- Apr 29, 2002
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My computer was working just fine for months until I installed XP SP2. I then would get frequent lockups. I also got a lot of VPU recovery errors, which means that the video card stopped responding briefly.
So, I wiped my hard drive and did a clean install of XP (No service packs). I need to install at least SP1 so that I can use USB 2.0 devices, so I found SP1a on Microsoft's download site and installed that. Even without a video card driver installed I'm still getting random lockups.
I wiped the hard drive again and installed XP without any service packs. It still locks every 5 mintues or so.
Here are the things that I've checked:
Heat: CPU has been at 40 - 42C every time I've checked it.
Video: the card (a 9800 pro) has a cooling fan that is turning fine, and I reseated the card in the slot.
Bios: I haven't changed any options in the BIOS since my machine was stable. I tried loading BIOS defaults with no luck.
Drivers: I've tried 3 different versions of ATI's drivers, all with the same results.
I'm going to try loading Win 2K tomorrow to see if the issue is related to XP. Other than that, I'm running out of ideas. And before someone asks, I'm running my 35w XP Mobile 2400+ at stock speed (actually, 9.5 x 200) and voltage (1.35 V), and my PC3200 memory is on relaxed timings and running at 200 MHz.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
So, I wiped my hard drive and did a clean install of XP (No service packs). I need to install at least SP1 so that I can use USB 2.0 devices, so I found SP1a on Microsoft's download site and installed that. Even without a video card driver installed I'm still getting random lockups.
I wiped the hard drive again and installed XP without any service packs. It still locks every 5 mintues or so.
Here are the things that I've checked:
Heat: CPU has been at 40 - 42C every time I've checked it.
Video: the card (a 9800 pro) has a cooling fan that is turning fine, and I reseated the card in the slot.
Bios: I haven't changed any options in the BIOS since my machine was stable. I tried loading BIOS defaults with no luck.
Drivers: I've tried 3 different versions of ATI's drivers, all with the same results.
I'm going to try loading Win 2K tomorrow to see if the issue is related to XP. Other than that, I'm running out of ideas. And before someone asks, I'm running my 35w XP Mobile 2400+ at stock speed (actually, 9.5 x 200) and voltage (1.35 V), and my PC3200 memory is on relaxed timings and running at 200 MHz.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.