Problems with "locking" up

[ViviTheMage]

I dotn know why but the computer "locks" up (computer wont open anything anymore and you can only urn whats up at that time). This has happened to me more than 10 times and its beginnging to piss me off hella. I know its not a mobo or any of that type of thing error because i jsut got a new computer and its still doinf. My conclusion is thats its windows 2000 pro. I have a oretty up-to-date computer so it should be doing this. Specs:

proc: Athlon XP 2000 (not o/ced)
ram: curcial pc2700 (not o/ced)
mobo: ASUS A7V8X
vid card: PNY GF4 TI4200 64 DDR w/ 8x AGP support
OS:Windows 2000 professional

any help that could fix this is apprciated!

EDIT: I also have a problem with a slooow shut down. It saves settigns for a long time (30 seconds is too much for me). any help with this is also appreciated.

 

[Blurry]

Make sure you updated all your hardware to the latest drivers.
Check if the NTFS file system is working properly or not.
Download the Win2K service packs
If all else fails do a clean install or switch to WinXP

 

[ViviTheMage]

ive had even worse problems with XP. I have all drivers and services packs.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

what optical drives you have..? psu is..? try running with a single DIMM slot filled.. your other rig/build BioStar M7VIT audio trouble..did you enable your audio in the BIOS..?

 

[ViviTheMage]

optical drives: 52x24x52x lite-on, 56X Artec CD Rom.
PSU: 350Watt raidmax something
Ram: 1 stick crucial PC2700 512MB

i already have bios enableing audio. i also tried clearing it, CMOS.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
optical drives: 52x24x52x lite-on, 56X Artec CD Rom.
PSU: 350Watt raidmax something
Ram: 1 stick crucial PC2700 512MB

1st I'd remove either of the 2 opticals(1st that Artec..try..then the Liteon..try) trying that..if nogo..do you have another stick of known good errorfree ram to test with..? (hopefully the psu is good enough but even that might need testing/swapping out) as far as the sound nogo ..first need system stable then hunt/work on that..hopefully you can isolate a component that is the trouble..had one install that fell apart..traced back to a bad Sony 24x10x40(RMA'd it afterwards ) on the install of the OS..was dropping very small files(kbs in size) thought my CD media was bad but

i already have bios enableing audio. i also tried clearing it, CMOS.

 

[ViviTheMage]

no , the thing i just got new components...and its STILL happening, new case the new drives...as for th audio thing , that mobo is on a seperate computer thats why i made 2 threads.

 

[AluminumStudios]

Problems like that can be tricky to track down. Have you looked in your Windows event logs to see if there are any errors or any strang things showing up?

 

[Robohood326]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage


EDIT: I also have a problem with a slooow shut down. It saves settigns for a long time (30 seconds is too much for me). any help with this is also appreciated.

Your "slooow shutdown" is probably due to the Windows Q329170 Hotfix update which can be removed via ADD/REMOVE programs.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Robohood326

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage


EDIT: I also have a problem with a slooow shut down. It saves settigns for a long time (30 seconds is too much for me). any help with this is also appreciated.

Your "slooow shutdown" is probably due to the Windows Q329170 Hotfix update which can be removed via ADD/REMOVE programs.

I uninstalled this and it did not fix that problem.

Originally posted by: AluminumStudios
Problems like that can be tricky to track down. Have you looked in your Windows event logs to see if there are any errors or any strang things showing up?

What exactly would i be looking for in my sytem event log? and where owuld i find this log. and again i have windows 2000 pro.

 

[Robohood326]

You can view your event log by clicking: START / SETTINGS / CONTROL PANEL / ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS / EVENT VIEWER

 

[ViviTheMage]

i see it, now thats its up what am i looking for? theres a lot of warning symbols, thats porlbme where my problem lies.

 

[ViviTheMage]

hmm the only thing that i see thats bad is :

The COM+ Event System detected a corrupt IEventSubscription object. The COM+ Event System has removed object ID {61F017E4-124D-4C6D-82F3-8CC64F23A645}. The subscriber will no longer be notified when the event occurs.

i also get ALOT of : The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block.


other than that it looks fine.

 

[ViviTheMage]

any ideas?

 

[ViviTheMage]

if i defragmented would that help it at all? im talking about the one with the slow shut down and the problems with crashing.