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Title: Weird issues
Post by: Blammo on February 25, 2008, 10:12:32 AM

OK, new computer and for the first month I was back on AH2, no problems.  Lately (the past week) I have been getting discos and white screen crashes.  The crashes or discos usually come after about an hour of flight time.

Any thoughts, suggestions, material I should post to help trouble-shoot this?

Title: Weird issues
Post by: The Fugitive on February 25, 2008, 12:03:05 PM

get ping plotter, install it and ping HTC servers (free version is fine, addresses in the sticky in the Technical Support thread) Run it for a bit 10-15 mins. This will test your ping to HTC and see if your having internet troubles.

A dxdiag of your machine never hurts. (hit RUN, type in dxdiag, click ok, save text to desk top, and paste the first third of the info here)

Did you add any programs or change any settings since when you system was running and now when it isn't.

Title: Weird issues
Post by: Krusty on February 25, 2008, 12:37:51 PM

If that fails check the voltages off your PSU. I had a crappy PSU rated at 425W but it couldn't keep voltages high enough to run the onboard LAN plug.

Swapped it out and all worked fine.

Title: Weird issues
Post by: Shuffler on February 25, 2008, 12:44:37 PM

Many times something as simple as running error checking on the drive with AH will fix the issue.

Open "My Computer"
Right click the drive you have AH on
Select "Properties"
Click "Tools" tab
Error Checking Press "Check Now"
Tick box that says "Automatically Fix File System Errors"
Then press "Start"

It will run next time you restart your machine..... so if your ready at that point then shutdown the machine properly and then restart.

Title: Weird issues
Post by: Blammo on February 25, 2008, 02:44:40 PM

Thanks, guys.  I will look at these things and post what I find.

Title: Weird issues
Post by: doc1kelley on February 26, 2008, 09:56:52 AM

You stated that this starts after an hour of use huh?  Try going to control panel/system/Hardware/device manager and check the properties of your HD/videocard/network adapter and check the power settings, if any.  If any of those have a selection to power down uncheck it.  They must have constant power and not go into low power mode.

All the Best...
Jay
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Title: Weird issues
Post by: Blammo on February 29, 2008, 08:51:18 AM

Just an update: I tried a couple of the suggestions given and do not know what did the trick.  However, I flew for around two hours on Tuesday and about 2.5 hours last night and did not disco or crash.  Who knows.  I'll keep my eye on it and thanks for the input.