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nacmat
on 2003-05-18 10:14 [#00703943]
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everytime I listen to my mp3 files sooner or later the pc crashes... it just stops "breathing" and I have to restart it again
this happens sooner or later 90% of the times I listen to my mp3 files
I use windows media player, and for this reason I changed to winamp, but the same thing hapened, so I am back with media player
what is it? what must I do?
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mc_303_beatz
from Glasgow, Scotland on 2003-05-18 10:15 [#00703945]
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sounds like a virus or trojan. what os u use?
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mimi
on 2003-05-18 10:16 [#00703946]
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you probably downloaded a madonna song.
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nacmat
on 2003-05-18 10:17 [#00703947]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker | Followup to mc_303_beatz: #00703945
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os?
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mimi
on 2003-05-18 10:20 [#00703950]
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operating system
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2003-05-18 10:26 [#00703952]
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I would uninstall Winamp, then uninstall the sound card drivers, then reboot, reinstall the sound card drivers, then reinstall Winamp and whatever other sound apps you use.
If you have lots of crap running in the background like RealAudio quickstart and that kind of shit, shut it down.
And yes, run something like adaware to clear out spyware and trojans. It goes without saying that you need a good virus scanner. I recommend nod32. Avoid McAfee and Norton because they sux0rz.
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2003-05-18 10:28 [#00703954]
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Ooooh! Also maybe a good time to update / reinstall DirectX.
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Laserbeak
from Netherlands, The on 2003-05-18 10:31 [#00703958]
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- undo the thing you did when the problems started (if you can remember what you did)
- update your audiodrivers/select different output driver - look for hardware deviceconflicts in configuration-->system
- scan for virusses - maybe your RAM or processor is damaged (happened to me once and it crashed all the time :( )
good luck
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nacmat
on 2003-05-18 10:35 [#00703963]
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the problem is:
I am an informatic ignorant!!!
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2003-05-18 10:35 [#00703964]
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Something I just found out is that Winamp and Sonique, and I guess Windows Media playr though I haven't tried, like to have a large DMA buffersize set for your sound card. I keep mine at 1024 for lower latency in Cakewalk and Cubase but I get clicks and pops in Winamp unless I set it much higher or tell my soundcard driver "use windows MME default". I've never heard of computers crashing due to buffersize but ya never know...
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2003-05-18 10:36 [#00703966]
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perhaps you should try and reinstall your media player first...
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2003-05-18 10:37 [#00703968]
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btw, did you check if you have any space left on you HD?
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