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I have a generally trouble free xbmc life on my windows xp on a nvidia 7950 GT, intel E7300. Only quite a lot of (HD) mkv files cause my pc to instant reboot when starting them. They work fine in VCL en windows media player classic. Is this a known problem? I did a search for "mkv reboot" but found nothing.
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bobo1on1
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Instant reboot usually means bluescreen, turn off the windows setting that makes it reboot then you can check the error.
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Yes your're right
The blue screen reads
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
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0x0000000A (0x00000000,0x0000000A,0x00000001,0x805444AD)
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Sounds pretty unspecific to me. But I only have the problem when XBMC starts a mkv file, otherwise the pc is completely stable.
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is usually down to a duff device driver, though it can be caused by faulty memory. If it reproducibly crashes when you play an mkv I would start by looking at the video and audio hardware.
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I realize that some weeks ago mkv's that DID play had a very funny sound problem: only the background sound was played but not the actor speech. Again in other mediaplayers the files played normal. Wonder if there can be any connection between the two problems.
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bobo1on1
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For the record, XBMC can't cause bluescreens on its own, it requires something screwed up in kernel space.
