mannyo Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 (edited) I have a rather frustrating problem with my MCE system,All seems ok in windows, the pc will run for days if just left on the windows desktop. It quiet happily records scheduled programs, downloads the guide and is stable BUT.As soon as I hit that green button, its just a matter of time till my system freezes completely. It doesnt matter if I leave it on the MCE start screen or watch LiveTV, it locks the whole pc after a random period of time. The longest its lasted before getting stuck is about 3 hours, but it has crashed within 5 mins before. I have to power the system off/on to get working again. Nothing is recorded in the event log.System spec.P4 3.0GHZ HT CPUIntel D865GLC Motherboard1GB Kingston DDR400 Ram (2x512MB in dual channel)1x160GB HD (OS/Music/Pictures/Page file)1x250GB HD (TV Recording/LiveTV Buffer)2xHappauge Nova-T PCI DVB-T TunersGeforce 6600 Graphics card connected via DVI to LG RZ-42PX11 PlasmaTV @ 1080i 50hz.Nvidia Purevideo decoder (185 version)MCE has all the updates installed from windows update, including rollup2, the little patch and the recently released Rollup. I have also installed the latest driver versions for the TV tuners but its still the same (dont think its those anyway as recording works fine).I have tried assorted graphics card drivers, motherboard chipset drivers with no success.Any Ideas, short of a complete re-install.Edit to add, I also have an xbox360 as an extender which seems to work fine. I watched several recorded shows without problem from it. Edited February 19, 2006 by mannyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Did you update your mce ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Is your video card or any other part of your system OC'ed? If it is, lower the clock frequency and try again. Your OC probably isn't stable. Edited February 20, 2006 by RJARRRPCGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leowhy Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Hi,this might sound more like a question:how about turn off screen saver & not let the system turn off monitor/HDD & not allow system to go hibernate?rgrdsHY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyo Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Thanks for the replies,System is not overclocked, and has screen saver disabled. I even tried some memory from another system and the problem still ocurrsI'll check the power settings tonight but I think they are all set to "Always on".Looks more and more likely that a rebuild is going to be the only course of action. I may try that onto another HD and see if its stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyo Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 Update After much more fiddling, I finally gave in and reinstalled MCE from scratch. Several hours later I have a fully functioning system, all I need now is to sort out getting 1080i @50hz output again. At the moment 1080i @60hz is all I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyo Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Doh, just as I thought it was sorted. After a complete reinstall from scratch and full config including running at 1080i@50hz the system hang is back once again. Symptoms same as before, as soon as directx comes into play the system hangs after a random period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what3v3r Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) Maybe it has something to do with a program you installed, or a specific setting you made. this may take long, but you should try to trigger the error after every change you make to your system. you could also try to monitor the cpu temperature, maybe it simply gets too hot and requires better cooling Edited March 1, 2006 by what3v3r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Can you ping your machine when it's hung like that from another machine? If so, the OS kernel is still running, and a dump can be gathered via a PS/2 keyboard to determine what's going on. If you cannot ping the box, that means the OS has hung completely, and it's likely a hardware or driver issue. If you can ping it, do the following to get a dump the next time it hangs:1. Create or set the following registry value:Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\ParametersValue: CrashOnCtrlScrollType: REG_DWORDData: 1Refer to the following Knowledge Base article for more information on this registry key:244139 Windows Feature Allows a Memory.dmp File to Be Generated with Keyboardhttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=2441392. Right-Click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop and select "Properties"; this will open the "System Properties" window. Go to the "Advanced" tab and click "Performance Options". Click "Change" under "Virtual Memory". Set the pagefile to be located on the partition where the OS is installed, and set it to be equal to Physical RAM + 50 MB.3. Also in the "System Properties" window, click on the "Advanced" tab, then click "Startup and Recovery". Make sure "Complete Memory Dump" is selected. You can change the location of the memory dump file to a different local partition if you do not have enough room on the partition where the OS is installed.4. You will need to reboot for these changes to take effect.5. The next time that the machine is hung, hold down the RIGHT CTRL key and press the SCROLL LOCK key twice to cause the machine to bugcheck (STOP 0xE2) and create the memory.dmp file. After the machine comes back up, wait for the disk activity to stop before logging in. Once the disk activity has stopped, please log in and find the resulting memory dump file (again, located by default at %systemroot%\memory.dmp).Unless it's really bizarre, I can tell you what hung your box from the memory.dmp file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Maybe some more info about your uwxpcd would be helpfull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now