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Random system freeze, diagnosis?
My webplayer is randomly freezing...

New MessageRandom system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Pete7919
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I have scoured the board looking for the answer, but to no avail. I recently installed a hard drive in my webplayer. It has Win ME on it and has the standard 64mb of ram. I can't figure out why itt'll just freeze when I let it sit for awhile. I thought it may have power/standby issues but have tried eveything suggested under those topics. Does anyone else have this problem? It occurs almost every day about an hour after I stop using it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. -Pete
08-23-2001 12:51:49

New MessageRE:Random system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Chauncy
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Do you have any energy saving features turned on? I had to load a hack someone posted to get my standby to work. But I think it was written for Win98.
08-23-2001 14:55:11

New MessageRE:Random system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Pete7919
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I have disabled all the power saving features as far as I know. I used the "Force APM 1.0" check box but checking it on and off had no effect. I have a feeling that it may be a heat issue but I'm not sure. -Pete
08-23-2001 15:07:30

New MessageRE:Random system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Chauncy
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I seem to remember something about a file called autohack. Try searching that out in here.
08-24-2001 15:31:01

New MessageRE:Random system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Pete7919
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I couldn't find anything about autohack. What does this do? Also, is there a temperature sensor on the motherboard that could be read from windows? I still seem to think this is a heat issue becaue the length of time before it freezes changes when I move the hard drive. I think I will let it run with the cover off to try and see if heat is an issue. -Pete
09-03-2001 08:20:16

New MessageRE:Random system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Lucubrate
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My Webplayer would freeze up playing MP3 files unless I had the cover off. I drilled an array of holes above the CPU, and it will play all day without a problem now. I thought about buying one of those lasagna fans, but the holes seem to work fine.
09-03-2001 17:25:56

New MessageRE:Random system freeze, diagnosis? (modified 0 times) Traveller
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I just made a post about a similar problem I had. Sound like the fix I found might solve your problems too. http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=vwgeneral&Post=606&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=traveller.100679530250609

Let us know how you get on by posting here.

Traveller

11-26-2001 10:50:54

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