Hi all,
System: Athlon1400mhz VIA-236 chipset, 512MB ram, Awopen CD-RW, Lite-on DVD-RW, M-Audio 24/96 soundcard;
I recently tried to install a DVD-RW. I used the 80 wire cable from the IDE channel with the hard drive on as it had 2 connectors, and swapped the one connecting the CD-rw to the hard drive. I connected these the right way round, and correctly. The system bcame very unstable and crashed every 10 minutes or so. I tried uninstalling the CD-Rw and using the DVD-RW on its own but still the PC froze regularly.
So I have uninstalled both writers, and still the issue remains - I also got the BSOD once - 'IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL' message with a line at the bottom which said '*** atapi.sys - Address F54BDc'...etc.
So now I have uninstalled my soundcard and reinstalled the onboard soundchip - and guess what ? it works! I have reinstalled the CD-RW and its still stable.
This sounds like a soundcard issue, but the system was stable before I tried to install the DVD-RW. I have windows XP installed as a standard PC - No ACPI. My BIOS is currently set to Assign IRQs - manual.
could the drives be causing a conflict with the soundcard? I was thinking about replacing the IDE cables but guess I don't need to now!!
Can anyone advise? Any help much appreciated!
thanks guys, Andy.
System: Athlon1400mhz VIA-236 chipset, 512MB ram, Awopen CD-RW, Lite-on DVD-RW, M-Audio 24/96 soundcard;
I recently tried to install a DVD-RW. I used the 80 wire cable from the IDE channel with the hard drive on as it had 2 connectors, and swapped the one connecting the CD-rw to the hard drive. I connected these the right way round, and correctly. The system bcame very unstable and crashed every 10 minutes or so. I tried uninstalling the CD-Rw and using the DVD-RW on its own but still the PC froze regularly.
So I have uninstalled both writers, and still the issue remains - I also got the BSOD once - 'IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL' message with a line at the bottom which said '*** atapi.sys - Address F54BDc'...etc.
So now I have uninstalled my soundcard and reinstalled the onboard soundchip - and guess what ? it works! I have reinstalled the CD-RW and its still stable.
This sounds like a soundcard issue, but the system was stable before I tried to install the DVD-RW. I have windows XP installed as a standard PC - No ACPI. My BIOS is currently set to Assign IRQs - manual.
could the drives be causing a conflict with the soundcard? I was thinking about replacing the IDE cables but guess I don't need to now!!
Can anyone advise? Any help much appreciated!
thanks guys, Andy.