At the moment, my PC is having a few problems. You are welcome to give me your assessment. What should I do? > Turned on the computer ... No video output; black screen. > Pressed the <Reset> button: There was some internal action, but ... No video output; black screen. In both cases, the 12” Fan is on and the CPU Fan is on. The green Standby power LED is on. * * This LED lights up when there is standby power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off the system power before plugging or unplugging devices. > Turned off the switch on the power supply. Antec True 380S low noise, 380 Watts. > Turned on the computer ... Again no video output; black screen. (Fans are on.) > Turned off the switch on the power supply. The system is functioning worse than it did before. I used to get “STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER” (http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;q293078) This is not necessarily the cause of my PC’s problems. It may just be a symptom. The PC is two years old. It had service pack 2 installed on it, but I have removed it. Does it cause any problems? The system used to keep rebooting and showed the same error messages. Sometimes, it wouldn’t even reach the error messages, as the system would reboot during startup. At the time, I had Service Pack 2 installed. When I was able to receive information about the errors, Internet Explorer often provided the following information: ************************************************** ********* Error caused by a device driver --------------------------------------- Problem description: A device driver installed on your computer caused the problem; however, we cannot determine the precise cause. STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER ************************************************** ********* HERE IS WHAT IS INSIDE MY COMPUTER: Pentium 4 2.8GHz ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Motherboard (system is 2 years old) Seagate SATA Hard Drive (ST3120026AS, 120 MB). Radeon 9600 Pro * As I have a duplicate system, I swapped the video card and memory. Both are OK. I don't think there is a problem with either of these. * I even flashed the BIOS (A:\>afudos /iP4C800ED.ROM). This is the BIOS that came with the system two years ago. This process completed successfully. || Because Windows XP Home experienced “hardware changes” as a result of || my computer’s current problems, I had to activate Windows XP Home again. || As I had not re-established the Internet connection, I had to do it by tele- || phone. To connect to the Internet, I used a wireless-G broadband connec- || tion (Linksys). This PC is at the receiving end. || Prior to activating the operating system, I swapped the hard drive, but it || would not let me past the user login screen. After I activated the software, || I swapped the hard drive again. It appears to be OK. > I moved the battery to reset the BIOS as it allows me to boot up > Normally Windows's splash screen does not appear/ > Turned on the computer --> Windows XP Home flash screen appears. “Press DEL to enter setup” appears. <<I hear several beeps.>> The following message appears: ************************************************** * CMOS Settings Wrong CMOS Date/Time Not Set New CPU Installed! Please enter Setup to configure your system. Press F1 to run setup Press F2 to load default setup values and continue. ************************************************** ** (I pressed F1 before and entered BIOS values that correspond to my duplicate system, but the system would not boot up any further. All I got was no video output (i.e. a black screen). I even set the BIOS to default values before altering the BIOS settings. The only way that I got the PC to boot, was by pressing F2.) > I pressed F2. Windows XP starts to load Home Edition. My other system has XP Pro installed, so it is not exactly the same. Some may consider this to be a significant difference. For now, I’m overlooking it. XP Home did function with the settings I entered several months ago, so I know the BIOS settings are OK. I will not bother posting the BIOS settings. The system gets the “To begin click your username screen.” After I clicked the button, it said “Loading your personal settings.” This is normal. Upon startup, I get a message: “The ATI Control Panel failed to initialize because no ATI driver is installed, or ATI driver is not working properly. The ATI Control Panel will now exit.” I press OK and the message disappears. I see the Audigy 2SZ splash screen. I press the Close button. If I choose “reboot”, the system will fail to start over. It will start off OK, but fail to reset the system. “Windows is shutting down. The three keyboard lights flash (Num Lock, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock). Afterwards. all I get is no video output. * If I choose “standby,” the system powers down and is able to start back up again. I can't keep using my system in standby. If it can't restart, software will not load properly. The ATI graphics driver likely failed to complete installation of the 9600 ATI Radeon driver. I think that the motherboard is dying. Later, I bought a new CMOS battery and replaced the old one. Because I removed the battery, the system’s BIOS was reset. As shown above, it said that CMOS settings were wrong and the date/time was not set. // I could also clear Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS by moving the CLRTC // jumper on the motherboard. It clears the CMOS memory of date, time and // system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The RAM data // in CMOS, that includes system setup information such as system passwords, // is powered by the onboard button cell battery. I think I have done the same // thing by removing the battery. At times, I also got the following errors: ================================================== Solution available for Windows XP "Generic Host Process" error Microsoft has created a solution for this error. Description: The error "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error" occurs after you start or restart your computer. The error appears in computers with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and security update 873333 (MS05-012) installed. We do not expect this experience to harm your data or the performance of your computer. Solution: Microsoft has released an update that fixes the problem you reported. Note: After you install this update, the solution will not take effect until after you have restarted your computer. Because of this, you might see one last "Generic Host Process" error message after your computer restarts. You can ignore this final error message. ================================================== Error caused by Macromedia, Inc.: No specific solution found Problem description An analyst at Microsoft has investigated this problem and determined that an unknown error occurred in Flash Player. Solution Microsoft has researched this problem with Macromedia, Inc., and they do not currently have a solution for the problem that you reported. Below is a list of recommendations to take that may help prevent the problem from recurring. Additional information If this problem continues to occur with the latest product updates for Flash Player, we recommend you obtain assistance and troubleshooting information directly from Macromedia, Inc.. ================================================== ANY RECOMMENDATIONS?
