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  • alienfinder
    Digital Video Technician
    Digital Video Technician
    • Jun 2005
    • 485

    Windows Keeps crashing



    windows keeps crashing whenever i play music cds,mp3s(with MPC),surfing the net (firefox)& ripping cds (EAC)
    it has all windows updates and i scanned for viruses/spyware,nothing

    its also a fresh install

    log included
    Attached Files







    My Computer Specs:
    Windows XP Home Edition
    SP2
    1.2Ghz AMD Duron
    384MB DDR Ram
    256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
    40GB HD
    250GB HD
  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    #2
    really need to be able to turn off the onboard video, try in bios for shared memory, look for a jumper next to the onboard video out

    see the power user sticky in general comp

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    • alienfinder
      Digital Video Technician
      Digital Video Technician
      • Jun 2005
      • 485

      #3
      i disabled my onboard video card in device manager,i couldnt find the jumper and dont know where to look exactly in the bios

      i followed the power user guide







      My Computer Specs:
      Windows XP Home Edition
      SP2
      1.2Ghz AMD Duron
      384MB DDR Ram
      256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
      40GB HD
      250GB HD

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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #4
        Desktop Effects:
        Combo-Box Animation Enabled
        Drop Shadow Effect Enabled
        Flat Menu Effect Disabled
        Font Smoothing Enabled
        Full Window Dragging Enabled
        Gradient Window Title Bars Enabled
        Hide Menu Access Keys Enabled
        Hot Tracking Effect Enabled
        Icon Title Wrapping Enabled
        List-Box Smooth Scrolling Enabled
        Menu Animation Enabled
        Menu Fade Effect Enabled
        Minimize/Restore Animation Enabled
        Mouse Cursor Shadow Enabled
        Selection Fade Effect Enabled
        ShowSounds Accessibility Feature Disabled
        ToolTip Animation Enabled
        ToolTip Fade Effect Enabled
        Windows Plus! Extension Disabled
        go back and change for best performance and only enable smooth edges of fonts

        it looks like the onboard video is still sharing system memory

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        • Chewy
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 18971

          #5
          does it have an agp slot?

          what cards are in what pci slots?

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          • alienfinder
            Digital Video Technician
            Digital Video Technician
            • Jun 2005
            • 485

            #6
            Originally Posted by Chewy
            does it have an agp slot?

            what cards are in what pci slots?
            im not sure if i have a pci slot but in my agp slots it has my GFX card,ethernet & usb 2.0 ports







            My Computer Specs:
            Windows XP Home Edition
            SP2
            1.2Ghz AMD Duron
            384MB DDR Ram
            256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
            40GB HD
            250GB HD

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            • Chewy
              Super Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 18971

              #7
              open the side and look in, course i deleted the manual I downloaded

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              • alienfinder
                Digital Video Technician
                Digital Video Technician
                • Jun 2005
                • 485

                #8
                late reply but i thought i should say that after cleaning and defragging my system seems more stable and i havent had a crash for a while







                My Computer Specs:
                Windows XP Home Edition
                SP2
                1.2Ghz AMD Duron
                384MB DDR Ram
                256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
                40GB HD
                250GB HD

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                • Chewy
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 18971

                  #9
                  had a friend/client/trainee that bought a 2 or 3 year old computer for 10$ from a flea market, wouldn't post at all, he finally opened it up and someone had unhooked a lot of the connectors trying to isolate the problem

                  he shined a bright light into it and thought it looked awfully dirty, took a strong air compressor and started blowing, and kept blowing till it was dust free

                  booted and posted

                  rehooked up everything and it's fine, except for the load, reloaded and works great, didn't even burn up the power supply

                  and he got a decent monitor with it

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