Date parsed: 7/2/2007 1:48:46 AM
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 19:48:46 +0100
Having reset CMOS .. Updated bios ... I am probably stupidly taking a
different hard drive and reinstalling XP!! (The mainboard is relatively new
so i can't imagine that being a problem???)
"TJ" <TJ@nothanks.invalid> wrote in message
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> "JohnM" <john@jmawer.demon.co.uk> wrote in
> news:f68ief$bem$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk:
>
>> I take your point about the time!!
>>
>> Flushed the CMOS (if that's the right word) Updated the bios ... and
>> still the problem!
>>
>> However, followed your comment about error log ... the results mean
>> nothing to me!!
>>
>>
>> The COM+ Event sytem detected a bad return code during its internal
>> processing HRESULT was C000005 from line 44 of
>> d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\events\tier\eventsystemobj.cpp. then goes on
>> about contacting microsoft, but they don't say anything!!!
>>
>> Hey ... there is no d drive!!! but there was when we installed XP!!
>> (But it was crashing before the d drive was taken out ......
>
> Any help here?
>
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811270
>
> Something about the "DelFin Media Viewer" generating an unhandled error
> message with a reference to C000005?
>
> [Top posting left intact intentionally so as not to disrupt flow]
>
>> "WhzzKdd" <frack_this@email_is.invalid> wrote in message
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>>> "WhzzKdd" <frack_this@email_is.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> "JohnM" <john@jmawer.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I'm trying to find out why my daughter's computer keeps shutting
>>>>> down.... it is now practically rebuilt!! I've swapped
>>>>>
>>>>> Memory
>>>>> Power supply
>>>>> Renstalled XP on a different hard drive
>>>>> The mainboard is recent ... but has been working fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I've noticed my computer CPU runs at 41C this is running at 50C
>>>>> .... could it be overheating at this?? Fan seems fine. (AMD XP
>>>>> 2100)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are well within specs:
>>>>
http://www.cpu-world.com...XP%202100+%20-%20AXDA21
>>>> 00DUT3C.html
>>>>
>>>> But that doesn't mean it didn't overheat in the past causing
>>>> intermittent problems. That CPU is pretty cheap now - it may be time
>>>> to go shopping. And you might even get away with a faster processor,
>>>> depending on the motherboard.
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, you could have a bad motherboard. That era of
>>>> machine was on the tail end of a series of boards with bad
>>>> capacitors - I had 5 out of 6 at work fail because of bad caps. So
>>>> look at the caps for bulging/leaking.
>>>>
>>>> And it could be drivers - have you looked at the event logs to see
>>>> what (if any) messages are there? What exactly does it do when it
>>>> "shuts down" - lockup? reboot? power off? blue screen?
>>>>
>>> Oh - by the way - your time is set wrong in your PC. Please fix it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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