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Intermittent VPICD blue screen of death

Asked by: jmrocky

Intermittently, (usually while a couple levels deep into MSN.com)  Computer hangs with blue screen indicating VPICD (01) + 0000296E Error 0E:0028  C0051F26.  Have tried removing all unnecessary boards from computer (Amptron motherboard PII-2300 with Celeron 333Mhz processor).  Memory diagnostics run clean.  Have tried changing some settings in bios all to no avail.  Device manager says everything is happy.  What next???

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2003-01-16 at 19:27:18ID20460996
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Answers

 

by: WiZaRdPosted on 2003-01-17 at 08:27:41ID: 7748561

 

by: nathanhudson13Posted on 2003-01-17 at 08:28:54ID: 7748571

Read this

"Enter BIOS and change the setting "PnP OS Installed" to "NO" and restart the computer and see if the problem goes away.

Additionally, if you have older ISA cards plugged in the motherboard, you should set the IRQ number to "ISA/Legacy" in the corresponding IRQ item of the PnP section in the BIOS so the IRQ is not automatically used by either the motherboard or the operating system. For example if you have an older sound card using IRQ 5, you should make the entry for IRQ 5 in the BIOS PnP section to "ISA/Legacy" instead of Auto or PCI."

I also found this it may help:

This would be the symptom of a resource conflict with some existent hardware in the PC. Thor-2-ISA is not plug-and-play cabable. We would suggest to install the driver using a different memory window offset (the default is 0xd0000). We suggest to try a memory window offset at the following locations: 0xc8000, 0xd4000, 0xd8000, 0xdc000. If this does not help it might be the IO window offset which is conflicting (the default is 0x290).

Other suggested areas would be 0x310 or 0x350. If the driver still does not allow the PC to boot properly, then it might be the direct IO base address that is conflicting. The default is 0x280. This
address is set by a dip-switch (SW4) on the board. The Thor-2-ISA User's Guide provides detailed information on the different setting for the SW4 dip-switch.

I have read something about a voltage level error which may apply but im not sure!

Try resetting the bios defaults and see whether that is any help!

Hope this info is useful!

 

by: WiZaRdPosted on 2003-01-17 at 08:33:15ID: 7748602

You may have a hidden conflict here. Suggest you load the defaults in the bios then set it to PNP- No & Resources - Manual as suggested in the previous post. Do you have any old ISA cards in the machine?

 

by: WiZaRdPosted on 2003-01-17 at 08:35:49ID: 7748616

post from nathanhudson13 wasn't there 2 seconds ago. good info there too but the previous post I mentioned was my first one (the only one there when I submitted).

 

by: nathanhudson13Posted on 2003-01-17 at 14:49:36ID: 7750608

Wizard,

I would imagine i accessed the link the same time as you then, just that i placed info in my comment rather than using links so it took a little longer, pretty strange that we were on same link at same time, oh well!
:-)

 

by: Analog_KidPosted on 2003-04-01 at 19:33:24ID: 8250779

This question appears to be ABANDONED and has been targeted for CleanUp.
In the absence of questioner input, I will make a recommendation to the Moderators on its resolution.

If you are the owner of this question -
Please select the most valuable comment as the answer and reward our Expert.
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Please post your intentions within the next TWO WEEKS otherwise this question may be DELETED.

EXPERTS - I would appreciate any feedback that would help me make a recommendation.

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by: nathanhudson13Posted on 2003-04-02 at 01:52:44ID: 8252364

Why not split the points ey. Myself and WiZaRd accessed the link at more or less the same time (probably seconds between posts) and it probably helped the question poster otherwise they would have come back by now looking for more help. Then again that is only a theory of mine, the solution we suggested may not have worked. Oh Well.

What do you think WiZaRd?

 

by: Analog_KidPosted on 2003-04-05 at 09:03:14ID: 8275514

I will leave a recommendation in the Cleanup Topic Area that this question be:

PAQ'd. Split points between Experts WiZaRd and nathanhudson13.

If you disagree, please post your objection here within the next seven days.
The Moderators will make the final determination.

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by: RotaredoMPosted on 2003-04-28 at 15:44:15ID: 8416047

Finalized as recommended

Points reduced from 50 to 25 & awarded to nathanhudson13.

WiZaRd,
Please follow http://www.experts-exchange.com/Q_20599222.html to collect your points

RotaredoM
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by: WiZaRdPosted on 2003-04-30 at 10:15:32ID: 8429836

Sorry I've been away a while due to son's wedding. Thanks nathanhudson13 for the generous comments.

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