system locking up

ddean wrote on 3/16/2004, 8:07 PM

I'm trying to render a project that locks up my computer and I have to reset and reboot. It will happen at different times of the project, doesn't matter if I try to print to tape, render as mpeg-2 or avi file. I've also de-installed and re-installed Vegas to no avail. Suggestions?

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/16/2004, 8:11 PM

Do you know how hot your CPU is getting? That seems to be the problem most of the time whe computer freezes durring render. Also, are you sure all the media in your project is good? A video, sound file, etc. could have a problem with it (or something else is trying to access it).

GlennChan wrote on 3/16/2004, 8:34 PM

Get prime95 and run a torture test. It tests primes to see if they're Mersenne primes and checks against known results in the torture test. Any hardware glitches will produce an error.

On a hyperthreading CPU, I find prime95 works better while also running CPUBurn. CPUBurn makes your processor hotter and prime will find errors faster.
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/
Read the readmes. As a precaution, back stuff up before you use CPUBurn and don't install stuff.

Use motherboard Monitor 5 to check your motherboard's temperatures.
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html

rebel44 wrote on 3/17/2004, 4:21 AM

That could be memory problem too. Download Memtest86 and test your memory. Memtest86 it is the only program who really find a problem.
Locking up definetly hardware problem.
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