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Pixel Warrior
I wiped my HDD totally and reinstalled XP from scratch. Since this time
there have been constant lockups, up to 6 a day. This involves the cursor
suddenly freezing and the computer being totally unresponsive to any command
except a reset. If I am halfway through saving an image file, on reboot the
file is partially black. It can happen at any time, when I am working or
when the computer is idle. This never happened before my reinstall. So I
don't suspect any hardware failure. The software I am using is essentially
the same as I had before.
Things I have tried:
Event viewer - Nothing shows up, no error messages.
Dr Watson - Ditto.
Got a hardware person in to check hardware installation, he removed some
yellow question marks in device manager.
Ran a little program called PC Doctor On Call - it detected no errors.
Got the latest drivers for my video card from nVidia.
Stopped all of my programs from starting up - except rundll - using
msconfig.
Below is the PrintToFile from my device manager:
Resource Summary Report - Page: 1
******************** SYSTEM SUMMARY ********************
Windows Version: Windows 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Registered Owner: J & M Grist
Registered Organization: n/a
Computer Name: VULCAN
Machine Type: AT/AT COMPATIBLE
System BIOS Version: VIA694 - 42302e31
System BIOS Date: 11/29/01
Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2
Processor Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Number of Processors: 1
Physical Memory: 768 MB
******************** DISK DRIVE INFO ********************
Drive A:
Type: 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk drive
Total Space: 1,474,560 bytes
Heads: 2
Cylinders: 80
Sectors Per Track: 18
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive C:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 3,150,245,888 bytes
Free Space: 1,460,871,168 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 4865
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive D:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 10,476,945,408 bytes
Free Space: 1,426,096,128 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 4865
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive E:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 26,365,542,400 bytes
Free Space: 11,631,280,128 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 4865
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive G:
Type: CD-ROM drive
Total Space: 511,705,088 bytes
Drive H:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 10,487,197,696 bytes
Free Space: 1,138,085,888 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 7297
Sectors Per Track: 63
Resource Summary Report - Page: 2
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive I:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 15,726,702,592 bytes
Free Space: 9,861,771,264 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 7297
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive J:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 33,797,640,192 bytes
Free Space: 15,001,169,920 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 7297
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
******************** IRQ SUMMARY ********************
IRQ Usage Summary:
(ISA) 0 System timer
(ISA) 3 Communications Port (COM2)
(ISA) 4 Communications Port (COM1)
(PCI) 5 VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
(PCI) 5 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
(ISA) 6 Standard floppy disk controller
(ISA) 8 System CMOS/real time clock
(ISA) 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
(PCI) 10 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
(PCI) 10 NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller (B1)
(PCI) 12 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
(PCI) 12 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
(PCI) 12 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
(PCI) 12 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
(ISA) 13 Numeric data processor
(ISA) 14 Primary IDE Channel
(ISA) 15 Secondary IDE Channel
******************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ********************
DMA Usage Summary:
2 Standard floppy disk controller
4 Direct memory access controller
******************** MEMORY SUMMARY ********************
Memory Usage Summary:
[00000000 - 0009FFFF] System board
[000A0000 - 000BFFFF] PCI bus
[000A0000 - 000BFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[000A0000 - 000BFFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[000C0000 - 000DFFFF] PCI bus
[000F0000 - 000F3FFF] System board
[000F4000 - 000F7FFF] System board
[000F8000 - 000FBFFF] System board
[000FC000 - 000FFFFF] System board
[00100000 - 2FFEFFFF] System board
[2FFF0000 - 2FFFFFFF] System board
[30000000 - FFEFFFFF] PCI bus
Resource Summary Report - Page: 3
[D0000000 - DFFFFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[D0000000 - D7FFFFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[D8000000 - D807FFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[E0000000 - E3FFFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[E4000000 - E5FFFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[E4000000 - E4FFFFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[E7020000 - E7020FFF] NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
[E7021000 - E70210FF] NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
(B1)
[E7022000 - E70220FF] Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
NIC
[E7023000 - E7023FFF] NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
[FEC00000 - FEC00FFF] System board
[FEE00000 - FEE00FFF] System board
[FFFF0000 - FFFFFFFF] System board
******************** IO PORT SUMMARY ********************
I/O Ports Usage Summary:
[00000000 - 00000CF7] PCI bus
[00000000 - 0000000F] Direct memory access controller
[00000010 - 0000001F] Motherboard resources
[00000020 - 00000021] Programmable interrupt controller
[00000022 - 0000003F] Motherboard resources
[00000040 - 00000043] System timer
[00000044 - 0000005F] Motherboard resources
[00000061 - 00000061] System speaker
[00000062 - 00000063] Motherboard resources
[00000065 - 0000006F] Motherboard resources
[00000070 - 00000073] System CMOS/real time clock
[00000074 - 0000007F] Motherboard resources
[00000080 - 00000090] Direct memory access controller
[00000091 - 00000093] Motherboard resources
[00000094 - 0000009F] Direct memory access controller
[000000A0 - 000000A1] Programmable interrupt controller
[000000A2 - 000000BF] Motherboard resources
[000000C0 - 000000DF] Direct memory access controller
[000000E0 - 000000EF] Motherboard resources
[000000F0 - 000000FF] Numeric data processor
[00000170 - 00000177] Secondary IDE Channel
[000001F0 - 000001F7] Primary IDE Channel
[00000200 - 00000207] Standard Game Port
[00000274 - 00000277] ISAPNP Read Data Port
[00000279 - 00000279] ISAPNP Read Data Port
[000002F8 - 000002FF] Communications Port (COM2)
[00000376 - 00000376] Secondary IDE Channel
[00000378 - 0000037F] Printer Port (LPT1)
[000003B0 - 000003BB] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[000003B0 - 000003BB] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[000003C0 - 000003DF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[000003C0 - 000003DF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[000003F0 - 000003F5] Standard floppy disk controller
[000003F6 - 000003F6] Primary IDE Channel
[000003F7 - 000003F7] Standard floppy disk controller
[000003F8 - 000003FF] Communications Port (COM1)
[000004D0 - 000004D1] Motherboard resources
[00000A79 - 00000A79] ISAPNP Read Data Port
[00000D00 - 00003FFF] PCI bus
[00004100 - 00004FFF] PCI bus
[00005010 - 00005FFF] PCI bus
[00006080 - 0000FFFF] PCI bus
[0000C000 - 0000C00F] VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
[0000C400 - 0000C41F] VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller
[0000C800 - 0000C81F] VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller
Resource Summary Report - Page: 4
[0000CC00 - 0000CCFF] VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
[0000D000 - 0000D003] VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
[0000D400 - 0000D403] VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
[0000D800 - 0000D8FF] Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
NIC
there have been constant lockups, up to 6 a day. This involves the cursor
suddenly freezing and the computer being totally unresponsive to any command
except a reset. If I am halfway through saving an image file, on reboot the
file is partially black. It can happen at any time, when I am working or
when the computer is idle. This never happened before my reinstall. So I
don't suspect any hardware failure. The software I am using is essentially
the same as I had before.
Things I have tried:
Event viewer - Nothing shows up, no error messages.
Dr Watson - Ditto.
Got a hardware person in to check hardware installation, he removed some
yellow question marks in device manager.
Ran a little program called PC Doctor On Call - it detected no errors.
Got the latest drivers for my video card from nVidia.
Stopped all of my programs from starting up - except rundll - using
msconfig.
Below is the PrintToFile from my device manager:
Resource Summary Report - Page: 1
******************** SYSTEM SUMMARY ********************
Windows Version: Windows 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Registered Owner: J & M Grist
Registered Organization: n/a
Computer Name: VULCAN
Machine Type: AT/AT COMPATIBLE
System BIOS Version: VIA694 - 42302e31
System BIOS Date: 11/29/01
Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2
Processor Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Number of Processors: 1
Physical Memory: 768 MB
******************** DISK DRIVE INFO ********************
Drive A:
Type: 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk drive
Total Space: 1,474,560 bytes
Heads: 2
Cylinders: 80
Sectors Per Track: 18
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive C:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 3,150,245,888 bytes
Free Space: 1,460,871,168 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 4865
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive D:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 10,476,945,408 bytes
Free Space: 1,426,096,128 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 4865
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive E:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 26,365,542,400 bytes
Free Space: 11,631,280,128 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 4865
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive G:
Type: CD-ROM drive
Total Space: 511,705,088 bytes
Drive H:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 10,487,197,696 bytes
Free Space: 1,138,085,888 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 7297
Sectors Per Track: 63
Resource Summary Report - Page: 2
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive I:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 15,726,702,592 bytes
Free Space: 9,861,771,264 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 7297
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
Drive J:
Type: Fixed disk drive
Total Space: 33,797,640,192 bytes
Free Space: 15,001,169,920 bytes
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 7297
Sectors Per Track: 63
Bytes Per Sector: 512
******************** IRQ SUMMARY ********************
IRQ Usage Summary:
(ISA) 0 System timer
(ISA) 3 Communications Port (COM2)
(ISA) 4 Communications Port (COM1)
(PCI) 5 VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
(PCI) 5 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
(ISA) 6 Standard floppy disk controller
(ISA) 8 System CMOS/real time clock
(ISA) 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
(PCI) 10 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
(PCI) 10 NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller (B1)
(PCI) 12 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
(PCI) 12 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
(PCI) 12 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
(PCI) 12 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
(ISA) 13 Numeric data processor
(ISA) 14 Primary IDE Channel
(ISA) 15 Secondary IDE Channel
******************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ********************
DMA Usage Summary:
2 Standard floppy disk controller
4 Direct memory access controller
******************** MEMORY SUMMARY ********************
Memory Usage Summary:
[00000000 - 0009FFFF] System board
[000A0000 - 000BFFFF] PCI bus
[000A0000 - 000BFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[000A0000 - 000BFFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[000C0000 - 000DFFFF] PCI bus
[000F0000 - 000F3FFF] System board
[000F4000 - 000F7FFF] System board
[000F8000 - 000FBFFF] System board
[000FC000 - 000FFFFF] System board
[00100000 - 2FFEFFFF] System board
[2FFF0000 - 2FFFFFFF] System board
[30000000 - FFEFFFFF] PCI bus
Resource Summary Report - Page: 3
[D0000000 - DFFFFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[D0000000 - D7FFFFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[D8000000 - D807FFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[E0000000 - E3FFFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[E4000000 - E5FFFFFF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[E4000000 - E4FFFFFF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[E7020000 - E7020FFF] NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
[E7021000 - E70210FF] NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
(B1)
[E7022000 - E70220FF] Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
NIC
[E7023000 - E7023FFF] NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
[FEC00000 - FEC00FFF] System board
[FEE00000 - FEE00FFF] System board
[FFFF0000 - FFFFFFFF] System board
******************** IO PORT SUMMARY ********************
I/O Ports Usage Summary:
[00000000 - 00000CF7] PCI bus
[00000000 - 0000000F] Direct memory access controller
[00000010 - 0000001F] Motherboard resources
[00000020 - 00000021] Programmable interrupt controller
[00000022 - 0000003F] Motherboard resources
[00000040 - 00000043] System timer
[00000044 - 0000005F] Motherboard resources
[00000061 - 00000061] System speaker
[00000062 - 00000063] Motherboard resources
[00000065 - 0000006F] Motherboard resources
[00000070 - 00000073] System CMOS/real time clock
[00000074 - 0000007F] Motherboard resources
[00000080 - 00000090] Direct memory access controller
[00000091 - 00000093] Motherboard resources
[00000094 - 0000009F] Direct memory access controller
[000000A0 - 000000A1] Programmable interrupt controller
[000000A2 - 000000BF] Motherboard resources
[000000C0 - 000000DF] Direct memory access controller
[000000E0 - 000000EF] Motherboard resources
[000000F0 - 000000FF] Numeric data processor
[00000170 - 00000177] Secondary IDE Channel
[000001F0 - 000001F7] Primary IDE Channel
[00000200 - 00000207] Standard Game Port
[00000274 - 00000277] ISAPNP Read Data Port
[00000279 - 00000279] ISAPNP Read Data Port
[000002F8 - 000002FF] Communications Port (COM2)
[00000376 - 00000376] Secondary IDE Channel
[00000378 - 0000037F] Printer Port (LPT1)
[000003B0 - 000003BB] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[000003B0 - 000003BB] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[000003C0 - 000003DF] VIA CPU to AGP Controller
[000003C0 - 000003DF] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
[000003F0 - 000003F5] Standard floppy disk controller
[000003F6 - 000003F6] Primary IDE Channel
[000003F7 - 000003F7] Standard floppy disk controller
[000003F8 - 000003FF] Communications Port (COM1)
[000004D0 - 000004D1] Motherboard resources
[00000A79 - 00000A79] ISAPNP Read Data Port
[00000D00 - 00003FFF] PCI bus
[00004100 - 00004FFF] PCI bus
[00005010 - 00005FFF] PCI bus
[00006080 - 0000FFFF] PCI bus
[0000C000 - 0000C00F] VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
[0000C400 - 0000C41F] VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller
[0000C800 - 0000C81F] VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller
Resource Summary Report - Page: 4
[0000CC00 - 0000CCFF] VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
[0000D000 - 0000D003] VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
[0000D400 - 0000D403] VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
[0000D800 - 0000D8FF] Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
NIC