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by **Fire_Storm24** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:29 pm

Hi i have a problem with my pc whenever im running winmx msn messenger nd sonique together my pc restarts itself and ive tried everything i can think of to sort this out and it still does it. My system spec is GA-7VAX motherboard, radeon 9200, 512 pc 2700 ram, onboard sound and lan, amd athlon 2200 xp. I am also running windows 98. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

by **HippyWarlock** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:46 am

Your sound and Graphics and or Modem aren't sharing IRQ's are they?

Have you posted this before - Sure I've seen this one b4, never noted the outcome though :-(

by **Fire_Storm24** » Mon May 10, 2004 2:20 am

i dunno about the graphics and soundcard but definately not the modem cos i dont have one my internet connection plugs directly into my lan card. I'll check the irq's and get back to you.......nope never posted this before im a newbie to the site.

by **Fire_Storm24** » Mon May 10, 2004 10:49 pm

no the sound is on irq 10 and graphics is irq 11 and as ive already mentioned i dont use a modem

by **Cactus** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:59 am

I would start-up the PC and then start each app up 1 at a time.
You might be able to pin the app thats causing the prob.
I would run MSN MESS and Sonique together,then add in WNMX,see what happenns.
I would make sure that all 3 apps are the latest version with any updates applied as well.
It's surely a conflict between the apps...just gotto figure out which 2!

All 3 apps are Resource hogs we know that.

by **Un4g1v3n** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:31 pm

Try this.

Start your computer in safemode. Once there, go to start > run.

In the "Run:" box, type: MSCONFIG.

Press enter and wait for the new screen to show up.

Look for the tab: STARTUP.

Click that tab, and you'll notice a bunch of little squares with check marks in them. Uncheck ALL the squares and restart your computer. Your system will automatically start the system files, and this will also tell you if it's a problem with your programs.

by **Cactus** » Sat May 15, 2004 3:00 pm

Yup you can do that as well,but I would REMOVE the ticks from those 3 APPS if they are in the START-UP TAB.
I WOULD NOT REMOVE ALL the ticks as suggested in the above post though.

by **Fire_Storm24** » Sun May 16, 2004 7:55 pm

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