PC HardFreeze : Plz Help - Page 2

Adrian Wong · 6th Sep 2009, 01:45 AM

Eh, IRQ should be allocated to the PCI VGA.

Yeah, the 1T/2T Timing should be increased to 2T.

Adrian Wong · 6th Sep 2009, 01:51 AM

BTW, noticed thate you are using Linux. You should try enabling Plug And Play OS.

utkal · 6th Sep 2009, 10:34 AM

Friends...I have tried all ur suggested settings, but the problem is there

Now it started freezing in safemode also.

I have googled a lot and found that the problem may be for AGP rate. How can I change the default AGP rate of 8X to 4X in Ubuntu 9.04 or WinXP ?

Thank you.

utkal · 7th Sep 2009, 12:00 AM

BTW, friends, now I have noticed same IRQ is assigned to multiple PCI devices (see the IRQ11 on the attached image). Could it be the source of the problem ? If yes, plz tell me the solution for it.
Another thing I forgot to inform you that, I have couple of PCI devices attached to my PC like ...
1. Skystar2 DVB-S PCI card
2. Additional NIC PCI card

Plz help.

zy · 7th Sep 2009, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by utkal

BTW, friends, now I have noticed same IRQ is assigned to multiple PCI devices (see the IRQ11 on the attached image). Could it be the source of the problem ? If yes, plz tell me the solution for it.
Another thing I forgot to inform you that, I have couple of PCI devices attached to my PC like ...
1. Skystar2 DVB-S PCI card
2. Additional NIC PCI card

Plz help.

It could be. I think you can reset it in BIOS or something. OR you can try to exchange slots of the PCI devices.

DarKSeeD · 7th Sep 2009, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by utkal

BTW, friends, now I have noticed same IRQ is assigned to multiple PCI devices (see the IRQ11 on the attached image). Could it be the source of the problem ? If yes, plz tell me the solution for it.
Another thing I forgot to inform you that, I have couple of PCI devices attached to my PC like ...
1. Skystar2 DVB-S PCI card
2. Additional NIC PCI card

Plz help.

Something is not right with the HDD also. It should be UDMA5 not 2! Also enable 32bit data transfer.
Plug and Play OS should be ON!
Try to lower the PCI Latency Timer to 32. See if it makes the difference.
In XP if your hdd performs slowly delete from IDE/ATAPI Controllers everything and do a restart and after that the drivers should reinstall properly.
How about the PSU power?

utkal · 7th Sep 2009, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarKSeeD

Something is not right with the HDD also. It should be UDMA5 not 2! Also enable 32bit data transfer.
Plug and Play OS should be ON!
Try to lower the PCI Latency Timer to 32. See if it makes the difference.
In XP if your hdd performs slowly delete from IDE/ATAPI Controllers everything and do a restart and after that the drivers should reinstall properly.
How about the PSU power?

Thank you friend. But if I'll make the HDD DMA to Auto=UDMA-5 Grub gives error 18. Hence knowingly I'm setting it to UDMA-2. I have enabled 32-bit transfer. But these same IRQ to multiple PCI devices is seems fishy to me.

What is PSU power ? And how can I monitor it ?

utkal · 7th Sep 2009, 04:42 PM

I'm fadeoff with this PC and am going to take this PC to clinic, then I'll post the result here. As its getting freezed during OS installation (may be Windows or Ubuntu) itself !!!

zy · 7th Sep 2009, 10:09 PM

maybe its the hard disk

Adrian Wong · 7th Sep 2009, 11:02 PM

You might want to shift the location of your PCI cards. I would try shifting the NIC card to a different slot so it doesn't share IRQs with the AGP graphics card.

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utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	BTW, friends, now I have noticed same IRQ is assigned to multiple PCI devices (see the IRQ11 on the attached image). Could it be the source of the problem ? If yes, plz tell me the solution for it. Another thing I forgot to inform you that, I have couple of PCI devices attached to my PC like ... 1. Skystar2 DVB-S PCI card 2. Additional NIC PCI card Plz help. Last edited by utkal : 7th Sep 2009 at 02:51 PM.

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7th Sep 2009, 11:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 32,304 Reputation: 3574 Rep Power: 75	You might want to shift the location of your PCI cards. I would try shifting the NIC card to a different slot so it doesn't share IRQs with the AGP graphics card. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

6th Sep 2009, 10:34 AM	#13 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Friends...I have tried all ur suggested settings, but the problem is there Now it started freezing in safemode also. I have googled a lot and found that the problem may be for AGP rate. How can I change the default AGP rate of 8X to 4X in Ubuntu 9.04 or WinXP ? Thank you.

7th Sep 2009, 04:42 PM	#18 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I'm fadeoff with this PC and am going to take this PC to clinic, then I'll post the result here. As its getting freezed during OS installation (may be Windows or Ubuntu) itself !!!