Lots of Fun Problems
Oh, where to start....
Here are my system spec;
1.The two main monitors connected to my 7300 will occasionally “freeze”, where I can see the mouse cursor moving around, but I can't interact with anything. After a few seconds, either one or both monitors will quickly click off and then on again. This seems to happen to either moniter, or both at the same time, but only the ones connected to my GT 7300. I'm running my 19inch, my main, at it's highest refresh setting of 85hzfor the resolution of 1280x1024 and my 17in at the same resolution by with a refresh of 65hz
2.Sometimes if my computer has been on for a while, say 6+ hours, all of a sudden I have no audio, so I can't hear mp3's,some movies, and all flash files if I play them. I've tried removing and reinstalling the drivers for My Audigy 2 ZS, but the problem just comes up again. The last time it happened, I downloaded a program that removed all traces of the Audigy's files and drivers, and reinstalled third party drivers that claimed to address some of these issues.
3.If I try to install anything new and then reboot, windows 2000 tells me it can't load the hive that contains the information for my hardware (system hive?). It seems if the hive becomes larger then 6MB, Win2k refuses to load it. I have to go into my win xp 64 install and replace the registry with a backup. Is there a work around for this?
4.And that leads into this question. I would like to upgrade to Windows XP, but I'm not sure which flavor. I have a 64-bit processor, but I have a lot of hardware that most likely doesn't have driver support for Win XP 64. I have it on dual boot and like it, but I don't have all of my hardware enabled in that install either. I would also like to transfer my installs to a SATA drive either before or after the upgrade, but would this be possible, and in what order should I upgrade and transfer the data? Also I'm concerned the issues I'm having now might still exist after I upgrade, but I would like to retain my install if possible.
Here are my system spec;
- MSI MS-7151 Socket 939 Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 64 3700 Single Core
- One sitck of 1GB DDR 400 SDRAM
- Nvidia Geforce 7300 PCI-e feeding one 19in CRT and one 17in CRT moniter.
- Nvidia Geforce 6200 PCI feeding one 15in LCD and one 15/17in CRT
- Audigy 2 ZS PCI soundcard
- Generic TV tuner card
- Windows 2000 SP4 (Dual boot with Win XP 64, not sure if that matters)
1.The two main monitors connected to my 7300 will occasionally “freeze”, where I can see the mouse cursor moving around, but I can't interact with anything. After a few seconds, either one or both monitors will quickly click off and then on again. This seems to happen to either moniter, or both at the same time, but only the ones connected to my GT 7300. I'm running my 19inch, my main, at it's highest refresh setting of 85hzfor the resolution of 1280x1024 and my 17in at the same resolution by with a refresh of 65hz
2.Sometimes if my computer has been on for a while, say 6+ hours, all of a sudden I have no audio, so I can't hear mp3's,some movies, and all flash files if I play them. I've tried removing and reinstalling the drivers for My Audigy 2 ZS, but the problem just comes up again. The last time it happened, I downloaded a program that removed all traces of the Audigy's files and drivers, and reinstalled third party drivers that claimed to address some of these issues.
3.If I try to install anything new and then reboot, windows 2000 tells me it can't load the hive that contains the information for my hardware (system hive?). It seems if the hive becomes larger then 6MB, Win2k refuses to load it. I have to go into my win xp 64 install and replace the registry with a backup. Is there a work around for this?
4.And that leads into this question. I would like to upgrade to Windows XP, but I'm not sure which flavor. I have a 64-bit processor, but I have a lot of hardware that most likely doesn't have driver support for Win XP 64. I have it on dual boot and like it, but I don't have all of my hardware enabled in that install either. I would also like to transfer my installs to a SATA drive either before or after the upgrade, but would this be possible, and in what order should I upgrade and transfer the data? Also I'm concerned the issues I'm having now might still exist after I upgrade, but I would like to retain my install if possible.
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