CaptnAJ
December 7th 03, 12:24 AM
Ihave the same type of motherboard and most of the same
components. I was having the same experience as yourself
and finally called the Gigabyte Tech Support. They told
me my ram was mistimed and showed me how to retime it in
the bios. After that, the shutdown and reboot problems
wet aeay and the computer is very stable. Like you, I
thought the problem was device driver related but those
type of problems are ram related as I've been told. To
start, you can go to the bios setup and on the right hand
side choose the minumim speed for the ram. If that helps,
call Gigabyte and they will talk you through the rest.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a new PC with Windows XP and Office 2000
installed.
>I'm not completely computer-literate but I think the
>information you may need is that it comprises GeForce4
MX
>2400+ Nvidia with Gigabyte KT400 GA-7VA motherboard and
>VIA KT400 chipset, Logitech wireless optical keyboard
and
>mouse and neovo k-17 monitor.
>All hardware was loaded with the drivers supplied with
>each component. The machine begain to crash frequently
>(in excess of 8 times a day). I posted a request for
help
>and was advised to run a memory test programme. I did
>this for two days - no faults. Initially I had Norton
>virus scan and firewall.
>I reformatted the hard drive, and reloaded all my
hardware
>using the Microsoft signed default drivers for
>everything. This time I installed McAfee virus scan and
>used the microsoft firewall. The PC ran for a day with
>only one crash then the frequency of crashes increased
>until it now crashes, hangs and re-boots inself in
excess
>of five times an hour while I am doing all sorts of
>different actions (not doing just one action, although
to
>begin with scrolling down internet pages often resulted
in
>me being booted out).
>The Microsoft error feedback is generally "device driver
>problem". I have set it up so it doesn't reboot
>automatically and the sort of stop messages I get vary
but
>include (in approximate order of frequency)0x0000E3,
>0x0000008e, 0x000000D1, 0x00000050, 0xc0000005,
c000021a.
>
>I am desperate to fix the problem and have wasted
enormous
>amounts of time trying to research the problems. I've
>reviewed the error codes which point to a number of
>different issues.
>Four questions:
>1. How does one ascertain which driver is the problem,
if
>there really is a driver problem? All the advice is
that
>it was the one last installed when the problems began
but
>this doesn't apply when one has a new machine which
worked
>OK initially.
>2. What is the most likely RAM issue? - the RAM has
been
>thoroughly tested and showed no errors.
>3. Should I reformat again? If I reformat again, can
>someone suggest how to proceed to minimise further
>problems - last time the problems began in earnest some
>days after I had reinstalled everything.
>4. I use BT Broadband with the standard Alcatel home
>modem - which has an unsigned driver - has anyone had
>problems with this in the past?
>.
>
components. I was having the same experience as yourself
and finally called the Gigabyte Tech Support. They told
me my ram was mistimed and showed me how to retime it in
the bios. After that, the shutdown and reboot problems
wet aeay and the computer is very stable. Like you, I
thought the problem was device driver related but those
type of problems are ram related as I've been told. To
start, you can go to the bios setup and on the right hand
side choose the minumim speed for the ram. If that helps,
call Gigabyte and they will talk you through the rest.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a new PC with Windows XP and Office 2000
installed.
>I'm not completely computer-literate but I think the
>information you may need is that it comprises GeForce4
MX
>2400+ Nvidia with Gigabyte KT400 GA-7VA motherboard and
>VIA KT400 chipset, Logitech wireless optical keyboard
and
>mouse and neovo k-17 monitor.
>All hardware was loaded with the drivers supplied with
>each component. The machine begain to crash frequently
>(in excess of 8 times a day). I posted a request for
help
>and was advised to run a memory test programme. I did
>this for two days - no faults. Initially I had Norton
>virus scan and firewall.
>I reformatted the hard drive, and reloaded all my
hardware
>using the Microsoft signed default drivers for
>everything. This time I installed McAfee virus scan and
>used the microsoft firewall. The PC ran for a day with
>only one crash then the frequency of crashes increased
>until it now crashes, hangs and re-boots inself in
excess
>of five times an hour while I am doing all sorts of
>different actions (not doing just one action, although
to
>begin with scrolling down internet pages often resulted
in
>me being booted out).
>The Microsoft error feedback is generally "device driver
>problem". I have set it up so it doesn't reboot
>automatically and the sort of stop messages I get vary
but
>include (in approximate order of frequency)0x0000E3,
>0x0000008e, 0x000000D1, 0x00000050, 0xc0000005,
c000021a.
>
>I am desperate to fix the problem and have wasted
enormous
>amounts of time trying to research the problems. I've
>reviewed the error codes which point to a number of
>different issues.
>Four questions:
>1. How does one ascertain which driver is the problem,
if
>there really is a driver problem? All the advice is
that
>it was the one last installed when the problems began
but
>this doesn't apply when one has a new machine which
worked
>OK initially.
>2. What is the most likely RAM issue? - the RAM has
been
>thoroughly tested and showed no errors.
>3. Should I reformat again? If I reformat again, can
>someone suggest how to proceed to minimise further
>problems - last time the problems began in earnest some
>days after I had reinstalled everything.
>4. I use BT Broadband with the standard Alcatel home
>modem - which has an unsigned driver - has anyone had
>problems with this in the past?
>.
>