Computer freezes for no reason

[Guest]

I have a custom made system that I've used for 3 or so years. I replaced the
master drive (40GB) w/a Seagate 120GB drive as master, 40GB as slave. Since
I've done this, Windows XP Pro SP2 seems to freeze for no reason. I've run
all the diagnostics I can think off, even when ran the Seagate tools. There
don't appear to be any problems with any of my stuff. I will lock up/freeze
up when my daughter is only using AIM or just typing a school paper. I'm not
very computer literate, but I looked in System Info and their were no
conflicts. I really would like to find out what the problem is and get it
fixed for good. I run Norton Antivirus 2006 and it finds no
spyware/malware/viruses.

 

[R. McCarty]

Add Hardware & System Freezes, likely cause is an insufficient Power
Supply. I'm assuming from your description that before the upgrade the
PC did not have a 2nd physical drive in it ?

 

[Guest]

No. I had two internal, physical drives: 20GB Master, 40GB slave. I
replaced the 20GB w/120GB and kept the 40GB as slave. Any other suuggestions?

 

[R. McCarty]

Maybe - Have you check the System Event Log to see what if any error(s)
are being logged ? If it's not power related, perhaps the temperature level
in the PC has risen. Do you have a program that can read the sensors of
the CPU/Motherboard & Drives ?

 

[Guest]

I looked in the event log. I just had to restart my computer BTW. There are
4 entries similar to this one:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical
assistance.

After looking at it, the same 4 appear everytime it freezes.

 

[Guest]

Also, I do not have a program/tool to read the sensors of the
CPU/Motherboard & drives. Any suggestions?

 

[R. McCarty]

That would definitely account for it. Can you do one more operation.
Click Start, Run (Type) MSInfo32.Exe [Press Enter]
When System Information opens, Click the category Hardware Res.
Then Click the Conflicts/Sharing sub-category. Look in the Right
Pane and see what if any I/O Port conflicts are listed and post just the
information from the "Device" column.

 

[Guest]

Here's for the I/O stuff. There's plenty of other stuff there as well.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP

That would definitely account for it. Can you do one more operation.
Click Start, Run (Type) MSInfo32.Exe [Press Enter]
When System Information opens, Click the category Hardware Res.
Then Click the Conflicts/Sharing sub-category. Look in the Right
Pane and see what if any I/O Port conflicts are listed and post just the
information from the "Device" column.

I looked in the event log. I just had to restart my computer BTW. There
are
4 entries similar to this one:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical
assistance.

After looking at it, the same 4 appear everytime it freezes.

 

[R. McCarty]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q283649

Here's for the I/O stuff. There's plenty of other stuff there as well.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP

That would definitely account for it. Can you do one more operation.
Click Start, Run (Type) MSInfo32.Exe [Press Enter]
When System Information opens, Click the category Hardware Res.
Then Click the Conflicts/Sharing sub-category. Look in the Right
Pane and see what if any I/O Port conflicts are listed and post just the
information from the "Device" column.

I looked in the event log. I just had to restart my computer BTW.
There
are
4 entries similar to this one:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This
could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical
assistance.

After looking at it, the same 4 appear everytime it freezes.



:

Maybe - Have you check the System Event Log to see what if any
error(s)
are being logged ? If it's not power related, perhaps the temperature
level
in the PC has risen. Do you have a program that can read the sensors
of
the CPU/Motherboard & Drives ?

No. I had two internal, physical drives: 20GB Master, 40GB slave.
I
replaced the 20GB w/120GB and kept the 40GB as slave. Any other
suuggestions?

:

Add Hardware & System Freezes, likely cause is an insufficient
Power
Supply. I'm assuming from your description that before the upgrade
the
PC did not have a 2nd physical drive in it ?

message
I have a custom made system that I've used for 3 or so years. I
replaced
the
master drive (40GB) w/a Seagate 120GB drive as master, 40GB as
slave.
Since
I've done this, Windows XP Pro SP2 seems to freeze for no reason.
I've
run
all the diagnostics I can think off, even when ran the Seagate
tools.
There
don't appear to be any problems with any of my stuff. I will
lock
up/freeze
up when my daughter is only using AIM or just typing a school
paper.
I'm
not
very computer literate, but I looked in System Info and their
were
no
conflicts. I really would like to find out what the problem is
and
get
it
fixed for good. I run Norton Antivirus 2006 and it finds no
spyware/malware/viruses.

 

[Guest]

I went to the link you provided. It eventually led me to a BIOS upgrade
discussion. I went to eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.45 for upgrade
information. I will post the results. It can take from 12-24 hours for a
response. I will post the results. THANK YOU for the help so far!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q283649

Here's for the I/O stuff. There's plenty of other stuff there as well.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP

That would definitely account for it. Can you do one more operation.
Click Start, Run (Type) MSInfo32.Exe [Press Enter]
When System Information opens, Click the category Hardware Res.
Then Click the Conflicts/Sharing sub-category. Look in the Right
Pane and see what if any I/O Port conflicts are listed and post just the
information from the "Device" column.


I looked in the event log. I just had to restart my computer BTW.
There
are
4 entries similar to this one:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This
could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical
assistance.

After looking at it, the same 4 appear everytime it freezes.



:

Maybe - Have you check the System Event Log to see what if any
error(s)
are being logged ? If it's not power related, perhaps the temperature
level
in the PC has risen. Do you have a program that can read the sensors
of
the CPU/Motherboard & Drives ?

No. I had two internal, physical drives: 20GB Master, 40GB slave.
I
replaced the 20GB w/120GB and kept the 40GB as slave. Any other
suuggestions?

:

Add Hardware & System Freezes, likely cause is an insufficient
Power
Supply. I'm assuming from your description that before the upgrade
the
PC did not have a 2nd physical drive in it ?

message
I have a custom made system that I've used for 3 or so years. I
replaced
the
master drive (40GB) w/a Seagate 120GB drive as master, 40GB as
slave.
Since
I've done this, Windows XP Pro SP2 seems to freeze for no reason.
I've
run
all the diagnostics I can think off, even when ran the Seagate
tools.
There
don't appear to be any problems with any of my stuff. I will
lock
up/freeze
up when my daughter is only using AIM or just typing a school
paper.
I'm
not
very computer literate, but I looked in System Info and their
were
no
conflicts. I really would like to find out what the problem is
and
get
it
fixed for good. I run Norton Antivirus 2006 and it finds no
spyware/malware/viruses.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Just out of curiosity, is one your drives a SATA and the other a IDE

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

I went to the link you provided. It eventually led me to a BIOS upgrade
discussion. I went to eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.45 for upgrade
information. I will post the results. It can take from 12-24 hours for a
response. I will post the results. THANK YOU for the help so far!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q283649

Here's for the I/O stuff. There's plenty of other stuff there as well.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP


:

That would definitely account for it. Can you do one more operation.
Click Start, Run (Type) MSInfo32.Exe [Press Enter]
When System Information opens, Click the category Hardware Res.
Then Click the Conflicts/Sharing sub-category. Look in the Right
Pane and see what if any I/O Port conflicts are listed and post just the
information from the "Device" column.


I looked in the event log. I just had to restart my computer BTW.
There
are
4 entries similar to this one:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This
could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical
assistance.

After looking at it, the same 4 appear everytime it freezes.



:

Maybe - Have you check the System Event Log to see what if any
error(s)
are being logged ? If it's not power related, perhaps the temperature
level
in the PC has risen. Do you have a program that can read the sensors
of
the CPU/Motherboard & Drives ?

No. I had two internal, physical drives: 20GB Master, 40GB slave.
I
replaced the 20GB w/120GB and kept the 40GB as slave. Any other
suuggestions?

:

Add Hardware & System Freezes, likely cause is an insufficient
Power
Supply. I'm assuming from your description that before the upgrade
the
PC did not have a 2nd physical drive in it ?

message
I have a custom made system that I've used for 3 or so years. I
replaced
the
master drive (40GB) w/a Seagate 120GB drive as master, 40GB as
slave.
Since
I've done this, Windows XP Pro SP2 seems to freeze for no reason.
I've
run
all the diagnostics I can think off, even when ran the Seagate
tools.
There
don't appear to be any problems with any of my stuff. I will
lock
up/freeze
up when my daughter is only using AIM or just typing a school
paper.
I'm
not
very computer literate, but I looked in System Info and their
were
no
conflicts. I really would like to find out what the problem is
and
get
it
fixed for good. I run Norton Antivirus 2006 and it finds no
spyware/malware/viruses.

 

[Guest]

Not that I really know the answer to that. But the system information shows
they are both IDE ATA. The new one is an Ultra ATA.

Just out of curiosity, is one your drives a SATA and the other a IDE

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

I went to the link you provided. It eventually led me to a BIOS upgrade
discussion. I went to eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.45 for upgrade
information. I will post the results. It can take from 12-24 hours for a
response. I will post the results. THANK YOU for the help so far!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q283649


Here's for the I/O stuff. There's plenty of other stuff there as well.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP


:

That would definitely account for it. Can you do one more operation.
Click Start, Run (Type) MSInfo32.Exe [Press Enter]
When System Information opens, Click the category Hardware Res.
Then Click the Conflicts/Sharing sub-category. Look in the Right
Pane and see what if any I/O Port conflicts are listed and post just the
information from the "Device" column.


I looked in the event log. I just had to restart my computer BTW.
There
are
4 entries similar to this one:

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0x71), which lies in the 0x70 - 0x71 protected address range. This
could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical
assistance.

After looking at it, the same 4 appear everytime it freezes.



:

Maybe - Have you check the System Event Log to see what if any
error(s)
are being logged ? If it's not power related, perhaps the temperature
level
in the PC has risen. Do you have a program that can read the sensors
of
the CPU/Motherboard & Drives ?

No. I had two internal, physical drives: 20GB Master, 40GB slave.
I
replaced the 20GB w/120GB and kept the 40GB as slave. Any other
suuggestions?

:

Add Hardware & System Freezes, likely cause is an insufficient
Power
Supply. I'm assuming from your description that before the upgrade
the
PC did not have a 2nd physical drive in it ?

message
I have a custom made system that I've used for 3 or so years. I
replaced
the
master drive (40GB) w/a Seagate 120GB drive as master, 40GB as
slave.
Since
I've done this, Windows XP Pro SP2 seems to freeze for no reason.
I've
run
all the diagnostics I can think off, even when ran the Seagate
tools.
There
don't appear to be any problems with any of my stuff. I will
lock
up/freeze
up when my daughter is only using AIM or just typing a school
paper.
I'm
not
very computer literate, but I looked in System Info and their
were
no
conflicts. I really would like to find out what the problem is
and
get
it
fixed for good. I run Norton Antivirus 2006 and it finds no
spyware/malware/viruses.