I thought XP was supposed to be a "stable OS"

[WhoDeeny]

But so far I've seen nothing to indicate anything other than it being still very "buggy." Everytime I start up I get an error, saying the system has recovered from a serious crash, I get random BSODs & the system resets my settings. So far I haven't been able to get a burn to complete in either Nero or using just Windows and sometimes the system gets so unstable, even just after starting up, that I need to reboot!
Its looks good but that's about all I've seen do far. Maybe its just time I went back to Win2k...

One, unhappy XP user...

 

[Jace]

Have you tried uploading the mind dumps from the BSOD's to oca.microsoft.com so that Microsoft can diagnose them and possibly present you with a solution?

They diagnosed several for me.

Anyway, it can shed some light on the problem so that they can correct the issues for you and others (like me).

 

[Jace]

Forgot to ask, what version of Nero are you using? You may already know this but the latest is 5.5.7.2
available here:

Nero download

 

[Dengar]

Would also help to list your computer and its devices.

 

[WhoDeeny]

I send the error report that XP genereates every time to M$, but haven't gotten a response yet.

Actually I'm not running the latest version of Nero, but then shouldn't windows burn the disc on its own? I've seen on the M$ newsgroups that other are having issues with Yamamha CD burners, which is what I have.

And to post my system spec's:

AMD 1.4G T-Bird
512M Crucial PC2100
PNY Geforce 3
Creative Audigy X-Gamer (POS, don't buy this!)
Linksys NIC
Sony CD
Yamaha CRW2100EZ
and of course WinXP Home...

 

[bacillus]

<< Creative Audigy X-Gamer (POS, don't buy this!) >>


hmm, my audigy works flawlessly in win98 & XP!

 

[WhoDeeny]

<<

<< Creative Audigy X-Gamer (POS, don't buy this!) >>


hmm, my audigy works flawlessly in win98 & XP! >>



Well mine never worked in Win98, Win2k or Winxp. The only way to evenget it to function is by only installing the drivers and none of the other software with it, and even the D2 won't let me use the advanced sound options in it. I've opened three tickets with Creative so far and all the tell me is to reinstall. PLEASE! I've reinstalled, removed and placed into new PCI slots, anything and everything and nothing works. I'm just waiting for their latest response then I'm going to request a RMA, in the meantime I'm goign to go buy a better card (TB Santa Cruz), as I've seen too many others with issues on this card.

 

[Koinonia]

interestingly,

i have nearly the same specs as you do.

i am running XP and never had a crash or BSOD. it has run very well on my system so far.

so my guess might be faulty memory, although i'm sure that crucial has good stuff.
try isolating the problem and see what results you get.

 

[chaswood]

<< And to post my system spec's:

AMD 1.4G T-Bird
512M Crucial PC2100
PNY Geforce 3
Creative Audigy X-Gamer (POS, don't buy this!)
Linksys NIC
Sony CD
Yamaha CRW2100EZ
and of course WinXP Home... >>



3 important items that are missing on your system specs are the motherboard, processor heat sink, and power supply. A lot of people on this forum have reported p.s. and overheating issues, especially with the faster T-Birds, which run hot and eat lots of watts.

You may want to put a good temp/voltage monitor utility on your system and see if there is a problem there.

If those issues are okay, then another thing that might help isolate it (especially if your previous version of Windows worked on this system) is to do a safe boot to see if you still get problems. If none occur in Safe mode, then do a selective startup and disable as many drivers as possible. The Creative driver is a good place to start here.

 

[WhoDeeny]

<<
3 important items that are missing on your system specs are the motherboard, processor heat sink, and power supply. A lot of people on this forum have reported p.s. and overheating issues, especially with the faster T-Birds, which run hot and eat lots of watts.
. >>



Oops, sorry about that:

KR7A-Raid (two Maxtor D740x 40g UDMA 133 HD's on Ide 3 & 4, not running raid); The CD and CDRW are on IDE 1 and 2 respectively (all are masters, in case you were wondering)
Deer 300W PS
Cooler Master HHC-001 (keeps the CPU around 46 C)

Good suggestion on disabling the drivers, I'll have to try that when I get, thanks!

 

[Jace]

Visiting oca.microsoft.com is different than sending an error report. Try it out.

Have you downloaded all the critical updates from WindowsUpdate? Also, you need the update for CD burners from this site.

What about your motherboard? Do you have the latest Bios for it?

 

[Alex]

<< But so far I've seen nothing to indicate anything other than it being still very "buggy." Everytime I start up I get an error, saying the system has recovered from a serious crash, I get random BSODs & the system resets my settings. So far I haven't been able to get a burn to complete in either Nero or using just Windows and sometimes the system gets so unstable, even just after starting up, that I need to reboot!
Its looks good but that's about all I've seen do far. Maybe its just time I went back to Win2k... >>




i had that with my viper 2 but it was just buggy drivers... youll find that most XP problems are driver related...

 

[CalamitousSoul]

Get a pentium.
Go for quality, not bargans.

 

[WhoDeeny]

<< Get a pentium.
Go for quality, not bargans. >>



Sheeit!

Lemme think about this, less money + faster chip or more money for a slower chip...

I dunno That's kinda hard, NOT!

And its not the processor that's creathign these problems and the timing settings for the chipsets can always be updated with BIOS updates...

 

[Mem]

Sorry to hear about that but I had the same problem when rebooting I would get that "recovered from serious error " etc,anyway what I did was disable error reporting including the critical one that of course worked ,anyway after 3 weeks I enabled the error report and the notify me of critical error etc and guess what it never came back so I`ve 100% stable system.

I`m guessing its probably some software or driver that WinXP does not like on yours.
Btw using SB Audigy with my XP and it`s rock stable .


Yes install all updates I did for mine.

 

[overclock]

Sounds like time for a clean installation.

format c:

Put in CD and reinstall!

 

[Epyon9283]

If I had that many problem with XP, Id ditch it really fast...

 

[Amused]

This is what you do:

Remove everything but the video card, your boot drive and your CD drive. (floppy is OK too, if you got one)

Boot to the XP CD, format your drive and install XP. Test for stability.

If everything is fine, add your NIC card, D/L the latest updates for XP.

If everything is stable, one by one, add the other stuff. When you go unstable, there is your problem.

I'd add the audio LAST, but be sure it's in a slot that does not share an IRQ with anything else.

You've obviously got a driver conflict somewhere.

BTW, XP is working as stable as a rock on my system.