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Re:Display problem
« Reply #45 on: March 28, 2004, 16:04 »
Quote from: Clive on March 28, 2004, 12:14

That's interesting to know Brian.  Pity it can't carry the information over to the following day isn't it?   ;D  


That is exactly what it does do, it alters the time allowed for each driver to load and retains that information in the Master Boot Record/Registry

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Re:Display problem
« Reply #46 on: March 29, 2004, 07:55 »
After yesterday's "double boot up" the machine was stable all day and therewere no problems.  Today I successfully booted up into safe mode and after 80 minutes the display was intact and there was no BSOD.  I wonder if disabling automatic restart might have helped solve this problem?
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #47 on: March 29, 2004, 07:57 »
Stranger things have happened - let's hope the problem is solved.   :D
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #48 on: March 29, 2004, 08:11 »
All fingers and toes are firmly crossed Simon!   ;D
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #49 on: March 29, 2004, 10:09 »
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;291806

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CAUSE
This behavior occurs because a driver or other problem damaged the input/output (I/O) driver structures.


The link relates more to Win2000, but virtually the same issue with XP.
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #50 on: March 29, 2004, 16:46 »
Well, this miserable saga continues to give me grief.  It was perfectly fine first this morning before I went to work.  Normally I'm not away too long so I leave my computer switched on.  However, today, Mrs Clive is away and knowing that I would not be back myself until this afternoon, I took the precaution of switching my machine off.  When I rebooted after I returned, and began to enter in all the data of today's work, the display started to break up again and very quickly froze up.  It didn't automatically reboot as I've disabled that facility, so I had to switch it off at the mains.

Ket, I don't really understand what you mean by "CAUSE: This behavior occurs because a driver or other problem damaged the input/output (I/O) driver structures."  Does that mean that a driver has damaged some hardware?  I've taken a screen shot of the event log for you to see.




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Re:Display problem
« Reply #51 on: March 29, 2004, 17:12 »
Sorry to hear about your continuing problems, Clive.  Although not specific to this issue, can I recommend that rather than powering off at the mains, you just press the reset button on the case if your system freezes?  If that fails, pressing the start button on the case usually persuades Windows to shut down a little more gracefully.  If that fails still, press and hold the start button on the case for about 5 seconds for an immediate shut down.  All of the above are a little less brutal than a sudden mains power off.

As you've obviously taken every measure to check for spyware / viruses etc, it looks like this will be a case of swapping hardware components until you find the cause of the problem.  Naturally, the culprit will be the last thing you choose.

The only other thing I can suggest is a complete format and re-installation of XP, which may act to repair any damaged drivers.
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #52 on: March 29, 2004, 17:31 »
By "switching off at the mains" I mean pressing the switch on the case until it powers down.  I have to be honest with you Simon, I don't really want to swap components as that could prove more expensive than buying a new machine and would be incredibly inconvenient and time consuming.  If it continues to be just one event a day then it's not a problem.  It's just that it would be nice to find out what the culprit is in the first place.
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #53 on: March 30, 2004, 07:15 »
I managed to get a BSOD at exactly 20 minutes this morning... here it is:
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #54 on: March 30, 2004, 07:20 »
Stop 0x24 seems to be an NTFS error of some kind Clive.

See here for details :)

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Re:Display problem
« Reply #55 on: March 30, 2004, 07:35 »
It all seems to point towards drivers again doesn't it?  

"This issue can occur if a problem occurred within the Ntfs.sys file. The Ntfs.sys file is the driver file that enables your computer to read and write to NTFS partitions. Damage in the NTFS file system, damaged portions of your hard disk, or damaged SCSI or IDE drivers can also cause this issue."

I have to get to work now but I'll perservere with this when I get back.  8)
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #56 on: March 30, 2004, 10:35 »
@Clive
I think you are looking at reinstall of XP Clive, you can try to repair the installation by sticking the XP CD in and running repair current installation but my advice is,fdisk /mbr format, repartition and do a clean install

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Re:Display problem
« Reply #57 on: March 30, 2004, 16:44 »
I've run CHKDSK and that shows no problems.  It says to switch off antivirus progs etc and run hardware diagnostic tools supplied by the computer manufacturer.  Where can I find those and what is it called?

I'm sure a re-installation of Windows is probably a good idea Brian, but I would like to have a go at "repair" first because I am pretty cowardly.   ;D  What will I see if I insert my XP disk?  Does it give a repair option in the first screen?  If I do a full re-install would I lose all my programs and settings...? gulp.
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #58 on: March 30, 2004, 17:57 »
Repair is the best option Clive as full instal means you will lose everything including all MSN updates  :-\

Have a gander at this Clive  ;)

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/tips/dougknox/doug92.asp
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Re:Display problem
« Reply #59 on: March 30, 2004, 18:21 »
Thanks Hook!   ;D
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