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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mrnoseeum on March 14, 2006, 12:07:35 pm
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major crash when inserting cdrw disc with images while playing music. I have options set to do nothing when a cd is inserted, doesn't seem to matter, it sent me to a blue screen crash after a lengthy pause. took 2 reboots to get it running again ( 1 in safe mode) . windows major crash alert popup. I have had this happen several times, usually while viewing a movie or listening to music and I insert a disc and it just about freezes up, then after a while its ok.
PC specs:
WinXP sp2 latest updates
2x 74 gb wd 10k raptor's sata raid 0
2x maxtor 250gb sata raid 0
x800gt pciX video 256mb ddr3 - powercolor
1gb dual channel kingston ram (2x512mb ddr2 533)
Abit Duramax AA8 MB intel 925x chipset
intel 650 cpu 3.4ghz 2mb cache
1x sony 16x dl dvd burner
1x pioneer 16x dl dvd burner
500 watt PS
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That is probably a hardware issue unrelated to MC. Double check the configurations of all your drives.
If it were mine, I'd buy a new drive if I couldn't solve the problem.
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Blue screens are hardware / driver issues.
Check your cabling and bios settings.
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Out of 4-5 years i think i seen a blue screen 4 or 5 times
with windows 95-98 i seen that many in one day.
the problems sometimes I have found that when you install something it does not tend to un-install all the files\drivers that may continue to slow down a system and sometimes may cause conflicts. Mostly Video, and CD drive utilities.
When looking at the Processes Thru the Process manager i found many files still loading on start up that should have been un-installed. i had to manually deactivate, and then delete the files.
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Watch out also for things like Nero In-CD.
That used to cause havoc on my machine in XP,
mainly because I had a slightly old CDRW.
I think In-CD changes the underlying cd drivers or something similar.