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Hi everyone,
Got a very disagreeable problem and sure would like some input.
First off, here's my system:
Asus P4B266-C Intel 845D chipset ATX Motherboard-OEM (no audio, no LAN)
Pentium 4 1.6A GHz 512K Socket 478 Processor 400MHz
Zalman CNPS6500A-ALCU CPU cooler
CRUCIAL MICRON 256MB 32x72 PC 2100 DDR RAM
SDI Silk 100 OEM input card
ATI RADEON 7200 64M SDR AGP Video Card
ENERMAX EG365P-VE (FCA) 350 W power supply
Seagate Barracuda EIDE HARD DRIVE 40GB 7200RPM MODEL
Infrared Wireless Keyboard with Mouse Pointer PS/2 n Serial
I'm running Windows 2K, and supplying an SDI input to a Radeon 7500 card. I'm using DScaler, of course.
Everything ran very well for 10 films or so. As of the last 3 films I have been experiencing progressively frequent reboots of the HTPC as the movie plays. No warning etc. the movie is playing perfectly well and all of a sudden I hear a computer beep and then I'm looking at a blue screen while the computer goes through a reboot. I was overclocking (16 x 133MHz) initially and thought that might be the problem (even though the CPU temp is around 40 degrees C on the hardware monitor and the mobo is running at 27 degrees C). Still, after one of the reboots tonight I went into the BIOS and reset it back down to 16 x 100 Hz and it's still rebooting. Tonight it's been every 10 minutes or so, and it makes it impossible to watch a film. Sometimes the HTPC has even rebooted itself while it's part way through a reboot.
The only thing of note with the installation is that I downloaded beta drivers for the Radeon 7500 (version 5.13.01.6043)in March - following installation and booting up with these drivers I found an error message, saying atiptaxx.exe had generated errors and was being shut down by Windows. A Windows help message follows immediately saying there is not enough memory for this task and that I should quite one or more programs. I can simply click on OK to get rid of both of these error messages. Like I say, everything's worked like a charm for 10 films or so, and now this. This is a dedicated HTPC, and I haven't loaded anything else onto it, nor do I run any other program apart from DScaler when watching a film. The problem would not appear to be anything to do with DScaler, as the HTPC is rebooting itself even if I simply wait long enough after a reboot and do not launch any programs.
Any ideas anybody?
Got a very disagreeable problem and sure would like some input.
First off, here's my system:
Asus P4B266-C Intel 845D chipset ATX Motherboard-OEM (no audio, no LAN)
Pentium 4 1.6A GHz 512K Socket 478 Processor 400MHz
Zalman CNPS6500A-ALCU CPU cooler
CRUCIAL MICRON 256MB 32x72 PC 2100 DDR RAM
SDI Silk 100 OEM input card
ATI RADEON 7200 64M SDR AGP Video Card
ENERMAX EG365P-VE (FCA) 350 W power supply
Seagate Barracuda EIDE HARD DRIVE 40GB 7200RPM MODEL
Infrared Wireless Keyboard with Mouse Pointer PS/2 n Serial
I'm running Windows 2K, and supplying an SDI input to a Radeon 7500 card. I'm using DScaler, of course.
Everything ran very well for 10 films or so. As of the last 3 films I have been experiencing progressively frequent reboots of the HTPC as the movie plays. No warning etc. the movie is playing perfectly well and all of a sudden I hear a computer beep and then I'm looking at a blue screen while the computer goes through a reboot. I was overclocking (16 x 133MHz) initially and thought that might be the problem (even though the CPU temp is around 40 degrees C on the hardware monitor and the mobo is running at 27 degrees C). Still, after one of the reboots tonight I went into the BIOS and reset it back down to 16 x 100 Hz and it's still rebooting. Tonight it's been every 10 minutes or so, and it makes it impossible to watch a film. Sometimes the HTPC has even rebooted itself while it's part way through a reboot.
The only thing of note with the installation is that I downloaded beta drivers for the Radeon 7500 (version 5.13.01.6043)in March - following installation and booting up with these drivers I found an error message, saying atiptaxx.exe had generated errors and was being shut down by Windows. A Windows help message follows immediately saying there is not enough memory for this task and that I should quite one or more programs. I can simply click on OK to get rid of both of these error messages. Like I say, everything's worked like a charm for 10 films or so, and now this. This is a dedicated HTPC, and I haven't loaded anything else onto it, nor do I run any other program apart from DScaler when watching a film. The problem would not appear to be anything to do with DScaler, as the HTPC is rebooting itself even if I simply wait long enough after a reboot and do not launch any programs.
Any ideas anybody?