's bad,
really bad!
In the event log there is really nothing that helps me because nothing special is
being recording when the shutdown happens. The only thing is when it reboots, 2 errors
are logged.
The first one refers to %OWC_USBEHCD.DeviceDesc% service failed
The second one refers to viaagp system that failed to load.
Exploring the issue I've learned a lot more than I really care about WinXP! May be
useful to me, but I won't be able to bill it to my client.
So, I learned about the event log
I found a problem with zone alarm
I found a problem with PctSpk
I changed the PRC service to just restart itself and not the system (msservices)
I disabled the reboot in startup and recovery
I cleaned up my processes and services (amazing the stuff that can sneak in!)
I checked the temperature of my system (looked in the BIOS and everything is fine
but still left the case open for now)
I run check memory utility but that seems to be ok
I lowered the video resolution (didn't try changing the hw acceleration though)
Video drivers are current even though a little old (I have an ATI rage 128 pro, AGP
4X)
Well, that's it. It's been going on for a week now since I had a new motherboard
and processor installed in my machine. Before with AMD Athlon it would just shutdown
and not restart.
Any feedback would be most appreciated!
On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 4:11 pm, Tim wrote:
>Absolutely nothing. Sometimes when XP restarts, the crash analylis from Windows
comes
>up and indicates that it's my NVIDEA video driver, but that they can't detail the
>problem. They continue to suggest an updated drive, but that has not helped.
>
>I also use Pinnacle Studio video software, and as of last night, I thought that
I
>had it fixed. My Windows Media Player and RealPlayer both started acting up when
>playing videos. The system would just stop responding to anything. Total system
freeze.
>
>I reinstalled Pinnacle Studio last night and miraculously both Real Player and WMP
>started working again.
>
>That's when I thought the problem was fixed.
>
>I was going along fine watching some home made movies on WMP, but then when I was
>out to a web site, totally out of Pinnacle and WMP, the XP just shut down again
and
>then restarted, again with no error message.
>
>It's really strange. Tim
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