My System Resets when converting Video.

[FireFox2]

Hay all,

Please can someone help me.. My System keeps Reseting when converting Video, with any converting software, IE, Nero, Easy CD 6, and other Converting software.

Ive formatted my system a couple of times now in hope it will sort itself out, ive did virus scans, ive edited my Virtual Memory,ect..

My system used t o work in converting vidio perfect about a week ago, untill my daughter messed up my system, so i had to format the drive, now ive formatted the video converting tools wont work.

It will start converting for anythin from 3-15-mins then the system will just turn off.

What can i do to solve this mega problem..

My system is.

AMD 2200 processor, 512 2100 DDR ram, BioStar Motherboard.
20-gig Main Drive (still with 10-gig free)
80-gig 2nd drive, 120-gig 3rd drive 160-gig 4th drive.
BTC-8X DVD + & - DVD writer.
Sony 52,24,52 CDR writer
sony DVD player

Running Window XP Pro.
Nero Software, latest updated installed.
Roxio Easy CD & DVD creator.
other Video Convertor software installed.

Every time i try to convert Avis to DVD the system Resets.. what my problem and how do i fix it.

FireFox

[hawkburn]

This happened to me, but only with Nero, so I simply uninstalled it.

Do you have your most recent video card updates?

Are your video card and audio card compatible? If not, video encoding might have some problems.

Usually, though, updated programs, drivers, and video card updates do the trick.

[FireFox2]

yo.
yea i think i have the updates, i know the Sound card is the updated one, as it is builtin sound card,CMI-9739, and erm the Video card i have is a old ATI all in wounder 128 AGP TV card, and im always updating that via windows updates, think i better just check that i have updated them since my latest re-install whch was like 4am this morning...

If its not that then what elsecan it be,?

FireFox

[Elvise]

Sounds like an overheating problem. If you've got a midi/full tower system, try taking the side off the case to see if it helps. Also, get a program that can monitor your cpu/system temperature to see if the problem occurs when the temperature reaches a certain level.

It could also be bios related. Maybe your bios is setup to shutdown/reset your pc at a certain temperate?

[FireFox2]

Well i have 2 Fans running in the system, and it onlt seems to of happened when i had to format my system. i did how ever take out a old 20-gig HD and placed it with the DVD player, this i did so i could do DVD 2 DVD copies if i needed to at any time.

maybe i should try turning off my system and reset the bios., maybe that may work.???

When trying to do the converting i normaly shut down most other Apps to free up the CPU temperature. so any other advice.?

FireFox

Ok im back..lol

done a cmos Reset, and ive now downloaded a CPU monitor, it shows that when im converting AVI files to DVD format with Easy CD/DVD software (Roxio) and with Nero, it is using like 80% to the full 100% of the CPU, will this reset my PC..? if so how do i make these app use less CPU usage,??

FireFox

[que-em]

Could it be the power supply. I had similar problems in the past, even had to stick one of those rotary fans next to the box. I upped my power supply and haven't had a problem since. Your motherboard may be on its way out. Im no expert this is just my personal experience.

[FireFox2]

Hi Again.

Well ive reset the Bios, and downloaded and installed, CPU temperature utils, and still it keeps on happening.
The motherBoard and Processor is NOT even 1year old yet, so i hope they are not on the way out, even the case is 375 power unit inside, and was brought at the same time as the M/B and Processor. These where all brought in December 2003.

The conversion of video looks like it is working, but anythink from 5-20-mins the system will reset, and is realy Pi$$ing me off now. could there be somethink wrong with the HD i wounder.??

I have the main Poer Suply Fan running along with a extra fan i stuck right beside it, so i dont think it can be that, they nother seem to be running fine.

only other thing to do i was thinking is to format my 80-gig drive with Utils on, then put that inplace of the main 20-gig drive, then doing a fresh XP install on that, but i dont want to if i have to, as it take ruddy ages to copy 80-gig of utils to DVD.

Noticed that i can run programes running all nite, like DC++ when downloading movies, and the system wont or dont even reset, unless i reset it myself. it only resets when im doing Video Converting. Why.??? GRrrrrrrrr

FireFox

[notbob]

have you defragged lately?

if not, do so, it helps when accessing (reading) lots of data

dc++ is writing to the disc, and can do that anywhere, but programs that read and write to and from a fragmented disc can run into trouble, you may be accidentally attempting to access a part of the disc allocated to a function like acpi bios, which triggers the blue screen of death (you have just recovered from a serious error on reboot)

[FireFox2]

have you defragged lately?

if not, do so, it helps when accessing (reading) lots of data

dc++ is writing to the disc, and can do that anywhere, but programs that read and write to and from a fragmented disc can run into trouble, you may be accidentally attempting to access a part of the disc allocated to a function like acpi bios, which triggers the blue screen of death (you have just recovered from a serious error on reboot)

Nope not getting the Blue screen error message, it just resets the computer.
Ive done a Disk Defrage today to see if that helped, which it didnt, also done all the above, system Cmos Reset, ect, ect. Most of my movies are on the other Drives, E.G, drive E: F: & G:, and when i try and conver the movies to DVD format, i set the it to the drive the movie folder is in. So the image file is not being writen to the C: drive, but that to the drive the Avi file is on.but it still resets the computer, as if it is doing a normal reset mode by it's self.

May i should just format my 80-gig drive tomorrow when ive saved the most inportant files to DVD disk, then see if that drive will be better, maybe there is a problem with my main C: drive that will no longer let me convert Avi files into DVD files to it..

this is darn annoying tho.

Firefox :fire

[notbob]

did you check the event log?

that will tell you what is happening, so you know where to start looking

[shawners]

is your screen saver and norton off??? Did you turn off your powersaver thing, i dont think 10 gigs can safely convert a dvd, are you trying to convert a dvd over or rip one? And put it in another format?

[FireFox2]

is your screen saver and norton off??? Did you turn off your powersaver thing, i dont think 10 gigs can safely convert a dvd, are you trying to convert a dvd over or rip one? And put it in another format?
Yo.

Ok Screen Saver is OFF, and Norton is on, but ever way on of off, it worked last time befor my daughter screwed up my system,, 10-gigs should be ok, as i was converting AVI's to DVD on just 6-gig og HD space last time.

I even changed the Folder settings for the convertion files to my F: drive as that still has like 22-gig left out of 120-gigs, so somethink is not right here.

i just fill like :shoot the Machine right now, if only i had a gun.. :mellow so now what.??

Firefox

[FireFox2]

Well, i did what i had to do, change the drives around, and doing this screwed up my entire system, i had to format the system 4 times today to get it back up and running, and ive still not installed all the warez, 15+ hours of pissing around trying to get the computer to work, 5 of them hours trying to get my 160-gig Hard-drive back on line.

Well i think what may of caused most of my problems is that New Darn Worm/Virus MyDoom.Worm what a pig that is, it comes thro Email, but i had my scanners and firewals going all the time, so somehow it got thro, poxy thing, im sure that what was the cause of it..

Anyways i going to install the CDR software again tomorrow, as i need some sleep, anyone tell me if Roxio Easy CD/DVD conflicts with Nero CDR S/W.??? if so what should i use to convert the Avis to DVD ot of the 2 packages, as they seem easier to use, than TMPeg software... which should i use, NERO or Roxio.


FireFox

[CCSDUDE]

What is the wattage on your PSU? Where does it settle for each value in the bios monitor (5v/12v/core voltage/ect)?

It's no doubt your PSU....it can't hang with the AMD XP running full out....

Try lowering your FSB (lowering the cpu's speed) and then try converting again. If it keeps crashing..remove a HD or some of the CD/DVD drives. Basically take soem of the load off your system while you do intensive things with it. It's not a heat issue...it's a juice issue.

[FireFox2]

ok thanks for the input there, i'll more likely take out my Sony 52 CDR drive, as the DVD writer has 48X Cd writer built-in, maybe take out the 20-gig drive to, I do like to have loads of stuff in my system, but being a 375 PSU, maybe it cant handle 4-HDs and 3 CD drives, along with the processor and Fan.. i hope tosave up for another drive later a 200 or 250-gig drive and then take out the 80-gig,,

Drives installed at this time are.
80-gig Main swopped over from a 20-gig.
20-gig for utils
120- with movies on.
160- But only getting 127gig from it, had 2-300 movies on this drive, untill it crashed out (Now gota try and recover them with a recovery tool tomorrow.
Sony 52 CDR cd drive
DVD player 8X reader
DVD 8X BTC DVD +/- writer.

so i think i take out the 20-gig, and maybe the 52X CDR, as i need the other DVD player in to do DVD to DVD copies at a l8r date...

FireFox

[FireFox2]

Well ive taken off the 20-gig HD, and the DVD reader, placed the 80-gig Drive as main drive, then reinstalled XP, set the virtual memory to 480 to 1000, instead of 768 to 1536, ,installed Nero 6.0.0.6 version which i got with my DVD Writer, and still it keeps on resetting the system after 15-mins of Video conversion, The CPU is ok, the Memory is Ok, the power Unit is also ok, so what else can it be, ive formatted the HDs several times to clear the junk, but still it screws uo..

Anyone got any idears how to solve this poxy problem.

FireFox. :devil

[notbob]

Well ive taken off the 20-gig HD, and the DVD reader, placed the 80-gig Drive as main drive, then reinstalled XP, set the virtual memory to 480 to 1000, instead of 768 to 1536, ,installed Nero 6.0.0.6 version which i got with my DVD Writer, and still it keeps on resetting the system after 15-mins of Video conversion, The CPU is ok, the Memory is Ok, the power Unit is also ok, so what else can it be, ive formatted the HDs several times to clear the junk, but still it screws uo..

Anyone got any idears how to solve this poxy problem.

FireFox. :devil

if you formatted it more than once, don't bother doing it anymore, since it isn't the problem

if you have xp pro, go to control panel/administrative tools/event viewer and see whay program or service is causing the restarts, and then fix it

anything else is just a waste of effort

[shawners]

What is the wattage on your PSU? Where does it settle for each value in the bios monitor (5v/12v/core voltage/ect)?

It's no doubt your PSU....it can't hang with the AMD XP running full out....

Try lowering your FSB (lowering the cpu's speed) and then try converting again. If it keeps crashing..remove a HD or some of the CD/DVD drives. Basically take soem of the load off your system while you do intensive things with it. It's not a heat issue...it's a juice issue.

This isnt being said with sarcasm. But your so much helpful. The ccsdude i thought i knew, would of asked questions about his daughter. Ill drink this tequila and orange juice, and poor a little on the floor for my homeboy.

[fujow]

Have you tried a different cdr, dvdr ?

[CCSDUDE]

This isnt being said with sarcasm. But your so much helpful. The ccsdude i thought i knew, would of asked questions about his daughter. Ill drink this tequila and orange juice, and poor a little on the floor for my homeboy.

He hasn't gotten my bill yet? lol


Total

2x seconds worth of time
126x lost MTBF keystrokes

= daugher + goat

[FireFox2]

Have you tried a different cdr, dvdr ?

It's not when i write to DVD or CDR Disks, it happens when it is converting the movie onto HD i think..Not getting as far as burrning it to Disk yet... gota convert it befor burning it.

FireFox.