[ShiftySamurai]

So this started yesterday, just built a new system, installed MB + videocard drivers, hooked up my media drive, and I get a hard lock. No alt-ctrl-del, no power button reset, I had to actually hit the switch on the back of the PSU.

Here is my DxDiag, here is the XBLA.log.

I've tried this on both a Windows 8 Pro install (fully updated as of this morning), as well as a Windows 7 install (no version number available).

I've tried both Frodo 12.1 as well as Eden 11.0. I am at a loss.

The tail end of my XBLA log says the following, the rest is mainly display resolutions:

Code:

22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: load settings...
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Log level changed to 0
22:03:12 T:4680  NOTICE: Loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
22:03:14 T:1124   ERROR: CRemoteControl::Connect - failed to connect
22:03:41 T:4680 WARNING: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - initial wanted device config failed
22:03:51 T:4680   ERROR: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - unable to create a device. 8876086A - D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE (Not available)
22:03:51 T:4680   FATAL: CApplication::Create: Unable to init rendering system

Code:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/24/2013, 22:52:21
       Machine name: MACPRO
   Operating System: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130108-1504)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
       System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/06/12 21:22:27 Ver: 04.06.05
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
             Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8076MB RAM
          Page File: 1842MB used, 10842MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode

I can provide more info on request. I just am not understanding why XBMC, which has been so rock solid for me since I had it on my Xbox, is now crashing. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[ShiftySamurai]

Update.

I've switched back to Win7, installed the latest ATI Catalyst Drivers, installed XBMC to another HDD in my PC, turned on Hardware Acceleration, but I am still getting hard locks in XBMC when browsing through my "Movies" feed.

Here is the XBLA Log file which doesn't even show a crash, it just abruptly ends.

Here is my full DxDiag.

Here is the XBMC Crash Log (as a downloadable file)

Any help is appreciated, I am stumped. I bought the parts for this PC specifically for living room gaming and media watching, so not having this work is a fairly big downer right now.