AIW 9600 Lockups

I have an AIW 9600 Pro, and I've having problems with it locking up my computer.
I've asked for help a few times before in this newsgroup and other places and
recieved some helpful tips, but the problem hasn't totally gone away, so I'm
asking again. Here's what I've done so far: I first started with the Catalyst
3.9 drivers, installed in this order, it seems to be the most popular: capture
driver, don't reboot, display driver, reboot, control panel, reboot. TV
watching and capture works fine, but when I play back a file with Multimedia
center or use TV On Demand, the computer freezes after 30 seconds to a minute of
playback; I have to hit the reset button to get my computer back. I can play
files recorded by MMC with Windows Media Player and Winamp without lockups, so
the files it records are fine. This also happens with the DVD decoder. After
this happened a few times, I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled a few
times, varying the order a little each time but nothing seemed to help.

Later, I installed Half Life, but it wouldn't start. I uninstalled the 3.9
drivers and installed the 3.8 drivers and it started and played fine. However,
after 30 or 40 minutes of playing, it would freeze, just like it did with the
video playback. I have it set to use OpenGL rendering, when I tried to set it
to Direct3D it went into software mode.

I originally had a Sound Blaster PCI128 and someone suggested that it might be
causing problems, so I took it out and enabled my onboard sound, but the problem
didn't go away. I also tried disabling dma on my hard drives, but that didn't
help either. I have Windows XP Pro SP1 with DirectX 9.0b and the latest WM
Encoder/Player installed. I have the most recent drivers for my AGP and IDE
chipsets installed, they're ALi.

This almost looks like an overheating issue, but the fan on the card is in place
and running fine, and I have plenty of case fans, so I highly doubt that it is a
cooling problem.

I think I've covered everything I've tried, can anyone think of anything I
haven't tried?

Thanks,
Brett

change power supply
increase cpu voltage
increase ram voltage

my 2 cents

"Brett Simmers" <swtaarrs@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:GoidnVZeOPMqW16i4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> I have an AIW 9600 Pro, and I've having problems with it locking up my
computer.
> I've asked for help a few times before in this newsgroup and other
places and
> recieved some helpful tips, but the problem hasn't totally gone away, so
I'm
> asking again. Here's what I've done so far: I first started with the
Catalyst
> 3.9 drivers, installed in this order, it seems to be the most popular:
capture
> driver, don't reboot, display driver, reboot, control panel, reboot. TV
> watching and capture works fine, but when I play back a file with
Multimedia
> center or use TV On Demand, the computer freezes after 30 seconds to a
minute of
> playback; I have to hit the reset button to get my computer back. I can
play
> files recorded by MMC with Windows Media Player and Winamp without
lockups, so
> the files it records are fine. This also happens with the DVD decoder.
After
> this happened a few times, I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled a few
> times, varying the order a little each time but nothing seemed to help.
>
> Later, I installed Half Life, but it wouldn't start. I uninstalled the
3.9
> drivers and installed the 3.8 drivers and it started and played fine.
However,
> after 30 or 40 minutes of playing, it would freeze, just like it did with
the
> video playback. I have it set to use OpenGL rendering, when I tried to
set it
> to Direct3D it went into software mode.
>
> I originally had a Sound Blaster PCI128 and someone suggested that it
might be
> causing problems, so I took it out and enabled my onboard sound, but the
problem
> didn't go away. I also tried disabling dma on my hard drives, but that
didn't
> help either. I have Windows XP Pro SP1 with DirectX 9.0b and the latest
WM
> Encoder/Player installed. I have the most recent drivers for my AGP and
IDE
> chipsets installed, they're ALi.
>
> This almost looks like an overheating issue, but the fan on the card is in
place
> and running fine, and I have plenty of case fans, so I highly doubt that
it is a
> cooling problem.
>
> I think I've covered everything I've tried, can anyone think of anything I
> haven't tried?
>
> Thanks,
> Brett

xman Charlie wrote:

> change power supply
> increase cpu voltage
> increase ram voltage
>
> my 2 cents

I hadn't thought of that, thanks. Is there a "safe" limit for voltage
increases, and what potential danger is there? My power supply is an Antec
350W, my cpu is an Athlon XP 1700+ in an iWill XP-333 motherboard.

Brett

> "Brett Simmers" <swtaarrs@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:GoidnVZeOPMqW16i4p2dnA@comcast.com...
>
>>I have an AIW 9600 Pro, and I've having problems with it locking up my
>
> computer.
>
>> I've asked for help a few times before in this newsgroup and other
>
> places and
>
>>recieved some helpful tips, but the problem hasn't totally gone away, so
>
> I'm
>
>>asking again. Here's what I've done so far: I first started with the
>
> Catalyst
>
>>3.9 drivers, installed in this order, it seems to be the most popular:
>
> capture
>
>>driver, don't reboot, display driver, reboot, control panel, reboot. TV
>>watching and capture works fine, but when I play back a file with
>
> Multimedia
>
>>center or use TV On Demand, the computer freezes after 30 seconds to a
>
> minute of
>
>>playback; I have to hit the reset button to get my computer back. I can
>
> play
>
>>files recorded by MMC with Windows Media Player and Winamp without
>
> lockups, so
>
>>the files it records are fine. This also happens with the DVD decoder.
>
> After
>
>>this happened a few times, I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled a few
>>times, varying the order a little each time but nothing seemed to help.
>>
>>Later, I installed Half Life, but it wouldn't start. I uninstalled the
>
> 3.9
>
>>drivers and installed the 3.8 drivers and it started and played fine.
>
> However,
>
>>after 30 or 40 minutes of playing, it would freeze, just like it did with
>
> the
>
>>video playback. I have it set to use OpenGL rendering, when I tried to
>
> set it
>
>>to Direct3D it went into software mode.
>>
>>I originally had a Sound Blaster PCI128 and someone suggested that it
>
> might be
>
>>causing problems, so I took it out and enabled my onboard sound, but the
>
> problem
>
>>didn't go away. I also tried disabling dma on my hard drives, but that
>
> didn't
>
>>help either. I have Windows XP Pro SP1 with DirectX 9.0b and the latest
>
> WM
>
>>Encoder/Player installed. I have the most recent drivers for my AGP and
>
> IDE
>
>>chipsets installed, they're ALi.
>>
>>This almost looks like an overheating issue, but the fan on the card is in
>
> place
>
>>and running fine, and I have plenty of case fans, so I highly doubt that
>
> it is a
>
>>cooling problem.
>>
>>I think I've covered everything I've tried, can anyone think of anything I
>>haven't tried?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Brett