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System Hangs up
From time to time, my computer hangs up and when I move the mouse a fluttering sound comes from the tower case. The system consist of FIC AZ11E mobo, AMD Duron 850, Maxtor 40g hd, ATI Xpert 128 16mb graphic card, Teac 12x10x32 cdr-w, 128mb PC133 SDRAM, 56k U.S. Robotics modem, 52x cdrom, Microsoft internet keyboard, Microsoft wheel mouse, Creative Soundblaster Live sound card.
The last time the system hung up and the mouse made weird noises I was online and checking my email in Outlook express. Alt+Ctrl+Del wouldn't even bring the Close Program Dialog box up. I had to Alt-Ctrl-Del a second time to reboot the system. Since then I haven't been able to make it happen again. What causes the system to lock up and the mouse make weird noises? I did run Norton Utilities and it found some problems within Windows and it repaired all of them. One problem was with DirectX and it said that the problem could cause the system to hang up and some applications to not work properly. But I would like to know what is happening when the system hangs up and the mouse starts making weird noises.
The last time the system hung up and the mouse made weird noises I was online and checking my email in Outlook express. Alt+Ctrl+Del wouldn't even bring the Close Program Dialog box up. I had to Alt-Ctrl-Del a second time to reboot the system. Since then I haven't been able to make it happen again. What causes the system to lock up and the mouse make weird noises? I did run Norton Utilities and it found some problems within Windows and it repaired all of them. One problem was with DirectX and it said that the problem could cause the system to hang up and some applications to not work properly. But I would like to know what is happening when the system hangs up and the mouse starts making weird noises.
Information on DirectX:
DirectX Uninstall
for future refence directx 8.o removal
http://www.tweaktown.com/files.shtml
http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm
it requires rebooting in safe mode after installing a special program that does the uninstall and then right clicking it and choosing install option
i then reinstalled diirectx 7A successfully ...
the program for the uninstall is at cnet.com/downloads/
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp
http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm
You CAN not uninstall directX from "Add/remove" in "control panel.
Download "DirectX uninstaller" from:
http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm
Just for the note: It is extremly difficult to uninstall directX without messing up system files. You can not do it manually. Use the uninstaller and it will do it for you..
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q186/4/60.asp?
DirectX: Cannot Uninstall or Remove DirectX
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q178/6/44.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
DirectX verison 7.0 or 7.0a, run the diagnostics. Assuming you don't have it, it'll be available from WindowsUpdate and/or here.
Running the directX diagnostics is such a great tool in terms of analyzing your entire multimedia setup which includes not only the drivers and acceptability within the realm of the OS, but also in terms of registry errors and/or narrowing the scope of the problems. Check details after all the tests are run and you can save them as a text file. Here's the download link. Please also note there are FAQs, and other helpful hyperlinks here.
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp
Additional removal instructions
http://www.tweaktown.com/files.shtml
scroll down, and read the instructions carefully
http://www.directxbuster.de/index_e.html
http://support.microsoft.com/support/directx/directx_7.0/tshooter/default.asp
It sounds like you have an IRQ conflict. I would hold F8 down when booting up and come up in safemode too windows. Right-click my computer and go too properties and then device manager tab. Look at each device and resolve or delete any items that have a conflict or are doubles etc. It could be a driver but I think you will find the problem here. An other item is too run hwinfo /ui from the start\run command and then review the text in red for problem areas. Any coded 22 are fine. Dave
DirectX Uninstall
for future refence directx 8.o removal
http://www.tweaktown.com/files.shtml
http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm
it requires rebooting in safe mode after installing a special program that does the uninstall and then right clicking it and choosing install option
i then reinstalled diirectx 7A successfully ...
the program for the uninstall is at cnet.com/downloads/
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp
http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm
You CAN not uninstall directX from "Add/remove" in "control panel.
Download "DirectX uninstaller" from:
http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm
Just for the note: It is extremly difficult to uninstall directX without messing up system files. You can not do it manually. Use the uninstaller and it will do it for you..
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q186/4/60.asp?
DirectX: Cannot Uninstall or Remove DirectX
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q178/6/44.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
DirectX verison 7.0 or 7.0a, run the diagnostics. Assuming you don't have it, it'll be available from WindowsUpdate and/or here.
Running the directX diagnostics is such a great tool in terms of analyzing your entire multimedia setup which includes not only the drivers and acceptability within the realm of the OS, but also in terms of registry errors and/or narrowing the scope of the problems. Check details after all the tests are run and you can save them as a text file. Here's the download link. Please also note there are FAQs, and other helpful hyperlinks here.
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp
Additional removal instructions
http://www.tweaktown.com/files.shtml
scroll down, and read the instructions carefully
http://www.directxbuster.de/index_e.html
http://support.microsoft.com/support/directx/directx_7.0/tshooter/default.asp
It sounds like you have an IRQ conflict. I would hold F8 down when booting up and come up in safemode too windows. Right-click my computer and go too properties and then device manager tab. Look at each device and resolve or delete any items that have a conflict or are doubles etc. It could be a driver but I think you will find the problem here. An other item is too run hwinfo /ui from the start\run command and then review the text in red for problem areas. Any coded 22 are fine. Dave
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There are no IRQ conflicts. I ran hwinfo /ui and I did come across this...
Class: System
This Device Has a Problem: Code=22 (0x16)
This device is disabled.
DeviceDesc: ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\AC
Hardware Resource Section
Inst1 resources:
Alloc resources:
None
Extra Registry information Section
Driver Information section
Driver: System\0022
DriverDate: 4-23-1999
But nothing else shows to have a problem. Since running Norton and fixing the problems that it found, the system hasn't hung up. What is the above mentioned in hwinfo/ui?
Class: System
This Device Has a Problem: Code=22 (0x16)
This device is disabled.
DeviceDesc: ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\AC
Hardware Resource Section
Inst1 resources:
Alloc resources:
None
Extra Registry information Section
Driver Information section
Driver: System\0022
DriverDate: 4-23-1999
But nothing else shows to have a problem. Since running Norton and fixing the problems that it found, the system hasn't hung up. What is the above mentioned in hwinfo/ui?
Virus?!
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Hwinfo /ui results were fine, as I indicated a code 22 is fine and windows is handling it. I think it may be the type of mouse or driver. Can you try another mouse too see if problem persists? Dave
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If so, the mouse itself could be going out. I had this problem with my kids' computer. I swapped out the mouse and will find out soon if it fixed the problem. You would also probably benefit from getting the latest mouse driver from the manuf web site.