BSOD: Hardware Device Malfunction

[Asestar]

I'm getting BSOD's under winXp for the first time.
I've got dx9.0b, 8500le, sblive digital, 1.6DuronXP, 512mbSDAM, Kt7a.

BSOD happens mostly when using 3d games, (once when playing divx movie with
5.1 ac3 sound). The error does not give detail to what hardware has caused
error, but says only something like
"Hardware Malfunction, Call you device/system vendor".
Also the sound hangs in a repetetive manor, producing only "thud-thud-thud"
over and over again about 1-2 thud per sec.

I tried reinstalling sound/video drivers, easy off ram latency etc, no
overclocking, but still it's there.

Now i've had some power-outs lately, where i forced system to shutdown, thus
maybe causing corrupt data on hdd.
Can it be some directx files getting damaged that cause this? If so how can
I fix it?

Thanks in advance

 

[JAD]

Try and not use the #1 PCI slot
in the bios reset configuration data-YES, boot and play a game, if that doesn't work
remove the sound card physically and boot -shut down and reinstall the SC
VIA chipset? 4in1 version?

 

[Asestar]

I did as you said. There was no device in pci1 slot. I reinstalled soundcard
drivers, reset bios ESCD data, via chipset drivers, but did not help. I
found this in WCPUID :

[ WCPUID Version 3.1a (c) 1996-2002 By H.Oda! ]
$$--- PCI Device List

Bus Dev Fnc VendorID DeviceID Revision SubSystem IRQ Device Type
--- --- --- --------- --------- --------- --------- --- --------------------
-
#0 #0 #0 1106h 0305h 03h A401147Bh - Host Bridge
#0 #1 #0 1106h 8305h 00h FFFFFFFFh - PCI-PCI
Bridge
#0 #7 #0 1106h 0686h 40h 0000147Bh - ISA Bridge
#0 #7 #1 1106h 0571h 06h 05711106h - IDE
Controller
#0 #7 #2 1106h 3038h 16h 12340925h 7 UHCI USB
Controller
#0 #7 #3 1106h 3038h 16h 12340925h 7 UHCI USB
Controller
#0 #7 #4 1106h 3057h 40h 30571106h - Other
Bridge
#0 #11 #0 10B7h 9004h 04h 900410B7h 7 Ethernet
Controller
#0 #13 #0 8086h 1229h 08h 000C8086h 7 Ethernet
Controller
#0 #15 #0 1102h 0002h 0Ah 80651102h 7 Audio
Controller
#0 #15 #1 1102h 7002h 0Ah 00201102h - Other Input
Device
#1 #0 #0 1002h 514Ch 00h 00001681h 7 VGA
Compatible

##--- Date 02/20/2004, Time 14:22:26

Why are all those devices (audio, vga, ethernett) using IRQ7 ? Is this
supposed to be like that?

 

[JAD]

in today's ACPI boards and windows the use of 1 IRQ amongst many peripherals is common. May I suggest another couple of things. 1 if
you have the setting 'PnP OS installed'? set to NO. set again ESCD reset, If that doesn't work remove all hardware except for
memory, CPU, PSU, video, w/1 Hard drive(with the OS), SC. No USB devices. I see that you are running 2 NICS, for sharing no doubt..
I would remove one of those and only leave what you need to produce the problem.

I did as you said. There was no device in pci1 slot. I reinstalled soundcard
drivers, reset bios ESCD data, via chipset drivers, but did not help. I
found this in WCPUID :

[ WCPUID Version 3.1a (c) 1996-2002 By H.Oda! ]
$$--- PCI Device List

Bus Dev Fnc VendorID DeviceID Revision SubSystem IRQ Device Type
--- --- --- --------- --------- --------- --------- --- --------------------
-
#0 #0 #0 1106h 0305h 03h A401147Bh - Host Bridge
#0 #1 #0 1106h 8305h 00h FFFFFFFFh - PCI-PCI
Bridge
#0 #7 #0 1106h 0686h 40h 0000147Bh - ISA Bridge
#0 #7 #1 1106h 0571h 06h 05711106h - IDE
Controller
#0 #7 #2 1106h 3038h 16h 12340925h 7 UHCI USB
Controller
#0 #7 #3 1106h 3038h 16h 12340925h 7 UHCI USB
Controller
#0 #7 #4 1106h 3057h 40h 30571106h - Other
Bridge
#0 #11 #0 10B7h 9004h 04h 900410B7h 7 Ethernet
Controller
#0 #13 #0 8086h 1229h 08h 000C8086h 7 Ethernet
Controller
#0 #15 #0 1102h 0002h 0Ah 80651102h 7 Audio
Controller
#0 #15 #1 1102h 7002h 0Ah 00201102h - Other Input
Device
#1 #0 #0 1002h 514Ch 00h 00001681h 7 VGA
Compatible

##--- Date 02/20/2004, Time 14:22:26

Why are all those devices (audio, vga, ethernett) using IRQ7 ? Is this
supposed to be like that?

Try and not use the #1 PCI slot
in the bios reset configuration data-YES, boot and play a game, if that doesn't work
remove the sound card physically and boot -shut down and reinstall the SC
VIA chipset? 4in1 version?

 

[Asestar]

I just disables "Enable PnP OS" from bios, reinstalled Cat4.2 and Via4in1,
and Violá!
It's working now, no crashes what so ever.

Even got a 1200 points increase in 3dmark2001se. Now doing 8432 (compared to
7135 before) on herc.8500le (255/250)64mb, winxp, duron1600, 512mb pc133,
kt7a. Not bad i guess.

you have the setting 'PnP OS installed'? set to NO. set again ESCD reset,

If that doesn't work remove all hardware except for

memory, CPU, PSU, video, w/1 Hard drive(with the OS), SC. No USB devices.

I see that you are running 2 NICS, for sharing no doubt..

I would remove one of those and only leave what you need to produce the

problem.

 

[JAD]

kewl glad you got it ...

I just disables "Enable PnP OS" from bios, reinstalled Cat4.2 and Via4in1,
and Violá!
It's working now, no crashes what so ever.

Even got a 1200 points increase in 3dmark2001se. Now doing 8432 (compared to
7135 before) on herc.8500le (255/250)64mb, winxp, duron1600, 512mb pc133,
kt7a. Not bad i guess.


If that doesn't work remove all hardware except for
I see that you are running 2 NICS, for sharing no doubt..
problem.

 

[Asestar]

§¨*@ i got that dreaded bsod again while playing Morrowind for about 10-12
minutes... Damn it. Could it be something wrong with IDE setup? I think that
was the last thing I touched besides upgrading the cpu..