Rant about my XP installation.

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  • Paddy
    Super MURCer
    • Mar 2000
    • 6067
    #1

    Rant about my XP installation.

    I have reinstalled XP recently to as i have had a major hardware change (dual CPU's and a few other bits and bobs). The OS could have done with a clean out anyway

    I am getting infrequent BSODs. IRQ not less than or equal, Windows has found a problem with win32.sys, windows has found a problem... blahh blahh blahh.

    Do you guys find that you get good installs and bad installs???

    Sometimes it works, and othertimes i get a POS that i have to format and start again.

    I dont know what i am doing wrong. I install in the following order...

    I install XP pro corp.
    Apply SP1 and patches.
    Graphics card
    Sound card
    Other hardware

    Oh well, time to start again.
    The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England
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    • Gurm
      MS Fanboy
      • Aug 1999
      • 11460
      #2
      Hmm, no. I don't necessarily find that. I'd be suspect of a particular patch. What are you installing OTHER than the WinXP core install? Be specific.

      Also, I'd go to the trouble to slipstream SP1. You'll be glad you did.

      - Gurm
      The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

      I'm the least you could do
      If only life were as easy as you
      I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
      If only life were as easy as you
      I would still get screwed

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        • Paddy
          Super MURCer
          • Mar 2000
          • 6067
          #3
          Patch wise, I'm not sure... I pretty much tell it to get the lot and leave it to it... perhaps i should just put on SP1 and leave the rest???

          I could do with building a slipstream cd. I'll do that now

          I must have had 6 BSODs today
          The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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            • Paddy
              Super MURCer
              • Mar 2000
              • 6067
              #4
              OK, rebuilt SP1'd and i have put the latest drivers for my 8500DV on. I am using the stock M$ Live! drivers for now (Gurm: should i change that?).

              Now I seem to get problems when i update XP, should i just apply the critical patches????
              The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                • Gurm
                  MS Fanboy
                  • Aug 1999
                  • 11460
                  #5
                  Hrm. Yeah, start with the critical patches.

                  Leave the MS Live drivers, and once you're stable upgrade to the Audigy 2 drivers of course.

                  - Gurm
                  The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                  I'm the least you could do
                  If only life were as easy as you
                  I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                  If only life were as easy as you
                  I would still get screwed

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                    • Paddy
                      Super MURCer
                      • Mar 2000
                      • 6067
                      #6
                      Are the Audigy drivers better than the stock MS drivers???
                      I get the odd (1 every 20mins or so) skip in playback during times of high load...
                      The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                        • Kooldino
                          Super MURCer
                          • Nov 2002
                          • 3026
                          #7
                          Hmmm, pull that sound card and see what happens.

                          me no trust creative sound cards.

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                            • KeiFront
                              Super MURCer
                              • Sep 2001
                              • 2668
                              #8
                              He was warned before: http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39143
                              Main: Dual Xeon LV2.4Ghz@3.1Ghz | 3X21" | NVidia 6800 | 2Gb DDR | SCSI
                              Second: Dual PIII 1GHz | 21" Monitor | G200MMS + Quadro 2 Pro | 512MB ECC SDRAM | SCSI
                              Third: Apple G4 450Mhz | 21" Monitor | Radeon 8500 | 1,5Gb SDRAM | SCSI

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                                • Sethos
                                  MURCer
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 594
                                  #9
                                  Yes, I look at the patch, usually (in my experience) the installation is fine, but after a patch update the os starts to go... good luck with it!!

                                  ~Sethos
                                  "...and in the next instant he was one of the deadest men that ever lived." – Mark Twain

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                                    • Paddy
                                      Super MURCer
                                      • Mar 2000
                                      • 6067
                                      #10
                                      He was warned before: http://forums.murc.ws/showt...&threadid=39143
                                      With the Creative drivers it skips every few seconds.
                                      With the M$ drivers it skips every 20mins or so.
                                      With the Audigy drivers it skips every 20mins or so.

                                      The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                                        • Ribbit
                                          Super MURCer
                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 1174
                                          #11
                                          You've mentioned your high CPU temperatures in another thread - perhaps you need to do something about that?
                                          Blah blah blah nick blah blah confusion, blah blah blah blah frog.

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