Major crash - now capturing problems.

[LabanB]

Hi All,

OK, so my MB and CPU went t*ts up and had to be replaced. I now have a AMD Athlon 1300, and when I capture through my Sony handycam, the picture is, well, sort of mosaic. There appear to be small box-like sections which in themselves have lines running horizontally across them.

I had to reinstall WinXP, and so far its crashed three times. Seems to be holding this time. I haven't as yet tried to capture straight from the camera, only through it.

Anyone got any ideas as what has happened and how I correct it?

If I can add a screen capture of the effect I will.

Bill

[FL350innh]

Hi All,

OK, so my MB and CPU went t*ts up and had to be replaced. I now have a AMD Athlon 1300, and when I capture through my Sony handycam, the picture is, well, sort of mosaic. There appear to be small box-like sections which in themselves have lines running horizontally across them.

I had to reinstall WinXP, and so far its crashed three times. Seems to be holding this time. I haven't as yet tried to capture straight from the camera, only through it.

Anyone got any ideas as what has happened and how I correct it?

If I can add a screen capture of the effect I will.

Bill

Bill,
can you give us more info.... Did you format and do a fresh os install? Did you replace the MB with the same kind? What chipset, What FW card maker, What software are you using to capture, etc....

[LabanB]

Hi,

>Did you format and do a fresh os install?<

Nope, re-install only.

>Did you replace the MB with the same kind?<

No, this one is Gigabyte K7 triton.

>What chipset, What FW card maker, What software are you using to capture,<

AMD Duron 1.3, PC World Generic FW Card, Either VW5 or AP6.

Also, I have tried to capture straight from the Sony handyCam and the picture is fine! Should I re-install the Sony drivers?

Bill

[FL350innh]

Hi,

>Did you format and do a fresh os install?<

Nope, re-install only.

>Did you replace the MB with the same kind?<

No, this one is Gigabyte K7 triton.

>What chipset, What FW card maker, What software are you using to capture,<

AMD Duron 1.3, PC World Generic FW Card, Either VW5 or AP6.

Also, I have tried to capture straight from the Sony handyCam and the picture is fine! Should I re-install the Sony drivers?

Bill

Bill,
With a different Mother board now, I'd do a fresh clean full install of the os. Start with reinstalling just the apps you need for the capture, test and see where that leads you.... It kind sounds like you have a board level chipset driver issue.. You could reinstall but you may not get the drivers straight as it see's old settings and versions etc....

[andkiich]

Windows 2000/xp are notorious for not wanting to work exactly right if you don't format your drive and the master boot record, then do a full re-install. There are residuals from the old install left that can cause problems. Some people get lucky and don't have any issues, but these people normally want a "web machine" and word processor, they are not trying to do what we are doing with their machines.

[Allan55]

You did install the MoBo drivers that came with it. Maybe try updating the BIOS on the MoBo -- Not for the beginner.