PC HardFreeze : Plz Help

utkal · 2nd Sep 2009, 01:36 PM

Hi Friends

I have the following h/w configuration. And my PC was working fine till now. Recently I have upgraded my motherboard AMI BIOS to its latest version (1011) and then accepted the default setting of the BIOS. Unfortunately before flashing the BIOS, I had not note down/backed up the different settings, set by the dealer at Nehru Palace, New Delhi.

1. ASUS K8N motherboard (Socket 754)
2. AMD Athlon 64 2800+
3. MSI T128 (nVidia GeForce FX 5200) AGP graphics card
4. Kingston 512 MB DDR1 RAM
5. 320 GB Seagate ATA HDD

Now, after BIOS upgrade with its default settings, my PC is booting up normally. But whenever I'm trying to run any moderate application like IE, Firefox, VLCPlayer, etc ... my PC goes into HARD FREEZE mode/hangs permanently. And then neither the mouse, nor the keyboard works which then needs hard boot by resetting the power button

Note that, this behaviour is across the OSes like WinXP SP3, Ubuntu 9.04, etc .... hence I thing there is something wrong at root/BIOS level. I have all the latest drivers for my components but still living with this problem.

Again, when I'm uninstalling the graphics driver, the PC works well without hang but the display is toooooooo slow. So again, I thing there is something wrong in BIOS and graphics card settings combination.

I have also disabled FASTWRITE/AGP side bus, but still no result.

Please help me.

Adrian Wong · 3rd Sep 2009, 01:46 AM

Hi utkal,

You might want to take photos of the BIOS screens and post them up here so we can see what's set.

Sounds like an IRQ-related issue. Check and see if ACPI and APIC have been enabled.

utkal · 4th Sep 2009, 04:31 PM

Thank you friend.
I'll take the snapshots of my BIOS and share with you. Hope now here I'll get the solution

Adrian Wong · 4th Sep 2009, 11:52 PM

We will be here.

utkal · 5th Sep 2009, 01:01 AM

Hi
Here are the BIOS settings pics of my with above said problem.
Plz help me.

Thank you.

utkal · 5th Sep 2009, 01:09 AM

Here is the screenshot of HWMonitor app ..

Adrian Wong · 5th Sep 2009, 01:17 AM

Here are stuff you should change :

32Bit Data Transfer -> Enabled
AI Overclock Tuner -> Auto
MemClock Mode -> Auto
Master ECC Enable -> Disabled
ACPI 2.0 Support -> Enabled

Let us know how it goes.

utkal · 5th Sep 2009, 03:44 AM

I have modified the settings you have proposed along with ...
AI over Clock Tuner->Standard (as there is no option of Auto there)

But still the same problem of hardfreeze

You were saying something related to IRQ.
Are you seeing anything fishy there ?
If you want I can post other screens too.

zy · 5th Sep 2009, 05:44 AM

2nd screen

UDMA -> 5

6th screen

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA -> off/disabled

Chai · 5th Sep 2009, 08:18 AM

Change the 1T/2T timing to 2T.

2nd Sep 2009, 01:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	PC HardFreeze : Plz Help Hi Friends I have the following h/w configuration. And my PC was working fine till now. Recently I have upgraded my motherboard AMI BIOS to its latest version (1011) and then accepted the default setting of the BIOS. Unfortunately before flashing the BIOS, I had not note down/backed up the different settings, set by the dealer at Nehru Palace, New Delhi. 1. ASUS K8N motherboard (Socket 754) 2. AMD Athlon 64 2800+ 3. MSI T128 (nVidia GeForce FX 5200) AGP graphics card 4. Kingston 512 MB DDR1 RAM 5. 320 GB Seagate ATA HDD Now, after BIOS upgrade with its default settings, my PC is booting up normally. But whenever I'm trying to run any moderate application like IE, Firefox, VLCPlayer, etc ... my PC goes into HARD FREEZE mode/hangs permanently. And then neither the mouse, nor the keyboard works which then needs hard boot by resetting the power button Note that, this behaviour is across the OSes like WinXP SP3, Ubuntu 9.04, etc .... hence I thing there is something wrong at root/BIOS level. I have all the latest drivers for my components but still living with this problem. Again, when I'm uninstalling the graphics driver, the PC works well without hang but the display is toooooooo slow. So again, I thing there is something wrong in BIOS and graphics card settings combination. I have also disabled FASTWRITE/AGP side bus, but still no result. Please help me.

3rd Sep 2009, 01:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 32,299 Reputation: 3574 Rep Power: 75	Hi utkal, You might want to take photos of the BIOS screens and post them up here so we can see what's set. Sounds like an IRQ-related issue. Check and see if ACPI and APIC have been enabled. __________________ 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

4th Sep 2009, 11:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 32,299 Reputation: 3574 Rep Power: 75	We will be here. __________________ 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

5th Sep 2009, 01:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 32,299 Reputation: 3574 Rep Power: 75	Here are stuff you should change : 32Bit Data Transfer -> Enabled AI Overclock Tuner -> Auto MemClock Mode -> Auto Master ECC Enable -> Disabled ACPI 2.0 Support -> Enabled Let us know how it goes. __________________ 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

5th Sep 2009, 05:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,336 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	2nd screen UDMA -> 5 6th screen Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA -> off/disabled __________________

4th Sep 2009, 04:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Thank you friend. I'll take the snapshots of my BIOS and share with you. Hope now here I'll get the solution

5th Sep 2009, 01:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Hi Here are the BIOS settings pics of my with above said problem. Plz help me. Thank you.

5th Sep 2009, 01:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Here is the screenshot of HWMonitor app ..

5th Sep 2009, 03:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
utkal Newbie Join Date: 1 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I have modified the settings you have proposed along with ... AI over Clock Tuner->Standard (as there is no option of Auto there) But still the same problem of hardfreeze You were saying something related to IRQ. Are you seeing anything fishy there ? If you want I can post other screens too.

5th Sep 2009, 08:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	Change the 1T/2T timing to 2T. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/