Heya!
This is my first post on what looks like a great forum..! I'm really happy and releived to have found it and I'm so desperate to get this frustrating problem sorted out! The Advent T9106 computer (if that helps at all..! ) in question is only 2 months old, and I made the grim mistake of shelling out far more on the thing than I probably should have lol..!
The problem is related to the IRQ's. I switch on the pc and it hums into action pretty nicely, everything ticks and wirrs - no errors at all. Then when you start up a game, for instants, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, the glitches just come in fast and furious. You're able to swiftly switch views, barrel roll and vault above the clouds with relative smoothness during the first 20 mins, and then the computer seems to hit a brick wall. The picture jars, and the sound playing at the time of the lockup repeats itself on a really rapid loop - almost a constant hum. The computer then decides to either shut down and reboot completely, or i'll get the legendary 'blue screen of death' which is about as unhelpful as a paper anorak telling me that the IRQ is :
'NOT LESS OR EQUAL'.
The annoying thing is that MSFS2004 isn't the only program with issues - i'm a 3D graphics student embarking on a 3 yr BA course, so I'm worried about investing in expensive CAD applictions through the fear that it they not function and simply crash. X3 Reunion, MSTS, Halflife 2,Doom 3 - the list goes on, they all reach around about the 20 - 30 min point and lock up.
Strangely, the only program that doesn't lock up is the most demanding 3D game of all, (and part of my reason for buying the new pc..)Battlefield 2! Hmm...!
So all this aggravation from a new pc that cost me over £900. I can't tell you how annoying and frustrating it is - I’ve only made two alterations since the day of purchase, and those are a graphics card replacement (Now an X1300 Radeon) and the installation of a new wireless networking card (in the same slot as video DVB-T card was).
I'd really appreciate any help, could I disable any of the USB ports? Are there any items listed that may be conflicting with eachother? I understand that one IRQ can house as many as 4 chipsets - but the setup is quite strange. Anyway, here are the specs and a screenshot! Again, i'd really welcome any advise to get this pc working as it should..!
Cheers! (Sorry for the ludicrously long post!)
(As you can see from above, single IRQ’s house many of the T9106’s devices. This is made even more complicated by the fact that the Graphics card cannot be shifted into another PCI slot. But maybe that’s normal..!)
ADVENT 9106
Intel Pentium 4 HT processor 630 ghz (2 cpu's)
1024 mb of system ram
X1300 Radeon Series (512mb ram)
C-Media Audio
250 Gb HD Space
This is my first post on what looks like a great forum..! I'm really happy and releived to have found it and I'm so desperate to get this frustrating problem sorted out! The Advent T9106 computer (if that helps at all..! ) in question is only 2 months old, and I made the grim mistake of shelling out far more on the thing than I probably should have lol..!
The problem is related to the IRQ's. I switch on the pc and it hums into action pretty nicely, everything ticks and wirrs - no errors at all. Then when you start up a game, for instants, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, the glitches just come in fast and furious. You're able to swiftly switch views, barrel roll and vault above the clouds with relative smoothness during the first 20 mins, and then the computer seems to hit a brick wall. The picture jars, and the sound playing at the time of the lockup repeats itself on a really rapid loop - almost a constant hum. The computer then decides to either shut down and reboot completely, or i'll get the legendary 'blue screen of death' which is about as unhelpful as a paper anorak telling me that the IRQ is :
'NOT LESS OR EQUAL'.
The annoying thing is that MSFS2004 isn't the only program with issues - i'm a 3D graphics student embarking on a 3 yr BA course, so I'm worried about investing in expensive CAD applictions through the fear that it they not function and simply crash. X3 Reunion, MSTS, Halflife 2,Doom 3 - the list goes on, they all reach around about the 20 - 30 min point and lock up.
Strangely, the only program that doesn't lock up is the most demanding 3D game of all, (and part of my reason for buying the new pc..)Battlefield 2! Hmm...!
So all this aggravation from a new pc that cost me over £900. I can't tell you how annoying and frustrating it is - I’ve only made two alterations since the day of purchase, and those are a graphics card replacement (Now an X1300 Radeon) and the installation of a new wireless networking card (in the same slot as video DVB-T card was).
I'd really appreciate any help, could I disable any of the USB ports? Are there any items listed that may be conflicting with eachother? I understand that one IRQ can house as many as 4 chipsets - but the setup is quite strange. Anyway, here are the specs and a screenshot! Again, i'd really welcome any advise to get this pc working as it should..!
Cheers! (Sorry for the ludicrously long post!)
(As you can see from above, single IRQ’s house many of the T9106’s devices. This is made even more complicated by the fact that the Graphics card cannot be shifted into another PCI slot. But maybe that’s normal..!)
ADVENT 9106
Intel Pentium 4 HT processor 630 ghz (2 cpu's)
1024 mb of system ram
X1300 Radeon Series (512mb ram)
C-Media Audio
250 Gb HD Space
