- January 1, 2012
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Hi everyone,
I do have two issues with my HTPC in which I would appreciate any help to track them down.
1. For a couple of days (maybe a week or so) I have had some issues with my HTPC hanging on some actions sometimes. MePo reacts slow when going through menus, video playback hangs and will resume after 30+ seconds to hang again, audio playback hangs and resumes. This also happens when I use VLC media player, so I guess this is not a MePo specific problem, I just have no idea where to start looking. I've never had this before. I have a multiseat setup, media is stored on the server and is streamed to the client HTPC, everything connected through Gigabit-LAN. No changes were (intentionally) made to both server and client PCs as well as I didn't change anything on my network settings, nor did I upgrade any drivers. Only thing was the monthly Windows update patches on both systems and upgrading from 1.8pre to 1.8. I'm just trying a full system restore from a backup made a few weeks ago, but if this won't work I really have no idea where to start looking in logs. I haven't gathered MePo-Logs yet, but will do if the problem persists, maybe there's something wrong.
2. For a longer time, I have occasional freezes on my HTPC. As the system will just freeze and I can only reset, there are no hints in any logs what causes freezes. This will happen in MePos Main Menu as well as during playback and when I use the PC for casual gaming (only APU, no additional graphics card). After a reset, the system will run fine again and I cannot willingly make these failures happen. Memory test (Memtest86+) is doing fine. I have a feeling that it happens more when it comes to using 3d hardware accelleration, though driver updates etc do not change any of this behaviour. The system is not overheating and will run fine again after a reboot. Freezes may happen from a few minutes after power on to several days.
Any idea on how to nail this down and where to start?
I do have two issues with my HTPC in which I would appreciate any help to track them down.
1. For a couple of days (maybe a week or so) I have had some issues with my HTPC hanging on some actions sometimes. MePo reacts slow when going through menus, video playback hangs and will resume after 30+ seconds to hang again, audio playback hangs and resumes. This also happens when I use VLC media player, so I guess this is not a MePo specific problem, I just have no idea where to start looking. I've never had this before. I have a multiseat setup, media is stored on the server and is streamed to the client HTPC, everything connected through Gigabit-LAN. No changes were (intentionally) made to both server and client PCs as well as I didn't change anything on my network settings, nor did I upgrade any drivers. Only thing was the monthly Windows update patches on both systems and upgrading from 1.8pre to 1.8. I'm just trying a full system restore from a backup made a few weeks ago, but if this won't work I really have no idea where to start looking in logs. I haven't gathered MePo-Logs yet, but will do if the problem persists, maybe there's something wrong.
2. For a longer time, I have occasional freezes on my HTPC. As the system will just freeze and I can only reset, there are no hints in any logs what causes freezes. This will happen in MePos Main Menu as well as during playback and when I use the PC for casual gaming (only APU, no additional graphics card). After a reset, the system will run fine again and I cannot willingly make these failures happen. Memory test (Memtest86+) is doing fine. I have a feeling that it happens more when it comes to using 3d hardware accelleration, though driver updates etc do not change any of this behaviour. The system is not overheating and will run fine again after a reboot. Freezes may happen from a few minutes after power on to several days.
Any idea on how to nail this down and where to start?