darkavalanche
16th February 2009, 21:48
I have looked and read (exhaustively) to try and find anyone with a similar problem to mine, but have thus far been unable. I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me or point me towards any solution to my problems.
First, let me say I love Megui and AVC encoding. It's wonderful. Now the problem - I am unable to consistantly complete an encoded backup of my bluray discs using Megui. I would estimate that about 5 out of every 6 attempts end up completely locking up my PC requiring a fresh reboot. When the computer locks up is completely random. I've witnessed anywhere from about 5 minutes to 70% through the second pass.
So far I have done the following to trouble shoot any potential problems. I have tried many different versions of Megui, I have tried other programs such as Ripbot or even Nero's AVC compression scheme, I have completely reformatted my PC only having Megui and its dependencys installed (consequently this was a XP sp3 install disc if that matters), I have replaced the motherboard 3 times, memory, video card, hard drive, power supply, and reseated the current processor (q6600), and I've even tried to encode in safe mode to no avail.
I'm fairly sure it isn't a harware problem because I have been able to run memtest86 for 24 hours without error and also prime95 similarlly with no cores failing. Currently I am using the latest build of Megui and Avisynth but still experience the same issues.
Now the kicker - My wife's pc, which in all ways is inferior or equal to my pc, can actually process video faster than my pc while it is working (avergae fps on first pass 20 on mine, 30 on hers, note both pc's use the q6600).
Here are the specs of my system if it helps. I'd be willing to try anything before replacing the processor (which really is my last piece of hardware that hasn't been replaced) and most likely will require a new reformat. I built this pc for encoding my HDV video footage to dvd and it can't do it! Please help!
Chasis - COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Motherboard - EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory - OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory (tried also with only one 2 GB stick)
Video Card - EVGA 8800 GT (started with SLI but switched to single when problems began)
Hard Drive - Raid 0 Operating System partition using 2 Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives and a Raid 5 stoarge partition using 3 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives
Power Supply - ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ800 800W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply
Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
Though I doubt it matters, I also have:
SABRENT CRW-UINB 68-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0
LG 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Model GGW-H20L
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
SILVERSTONE FM121-B 120mm Case Fans
EDIT: Encoding AVC video (program regardless) is the only thing I've been able to find that will lock up my pc in this fashion. 3D games and other video encoding schemes do not.
First, let me say I love Megui and AVC encoding. It's wonderful. Now the problem - I am unable to consistantly complete an encoded backup of my bluray discs using Megui. I would estimate that about 5 out of every 6 attempts end up completely locking up my PC requiring a fresh reboot. When the computer locks up is completely random. I've witnessed anywhere from about 5 minutes to 70% through the second pass.
So far I have done the following to trouble shoot any potential problems. I have tried many different versions of Megui, I have tried other programs such as Ripbot or even Nero's AVC compression scheme, I have completely reformatted my PC only having Megui and its dependencys installed (consequently this was a XP sp3 install disc if that matters), I have replaced the motherboard 3 times, memory, video card, hard drive, power supply, and reseated the current processor (q6600), and I've even tried to encode in safe mode to no avail.
I'm fairly sure it isn't a harware problem because I have been able to run memtest86 for 24 hours without error and also prime95 similarlly with no cores failing. Currently I am using the latest build of Megui and Avisynth but still experience the same issues.
Now the kicker - My wife's pc, which in all ways is inferior or equal to my pc, can actually process video faster than my pc while it is working (avergae fps on first pass 20 on mine, 30 on hers, note both pc's use the q6600).
Here are the specs of my system if it helps. I'd be willing to try anything before replacing the processor (which really is my last piece of hardware that hasn't been replaced) and most likely will require a new reformat. I built this pc for encoding my HDV video footage to dvd and it can't do it! Please help!
Chasis - COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Motherboard - EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory - OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory (tried also with only one 2 GB stick)
Video Card - EVGA 8800 GT (started with SLI but switched to single when problems began)
Hard Drive - Raid 0 Operating System partition using 2 Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives and a Raid 5 stoarge partition using 3 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives
Power Supply - ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ800 800W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply
Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
Though I doubt it matters, I also have:
SABRENT CRW-UINB 68-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader w/ USB 2.0
LG 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Model GGW-H20L
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
SILVERSTONE FM121-B 120mm Case Fans
EDIT: Encoding AVC video (program regardless) is the only thing I've been able to find that will lock up my pc in this fashion. 3D games and other video encoding schemes do not.