Q: Hi
When I do something that high activity is associated with hard drive for more than about 2 minutes on the computer either freezes completely or restart (Automatic restart is disabled). It happens with defrag after about 2 minutes or a few minutes to copy a large file (from the network and partition to partition) and by performing Passmark BurnInTest HDDs tests. Im running a dual boot with XP Pro and Win98. The crash only happens in WinXP and never Win98. The hard disk drive IBM passes fitness test (the advanced test repeatedly turning) 0.
Because it only happens in XP I think its a kind of driver problem . But I have SP1 and all Windows updates, the latest Intel INF drivers, the latest Intel Application Accelerator drivers and the latest drivers for everything in the computer. I also tried reinstalling Windows XP, so no difference.
Hope anyone have an idea because I have no ideas .
Thanks!
Spec:
Celeron 900 (100bus)
Abit ST6 (i815)
PC133 memory (running at 100Mhz)
Geforce2 200
SM56 MX-Link DFE-538TX 56k
D 10/100
Onboard AC97 sound
IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30 GB (Pri Master) 977 503 (C: – FAT32 – Win98) 977 503 (D: – NTFS – WinXP) 977 503 (E: – NTFS)
LiteOn 24.10.1940 CD-RW (Sec Master)
Teac 32x CD-ROM (Sec Slave)
Re:Surely if it was a hardware problem it would manifest itself in Windows98 aswell.
Nope, turn out that NT/2k/XP are much more intorlerant of misbehaving hardware, as the OS is getting alot more performance out of them. Memory errors that never showed up under 9x but suddenly do under NT and above are well documented.
Bill
Re:Did you remove the NIC and WinModem drivers?
Uninstalling the device from the machine doesn't remove the driver.
Also, you may want to try a this fix for the modem drivers.
Go to Dell's website (Support)and choose Dimension 4100 as the PC, then Downloads.
Choose Windows XP(OS), then Communication drivers(CATEGORY), then Go.
Do a search for "SM56"
Download the file ZBRCFE11.EXE
Use these as your WinXP modem drivers.
You may have to install twice if you do not remove the original drivers first.
Re:There is no blue screen at all… the computer either completely freezes in the middle of what it's doing, or just starts rebooting. No errors messages or anything.
I can't try the IDE cable right now because i don't have a spare 80pin one at the moment, but i'll try swapping the memory.
I still think it must be either a driver problem or some bit of hardware that XP doesn't like. In XP if I start copying multi-gigabyte files around the hard disk it reboots while doing it. But if I do the same while running under Windows 98 it is absolutely fine, no crashing. Surely if it was a hardware problem it would manifest itself in Windows98 aswell.
Re:See if you can do something about the memory. Can you try another mem stick or if you have two or more installed try your crash activities with just one stick installed. Then add more… I suggest only because that was a problem that I had… Good luck..
Re:Originally posted by: guy
No problems reported in the Event Viewer. I've already tested the HDD with the IBM drive fitness test and it is fine. (advanced test run repeatedly). I think the hard disk is probably ok as it works fine in Windows98.
Can you try swapping cables (IDE), and then swapping memory to see if the problem goes away, this sounds much more like a hardware problem (to me) than software. That said, what information does the bluescreen give (what driver does it point to), is it always the same or is it often different?
Bill
Re:No problems reported in the Event Viewer. I've already tested the HDD with the IBM drive fitness test and it is fine. (advanced test run repeatedly). I think the hard disk is probably ok as it works fine in Windows98.
Re:go to start— run—type in eventvwr, click on system and see if there are ay warning signs, You may have a bad harddrive, so get a drive check utlity from you hd manufacturer's website and check it.
Re:Thanks for your reply!
I am using the Win2k driver for the modem. I've just taken the modem and network card out of the computer (so no PCI cards in now), and it still has the problem.
Also, i've just disconnected the two CD drives, so the HDD is the only IDE device installed, but it hasn't helped.
Re:I would suspect the Winmodem.
What drivers are you using for the Motorola SM56 modem?
The Win2k drivers?
Since Motorola no longer makes Winmodems and is no longer
developing drivers past the Win2k drivers I am curious.
I believe it has to be an resource conflict or and issue with the NIC and Com drivers.
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