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[harleydude]

For some time I have been experiencing lockups of my MC PC.  Recently the hard drive crashed and had to rebuild the system.  Since the PC was going to be out of commission during the rebuild I decided the see if I could reproduce the lockups with a fresh load of the OS, drivers and MC.  The problem is still present.  Below is the System Info data from MC, what else should/do I need to provide?

Media Center 11.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows 2000  Server 5.0 Service Pack 4 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium 4 2405 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 387 MB

Internet Explorer: 5.00.3700.1000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81.3502 / Shlwapi.dll: 5.0.3900 / Shell32.dll: 5.0.3900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive F:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive F: SAMSUNG  CD-R/RW SW-207F    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:6  MaxSpeed:6  BurnProof:No
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

[JimH]

Are you using any third party plug-ins?

Are you sure it's not just building thumbnails?  Try waiting longer.

And then there is hardware....  Memory, for example.  Or a hot CPU.

This thread, linked from the FAQ here, has a long list of problems that have causes other than MC:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=24031.0

[harleydude]

No third party plugins.  Just installed MC and updated to the latest version.  When the PC locks the only way to recover is to reboot.  I have Speedfan running and have not noticed any increases in the temp of the CPU.  Also have been running task manager, it reads 2% CPU and very low memory usage at the time of lock up.  The system will run for several hours before locking up.  Any logs I can provide?

[JimH]

Did you try the thread I gave you above?

If the PC is locked that tight, it's a hardware or driver issue.  Even the OS is refusing to budge.

[harleydude]

Yes total lockup.  I will read thru the thread tonight and try the tests.

Thanks