Winamp freezing my computer?

thadood · 13th May 2001, 05:14

It's a tossup between what's crashing my computer-- winamp2.75 or my new sound card drivers.

System specs: 1ghz Athlon 266fsb, Abit KT7A mobo, 384mb ram, SB Live! Value, and Win2k pro.

I've installed the 686B southbridge patch, and new sound card drivers for my soundcard, which seem to be causing me to have random crashes, mostly when winamp is running. Actually, everytime it locks up, winamp was running. When it does lock up, it loops about .1 seconds of sound over and over, a complete lockup, I have to power down.

13th May 2001, 05:29

un-install/re-install winamp
Update directX
scandisk

The it might be your sound card drivers

thadood · 13th May 2001, 06:02

Ok, I just uninstalled/reinstalled.. I played with my sound card drivers too. I'm gonna let it run overnight, if I wake up to discover it froze.. well, its probably my drivers, since I just made sure it was new ones that were installed.

thadood · 13th May 2001, 18:25

It froze about 30 minutes after I woke up while making my daily website rounds.

DJ Egg · 13th May 2001, 18:36

Check this out:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....313#post259313
Maybe relevant, if not, post again & we'll take it from there.

Anthem · 24th May 2001, 22:53

I am having the exact same problems with my computer. I have also uninstalled and tried reinstalling winamp several times with no change. I have also tried many other things and found only dead ends. I mostly listen to the radio and thought that that was my problem and found that winamp only freezes when I start to browse the web. I am open to any suggestions please.

13th May 2001, 18:36	#5
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24th May 2001, 22:53	#6
Anthem Junior Member Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1	Dido I am having the exact same problems with my computer. I have also uninstalled and tried reinstalling winamp several times with no change. I have also tried many other things and found only dead ends. I mostly listen to the radio and thought that that was my problem and found that winamp only freezes when I start to browse the web. I am open to any suggestions please.

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13th May 2001, 05:14	#1
thadood Junior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mississippi Posts: 3	It's a tossup between what's crashing my computer-- winamp2.75 or my new sound card drivers. System specs: 1ghz Athlon 266fsb, Abit KT7A mobo, 384mb ram, SB Live! Value, and Win2k pro. I've installed the 686B southbridge patch, and new sound card drivers for my soundcard, which seem to be causing me to have random crashes, mostly when winamp is running. Actually, everytime it locks up, winamp was running. When it does lock up, it loops about .1 seconds of sound over and over, a complete lockup, I have to power down.

13th May 2001, 05:29	#2
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	un-install/re-install winamp Update directX scandisk The it might be your sound card drivers

13th May 2001, 06:02	#3
thadood Junior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mississippi Posts: 3	Ok, I just uninstalled/reinstalled.. I played with my sound card drivers too. I'm gonna let it run overnight, if I wake up to discover it froze.. well, its probably my drivers, since I just made sure it was new ones that were installed.

13th May 2001, 18:25	#4
thadood Junior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mississippi Posts: 3	It froze about 30 minutes after I woke up while making my daily website rounds.