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cliche · 06-22-2004, 12:22 AM

My computer has recently started to 'pause'. Currently it's only doing it when it comes out of hibernate, but I worry as (back when I was using Win2k) it had a habit of doing it on a normal bootup.

The 'pauses' look exactly like a complete (non-bluescreen) crash - mouse won't respond, numlock etc doesn't do anything, nothing happens. Then suddenly it will become active for a few seconds (usually 1-2) before going back into pause mode. Any keys typed whilst paused, or mouse movements made, are suddenly responded to during these active periods - so it's just about possible to shut the computer down from the keyboard. When it restarts, it's been fine.

When it used to do this with Win2k it was a complete pain in the arse; but it used to only do it for the first few minutes after a bootup. I'm not really sure what the WinXP pauses are related to; I haven't made any recent hardware changes and I've had SP2 RC1 installed for a while without any problems. The only thing I've noticed is that when I've shut down the computer from this state it brings up the 'Ending Program....' dialog box for the Bluetooth stack server.

Any ideas?

Computer: XP 2500+, 512Mb, ASUS A7V8X, Ti4200, Rocket 133S IDE card, Hauppage WinTV Go, USR 802.11b card, Belkin USB bluetooth.

Thanks

06-22-2004, 12:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	Computer 'pauses' - WinXP My computer has recently started to 'pause'. Currently it's only doing it when it comes out of hibernate, but I worry as (back when I was using Win2k) it had a habit of doing it on a normal bootup. The 'pauses' look exactly like a complete (non-bluescreen) crash - mouse won't respond, numlock etc doesn't do anything, nothing happens. Then suddenly it will become active for a few seconds (usually 1-2) before going back into pause mode. Any keys typed whilst paused, or mouse movements made, are suddenly responded to during these active periods - so it's just about possible to shut the computer down from the keyboard. When it restarts, it's been fine. When it used to do this with Win2k it was a complete pain in the arse; but it used to only do it for the first few minutes after a bootup. I'm not really sure what the WinXP pauses are related to; I haven't made any recent hardware changes and I've had SP2 RC1 installed for a while without any problems. The only thing I've noticed is that when I've shut down the computer from this state it brings up the 'Ending Program....' dialog box for the Bluetooth stack server. Any ideas? Computer: XP 2500+, 512Mb, ASUS A7V8X, Ti4200, Rocket 133S IDE card, Hauppage WinTV Go, USR 802.11b card, Belkin USB bluetooth. Thanks __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)