P4S8X-X: Playing DVD Crashes System

Specs:

P4 2.0a 400mhz FSB
768mb DDR PC2100
Gigabyte/Radeon 7000 AGP 32mb
Samsung SH-W08AEN 8xdual DVD Burner
XP Home Edition

I've all the latest bios and driver updates for this board, but no matter
what DVD player I use, InterActual, PowerDVD, or WinDVD, the system crashes.
When using the InterActual player I get a choppy picture and audio for about
30 seconds or so before the system crashes. With WinDVD and PowerDVD, I get
choppy audio but no video. I put a 64mb Radeon 9000 in the system, but the
results were the same.

I put the burner in a P4S800, P4 2.4 800mhz FSB, 512mb of DDR PC3200, 64mb
Radeon 9000 system and had no problem at all. Any and all suggestions are
welcome.

Thanks,

Curt.

Curt wrote:
Specs:

P4 2.0a 400mhz FSB
768mb DDR PC2100
Gigabyte/Radeon 7000 AGP 32mb
Samsung SH-W08AEN 8xdual DVD Burner
XP Home Edition

I've all the latest bios and driver updates for this board, but no matter
what DVD player I use, InterActual, PowerDVD, or WinDVD, the system crashes.
When using the InterActual player I get a choppy picture and audio for about
30 seconds or so before the system crashes. With WinDVD and PowerDVD, I get
choppy audio but no video. I put a 64mb Radeon 9000 in the system, but the
results were the same.

I put the burner in a P4S800, P4 2.4 800mhz FSB, 512mb of DDR PC3200, 64mb
Radeon 9000 system and had no problem at all. Any and all suggestions are
welcome.

Thanks,

Curt.

Have you got anything in the PCI slot next to the AGP slot? I've seen
issues where the PC doesnt like sharing that slot for some reason....
Also I dont know if your sound card is in that slot, but it sounds like
its conflicting with it in some way.

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Nope....I've got a slot fan next to AGP card. I'd already removed the sound
card and went with the onboard audio. The system still crashes. I've ran
memtest and that came back clean. Odd thing is, after reboot the task
manager shows CPU usage at 100%. In looking at the running processes,
"svchost.exe" was running at nearly 30,000K. I don't know if that normal or
not. At any rate, the problem persists. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Curt,
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Have you got anything in the PCI slot next to the AGP slot? I've seen
issues where the PC doesnt like sharing that slot for some reason....
Also I dont know if your sound card is in that slot, but it sounds like
its conflicting with it in some way.

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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Infected.
Checked by MCR anti-virus system (http://www.crapsig.com).
Version: 8.0.125 / Virus Database: 591 - Release Date: 26/03/1969