XP shutdown during recording of movie

[monju.chowdhury]

Hi,

I would appreciate any help on this.

My config is as follows
Laptop 1.28 Ghz, 512Mb ram, XP w/sp2, Movie Maker 5, firewire, JVC DV
camera.

I run Movie Maker in auto mode, which rewinds tape and starts
recording. Everything goes fine for about half and hour, after wich
Windows XP automatically shuts itself down.

I have tried different combinations - changing tapes, lowering
recording resolution, manual copy and still the system shuts down.

To explain further, I recently had the harddisk replaced and a fresh
copy of Windows installed and activated/registered with Microsoft. I
never had this problem before and only seems to be occuring now.

I downloaded a trial copy of ULead and that seems to have no problem
with it.
This leads me to believe that there might be a problem with some
setting Movie Maker that I need to look at.

Any assistance in resolving this issue will be highly appreciated.

Sincerely
Monju

 

[Wojo]

Check your power saving settings.
Right click on the Desktop and select "properties"
Click the screensaver tab. At the bottom click the [Power] button.
Change the power schemes for monitor, hard disks, and standby to "Never"

 

[monju.chowdhury]

definately not power setting - that is the first thing i verified prior
to starting recording - it is set to never and no screen savers. on
all occassions, i had it plugged into the mains.

as i said it is a bit weird when ulead does seems to record properly
without any hitches.

any other ideas??

appreciate it.

monju

 

[eeyore]

How much temporary storage is available
Tools->options [general] tells you where that storage space is

Rob

 

[Wojo]

The next thing I would check is for an overheating problem.
Checking this out requires opening the case but before doing that listen to
see if the fan in the back of the computer is running. If not then you need
a service technician to replace your power supply. If it is then shutdown
the computer and unplug it.
IMPORTANT: Make sure anytime you actually reach inside the computer with one
hand that the other one is firmly holding onto the case. This will keep you
grounded so you don't cause a static shock which can ruin computer parts.
1) Open the case and check to see if the vents on the back are free of dust.
2) Use a can of compressed air (you can get that pretty much anywhere that
sells computer parts) to clean out all the dust inside the computer.
3) With the cover still off plug in the computer and turn it on. Make sure
the CPU fan (it is a tiny clip on fan that is snapped onto the CPU) is
running. If not you can purchase a new one at a computer store and they are
easy to change.
Hopefully these things will solve any overheating issues you have. When a
computer shuts off like yours is and it isn't an intentional power saving
feature it is almost always an overheating problem.
-Wojo