Before I reformat my drive

dogwalker wrote on 9/18/2007, 7:10 AM
I've tried everything I can think of, but still get periodic complete lockups/freezes of my computer in VMS8, so now I'm ready to reformat my drive and reinstall windows.

Before I do, though, I would like to know if anyone is running successfully with a combination of
(a) PT890T-A VIA chipset
(b) E6300 dual core
(c) Audigy sound card (original x-gamer, not audigy 2)
(d) ATI (mine is x1950XT), with latest catalyst drivers
(e) XP Pro, all latest updates

If there's something inherently unstable about that combo, then I may as well not waste time reinstalling windows.

BTW, I get these lockups only in Vegas. I don't think Vegas is buggy, but it's just trying to perform some action which is exhibiting a loe-level issue with my PC.

The lockups usually appear when I'm dragging something (scrubbing, etc), but a few times it actually locked up when simply switching back to the Vegas task from another task.

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Chienworks wrote on 9/18/2007, 7:33 AM
Before you do anything drastic, go into the video card settings and try turning down hardware acceleration one notch.

I didn't have lockups with my ATI card, but i did have lots of weird display behavior when dragging things around. Sometimes i'd get a frozen area on the screen that wouldn't show anything different until i rebooted.
dogwalker wrote on 9/18/2007, 7:42 AM
Excellent point. I went into Windows Media Player and turned acceleration down there, but I didn't turn it down globally. I'll try that tonight. Thanks.
Kalvos wrote on 9/18/2007, 7:46 AM
I'm gonna bet this is hardware, and reformatting your drive will make no improvement.

I don't have your hardware, but there was with older VIA chipsets a latency issue that caused lockups with my VIA chipset computer exactly as you describe (and mostly in VMS6 at the time).

There is a latency patch <http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/#PCI> that I used very successfully. I'm not on a VIA chipset now, so don't use it anymore. Read the FAQ and if you think it applies, give it a try. After installing it, I never had another lockup.

Dennis

Dennis

Vegas Pro Version 21.0 Build 108
Windows Pro 10.0 20H2 build 19042.1110
AMD Radeon R9 280

Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz   3.30 GHz
Installed RAM    16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

 

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dogwalker wrote on 9/18/2007, 7:56 AM
Kalvos, thanks - you're right, that site describes my problem very well (and I do get some crackling audio occasionally in some games). Unfortunately, the site says it doesn't install on XP SP2 (which I have) and doesn't identify my southbridge correctly.

It may be that I should just buy another motherboard, but keep my E6300. I haven't been impressed with the BIOS options of this motherboard (it's an ECS PT890T-A). I guess it's time to google for motherboards for this dual core.

Thanks for the tip, though, sure mirrors my issues.