m.j

Hello all! I'm new to this forum, and new to CCTV installations. I have a problem with my first CCTV install. I was hoping some of you guys out there with some experience might know what my problem is, before I decide to rip everything out and start troubleshooting my hardware. Here's my specs: CPU: P4 2.8ghz M/B: ASUS P4R800-VM (here's asus's specs for my mobo from asus: http://usa.asus.com/100/html/share/3/txt/60/pdf/p4r800-vm/p4r800-vm.zip) RAM: 768MB PC3200 ram HD: 120GB Seagate 7200rpm PATA Vid: XGI Volari V3 OS: WinXP Pro DSP: GV800-8 120fps GeoVision v8.02 It runs fine when I don't have monitoring turned on. The crashing occurs only when it's in recording/monitoring mode. It's very unstable when it's in monitoring mode, as in it crashes after 2 minutes, 30 minutes, sometimes even up to 2 hours of running. Configuration-wise, I have it set to smart record using the GeoMPEG4 codec with a video quality of 3 for all 8 cameras. Most everything else is left as default. The OS is stripped down and has pretty much only the Geo software. I suspect that it could be one of: RAM, Vid Card, HD, or mobo. I did some searching prior to posting and see that an Intel chipset is recommended, as long as it's not VIA... is it likely to that an ATI　chipset conflicts as well? I always am suspicious of hardware, but it could very much be software as well. Any suggestions?

By crash, I meant the computer locks up. I don't get any blue screen or immediate shutdown, the screen just locks up. No response from keyboard or mouse, and I have to reset or poweroff. I hope it's the mobo causing this. I was going to do what you suggested, but swapping out the mobo sounds to me like a working solution. Does that sound likely it might be something other than the mobo?

Thanks for the replies guys! I'm on a tight schedule right now, so I decided to swap out the mobo first since it seems to me the most likely culprit. I swapped it out earlier, but haven't had a chance to test the system yet. I hope that's it!!

Thanks for the reply. I never knew about the chipset incompatibility issues. I'm going to switch up the motherboard to an Intel chipset one and see if that resolves the issue. But, is it more likely to be a problem with using the ATI chipset? Or with the vid card/ram/hd? I'm just wondering because I've seen some posts saying it's only the VIA chipsets that will have problems, and other chipsets work...? But either way, I'm going to change up the motherboard first. I just want to avoid other issues. Thanks again!