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<blockquote data-quote="dan_aka_jack" data-source="post: 171913" data-attributes="member: 15686">Hi PD,Thanks for the reply.&nbsp; Good idea, I'll try hibernate (can MediaPortal automatically wake the system from hibernate?)That reminds me - I should run some RAM stress-tests to see if the RAM is dodgy.I did some more tinkering this morning to try to learn more about why the system runs so slowly after last night's &quot;catastrophic crash&quot;.&nbsp; I had a hunch that the hard disk was running too slowly so I ran HDtach and it reported that the HD was only delivering 2MBytes/second (very slow - it should be 50MB/sec).&nbsp; So I downloaded and ran the Seagate diagnostics tool &quot;SeaTools&quot;.&nbsp; It found no errors.So then I went into Hardware Manager and un-installed all my ATA and SATA drivers.&nbsp; After rebooting the system, Windows re-installed the ATA and SATA drivers and everything started working properly again!&nbsp; So - the good news is that I now know how to fix the computer when the &quot;catastrophic crash&quot; happens.&nbsp; The bad news is that I still don't know what causes the catastrophic crash.&nbsp; I'll stress-test my computer this afternoon.Thanks,Jack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dan_aka_jack, post: 171913, member: 15686"] Hi PD, Thanks for the reply. Good idea, I'll try hibernate (can MediaPortal automatically wake the system from hibernate?) That reminds me - I should run some RAM stress-tests to see if the RAM is dodgy. I did some more tinkering this morning to try to learn more about why the system runs so slowly after last night's "catastrophic crash". I had a hunch that the hard disk was running too slowly so I ran HDtach and it reported that the HD was only delivering 2MBytes/second (very slow - it should be 50MB/sec). So I downloaded and ran the Seagate diagnostics tool "SeaTools". It found no errors. So then I went into Hardware Manager and un-installed all my ATA and SATA drivers. After rebooting the system, Windows re-installed the ATA and SATA drivers and everything started working properly again! So - the good news is that I now know how to fix the computer when the "catastrophic crash" happens. The bad news is that I still don't know what causes the catastrophic crash. I'll stress-test my computer this afternoon. Thanks, Jack [/QUOTE]

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