mudfoot Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I've used Azureus, Bit Comit, and now uTorrent. Whenever I start using a bit torrent client it will work for a while then 1 of 2 things happens. My system completely freezes (mouse curser and all, ctrl/alt/delete doesn't work either) or I get a blue screen stating NMI Parity Check/Memory Parity error.I've upgraded and checked the memory (using memcheck86+) so I know it's not a memory issue. Dell replaced the motherboard for me so I don't think it's a hardware issue. It seems like a software/settings issue.Incidentally I never had a problem using bit torrent (Azureus) on my old computer (eMachine) but since I got a Dell in February I've had nothing but problems with my bit torrent client.system: Dell Dimension e310OS: Windows XP homeA/V: AVG Free Edition & Spybot S&D Tea TimerRouter: D-Link DI-624Network Card: D-Link DWL-G510I know I'm a total noob but if anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Have you tried disabling DHT and UPnP? And definitely setting global max number of connections to less than 200? Checked the incompatible softwares list in the FAQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudfoot Posted September 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ultima,Thanks for the reply. I'll be honest, I don't know what DHT & UPnP means. Is that a setting in uTorrent or on my router?I'll explore that when get home. The weird thing is that I had the same router and the same problems with Azureus/Bit Comit. But I didn't have any problems using Azureus with the router on my eMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 µTorrent for DHT, µTorrent and router for UPnP. Maybe you should patch TCPIP.sys as well while you're at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudfoot Posted September 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 I disabled DHT & UPnP and limited my max global connections to 195. As far as TCPIP my max half open connections is under 10 (8) so that should be ok right?Anyway, performance was better (took longer to freeze). But my system did end up freezing again. Is there anything else I can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Patch TCPIP.sys to 25, and leave net.max_halfopen alone (at 8 like you already have it, I assume). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 What settings are you using as shown in Speed Guide (CTRL+G)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudfoot Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Thanks again for all your responses. I patched TCPIP.sys to 25 and left net.max_halfopen at 8. Again my system was good for about 2 hours of downloading/uploading before it froze completely.My settings are :upload limit 60kB/sConnections per torrent: 100Max Active torrents: 6Upload Slots: 4Connections (Global): 190Max Active Downloads: 6Current Port: 17039 (Properly Forwarded per instructions on portforward.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 With 6 active torrents having 4 upload slots each, that's potentially 24 total upload slots if all 6 torrents are active.With only 60 KB/sec total upload speed, that means each upload slot may be getting 2.5 KB/sec on average...which is a little low.Are you actually sustaining 60 KB/sec upload speeds in µTorrent's speed graph?...However, I am pretty sure you have bad networking drivers or software on your computer that's causing the crash -- µTorrent is just speeding up the trigger conditions with all the connections it's making.So, what networking applications and "system tweak programs" do you have installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudfoot Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I'm not really sure to be honest with you. I haven't knowingly installed any system tweak programs. As far as network applications I've only installed the drivers required to use my wireless network. Should I try reinstalling?I'm not sure about the speed on the speed graph. When I chose the settings in the speed guide, I ran the speed test and used the recommended settings. I'll check the speed graph when I get home tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 If you can, try a different version of your drivers (if it's newest, go backwards in version number, if it's not newest, try newest). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudfoot Posted September 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 I updated the network card driver then ran utorrent. I got and NMI Parity Check error after about an hour.I'm seriously ready to destroy this computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTanks Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 I'm having the same problem and almost the same system as you.I got a Dell dimension 9150 with McAfee A.V (firewall unistalled after reading FAQ), 2 gb ram, a RT2400 wireless LAN card and a Dlink DL-624+ router.I've had this computer for a week :-(If anyone have any idea what to do please help me out. Thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Tried all the suggestions in this thread? Do you have Cybersitter or Spampal installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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