Dear friends,
I've got a wierd problem. After the first boot (I only turn on the machine when needed), if I access to the modem (with AOL or with direct modem query (Device Manager/Modem/Diagnostics)), my machine hangs. Then if I reboot, everything is OK. My machine is:
- AMD XP 2000+ overclocked to 1800MHz
- MSI K7N2
- 512MB RAM, 80GB WD HDD
- Modem: HSP56 MicroModem, driver PCTel 9.0.15.0, location: PCI Slot 7 (PCI bus 1, device 9, function 0), I/O range: C000-C03F, IRQ 19 (no conflicts).
- WinXP Pro + SP1
I have thought this may be a temperature problem: at 1st boot, the machine is *not hot enough* to work well !!!??? At the moment when the system hung, CPU was at 33C, motherboard at 35C (well, it is not cold however). After reboot, CPU 34C, motherboard 37C (so not much hotter). However, what troubles me is that the absolute temperature values are not important here. For example, if at 1st boot they are 28/29C, and after reboot they are 33/35 C then the phenomenon is exactly the same, that is the modem works after reboot, at temperatures 33/35C or whatever.
Moreover, if I do not access the modem right away after the 1st boot, but wait for about 30 minutes, or run some program to warm up the machine then the problem *often* (not always) does not happen.
Any idea will help. Thanks a lot.
anh22
I've got a wierd problem. After the first boot (I only turn on the machine when needed), if I access to the modem (with AOL or with direct modem query (Device Manager/Modem/Diagnostics)), my machine hangs. Then if I reboot, everything is OK. My machine is:
- AMD XP 2000+ overclocked to 1800MHz
- MSI K7N2
- 512MB RAM, 80GB WD HDD
- Modem: HSP56 MicroModem, driver PCTel 9.0.15.0, location: PCI Slot 7 (PCI bus 1, device 9, function 0), I/O range: C000-C03F, IRQ 19 (no conflicts).
- WinXP Pro + SP1
I have thought this may be a temperature problem: at 1st boot, the machine is *not hot enough* to work well !!!??? At the moment when the system hung, CPU was at 33C, motherboard at 35C (well, it is not cold however). After reboot, CPU 34C, motherboard 37C (so not much hotter). However, what troubles me is that the absolute temperature values are not important here. For example, if at 1st boot they are 28/29C, and after reboot they are 33/35 C then the phenomenon is exactly the same, that is the modem works after reboot, at temperatures 33/35C or whatever.
Moreover, if I do not access the modem right away after the 1st boot, but wait for about 30 minutes, or run some program to warm up the machine then the problem *often* (not always) does not happen.
Any idea will help. Thanks a lot.
anh22
