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[David]

I installed MJv8 last night and experienced multiple system lockups when running MJ. I uninstalled it and reinstalled v7 and it is running flawlessly again. I think I will wait for a later version of v8 before trying it again. It looks like it will be an outstanding program.

[Chico]

A little more info would be helpfull.  Get your system info, (Help/System Info...  - Copy to Clipboard) and post it here.  
Also, it sometimes helps to reboot after installing v8.

[David]

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998  
I shut down all programs and installed MJ. I then shut down my computer and restarted it a minute or so later. My System locked up several times as I was trying to rip some CD's. The mouse would work, but nothing else would. I rebooted each time to get it going again.
MJ v7.0.173 has always run flawlessly. Below is a list of my equipment:



Clean install using Full OEM
IE 5 5.50.4807.2300
GenuineIntel 700Mhz Pentium(r) III Processor Intel MMX(TM) Technology
ASUS P3B-F Motherboard
256MB RAM
57% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive C (1165MB free)
Available space on drive C: 1165MB of 3170MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive D: 1193MB of 2990MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive E: 762MB of 3594MB (FAT32)
Available space on drive F: 3902MB of 9764MB (FAT32)
Creative AWE-64 Sound Blaster
NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT Video Card
AOpen_FM56-ITU2_56000 Modem
TDK CDRW161040X
Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6102B
                                        Thanks,
                                          Dave

[JimH]

It might not be locked.  MP3 encoding uses the machine's highest priority.  Try waiting.

You can turn off simultaneous rip and encode.

[Henrik L]

JimH "MP3 encoding uses the machine's highest priority"

Is there a way to change this? I would like to surf the internet while it rips a CD

[David]

Simultaneous rip & encode has been off. It is definately locking up.
The HD light shows no activity and it doesn't matter how long I wait.
I uninstalled v8 and put v7 back on. Now any time I try to use the CD burner for anything it locks up on me using various programs like Nero or Clone CD.
Luckily I did a drive copy onto another HD 5 days ago before I installed v8. It is running fine. If I don't find out how to repair the damage that v8 did to my HD, I will restore my backup drive onto the main drive. I will check back before I do anything.
                                            David

[David]

Not sure what caused the problem. The only programs I have installed last week were Creative Playcenter 2, MJ v8 and upgraded Media Player.
I re-installed MJ v7.0.173 and this time I set it to 'capture file types on start'. I was able to burn a CD with no problems. Not sure if this was related to problem. I wanted to get back to MJ v7.2.280 but I couldn't find it to download since v8 came out. I ended up restoring C and D drive from a HD backup I did a few days ago (before the v8 install)and after doing a few minor updates everything is back to normal and working fine with v7.2.280.

[JimH]

David,
You have something mysterious going on.  I can only guess.

To tell us more about your system, do MJ Help/Copy System Info and then paste it here.

You might take a look at this thread:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/interact/NeoBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=inter&Post=11530&BoardIdle=7&SortingBy=0&BoardOrder=Descend&Page=0

I also see that you have an Nvidia card.  There are known freezing problems with some releases of their drivers.  Try a search at google.

It would be nice to nail this down.  Anything you can tell us would be appreciated.

[David]

I started MJ v7.2.280 and went to Help/System Info and this is what I found:
   Performance Test:
Refresh Time: 880 ms

Resource Info:
System resource: 44
GDI resource: 66
User resource: 44

CPU Info:
Number of CPUs: 1
Type: Genuine Intel Pentium III
Speed: 702 MHz
MMX Support: YES

Memory Info:
Memory Load: 40%
Total Physical Memory: 261 MB
Free Physical Memory: 156 MB

OS Info:
Type: Microsoft Windows 98

Misc Info:
Internet Explorer 5.50.4807.2300

 My system has been very dependable. Don't know if it was a coincidence that things went gunny bag about the same time that I installed MJ v8. It has been running all day and I burned several CD's with no problems since I did the HD backup restore. I will check on the Nvida driver and see if an update is available and will look at the thread.  
                                          Thanks
                                            David