IVTC and noise reduction - Varying Results with different PCs

[akimboman]

I have been capturing VHS tapes and TV with a Canopus ADVC-100. I edit out commercials with Virtualdub. With telecined programming, I've been using this Avisynth 2.0 script:

LoadPlugin("decomb.dll")
LoadPlugin("DustV5.dll")
AVISource("file.avi")
ConvertToYUY2()
Telecide(guide=1)
Decimate(cycle=5)
PixieDust(5)

This script does a very good job of cleaning up captured content on my old PC. When I use this same recipe with my new PC, I get bad results such as glitches in the frame approximately every 1000th frame or PC reboot.

Old PC: ECS K7S5A, AMD XP1800+, 1 GB RAM, with a dedicated 80 GB ATA Hard Drive for capturing

New PC: Shuttle SN41G2, AMD XP2500 Barton, 1 GB RAM

Does anyone know why I'm having this problem? or how I may fix it?

[Boulder]

The rebooting might point to a hardware problem. Maybe your RAM is bad or the processor overheats.

[akimboman]

It doesn't appear to be running hot at all. I tried removing the cover. There was no difference.

I haven't tested the RAM.

[Boulder]

Try running Prime95 in torture test mode for some hours. It will tell you whether your hardware could be the issue, often in less than 30 minutes.

[akimboman]

I'm not familiar with Prime95. Where can I learn more about it?

[Boulder]

It's a program used to find Mersenne primes, but it's a very practical tool for testing the stability of your PC.

http://www.mersenne.org