Weird Problems - Please Help!!

[chez]

My PC has been crashing a lot recently.

Basically, it will run fine and then all of a sudden it will hang for a second or two, then come back, hang again for a second or two, come back and then hang permanantly, with the HDD light on constantly.

I've looked in the Event Viewer last time it happened and got the following errors, all within a minute of each other, at the time it crashed -

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 16/09/2003
Time: 21:08:07
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
The NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller service failed to start due to the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: hpt374
Event Category: None
Event ID: 9
Date: 16/09/2003
Time: 21:08:27
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
The device, \Device\Scsi\hpt3741, did not respond within the timeout period.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 10 00 01 00 66 00 ......f.
0008: 00 00 00 00 09 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 01 01 00 50 00 00 00 00 ...P....
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 ........

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Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 16/09/2003
Time: 21:08:27
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

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Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 04 23 00 00 00 00 00 00 .#......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 0e 00 00 01 00 @.......
0040: ad 20 0a 12 82 01 00 40 _ ..‚..@
0048: 00 10 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 d0 3f 81 b8 c3 38 82 .Ð??¸Ã8‚
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 c0 38 82 .....À8‚
0060: c0 7d 2e 82 47 00 5e 00 À}.‚G.^.
0068: 2a 00 00 5e 00 47 00 00 *..^.G..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

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Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 51
Date: 16/09/2003
Time: 21:08:27
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 ....3..€
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 04 23 00 00 00 00 00 00 .#......
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 0e 00 00 01 00 @.......
0040: 76 20 0a 12 42 03 00 40 v ..B..@
0048: 00 00 01 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 88 04 e0 75 d8 81 ..ˆ.àuØ?
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 50 91 81 .....P‘?
0060: 60 7c 2e 82 27 5d 1a 04 `|.‚']..
0068: 28 00 04 1a 5d 27 00 00 (...]'..
0070: 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 €.......
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: IdeChnDr
Event Category: None
Event ID: 9
Date: 16/09/2003
Time: 21:08:48
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
The device, \Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP0T0L0, did not respond within the timeout period.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 0f 00 05 00 01 00 6e 00 ......n.
0008: 00 00 00 00 09 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 00 00 01 .....


Here's my system summary (from SiSoft Sandra) -


Computer System
Name : PC
User Name : Chez
Logon Domain : PC

Processor(s)
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Speed : 2.40GHz
Performance Rating : PR2642 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC synchronous ATC

System Mainboard
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB SMBus/i2c
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
System Mainboard : http://www.abit.com.tw/ IT7-MAX2 (Intel i845PE-ICH4)
System Chipset : Abit Computer Corp 82845PE Brookdale Host-Hub Interface Bridge (B0-step)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Installed Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 177MHz (354MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Hitachi CML174SX
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive : MAXTOR 6 L080J4 SCSI Disk Device
Disk Drive : WDC WD36 0GD-00ELX1 SCSI Disk Device
CD-ROM/DVD : LITE-ON LTR-52246S
CD-ROM/DVD : Memorex DVD-MAXX 1648 AJ
CD-ROM/DVD : Image Simulation SCSI CdRom Device

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A : N/A
Hard Disk (C : 34.5GB (18.2GB, 53% Free) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (D : 74.5GB (6.0GB, 8% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E : 241MB (0MB, 0% Free) (CDFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (F : 201MB (0MB, 0% Free) (CDFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (I : N/A

Peripherals
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support
Keyboard : Easy Internet Keyboard
Keyboard : HID Keyboard Device
Mouse : Logitech-compatible Mouse PS/2
Human Interface : Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro
Human Interface : Microsoft SideWinder Virtual Keyboard
Human Interface : Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Realtek AC'97 Audio

Printers and Faxes
Model : hp deskjet 940c series

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Ver 5.01.2600 Service Pack 1

Network Adapter(s)
Networking Installed : Yes



Does anyone know what might be wrong? If there's any more information that I can give that would help, let me know.

Thanks
Chez

[SilentDeath]

looks like a conflict... have u got a pci usb card? take it out or move it to a different pci slot, looks like its causing the probs.

[chez]

The only USB I have is the onboard stuff - 6 on the board and 2 on an expansion plate (doesn't actually connect to a pci slot - a lead connects it to the MB)

I wasn't aware of having any NEC hardware at all! According to Device Manager, all of my USB stuff is Intel and VIA

[mrbios]

you got 2 HDD errors up top there somewhere havent you as well...i think

you installed any drivers recently?

jus reinstall windows and all will be good

[chez]

Well, I've moved one of my HDDs back onto an IDE channel (was previously on an SATA channel using an abit adapter) and all seems well now!

I'm still getting the NEC PCI to USB problem, but it doesn't actually seem to cause any issues!