bob clere

I had to remove all Symantec products from Vista. After spending hours
trying to get some help, I finally gave up and trashed the software. While I
still have Vista problems (don't we all), it's definitely better now that
Symantec has been removed.


"Andy" <trumpy81@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:AF2CB864-9303-46C1-9CBE-18DA3B9103DD@microsoft.com...
> GDay All,
>
> Jamie, I had very similar issues with a Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal
> motherboard and WinXP Pro, including similar event log entries to 'The
> device, \Device\Scsi\SI31121, did not respond within the timeout period'.
>
> The problem turned out to be the South Bridge, an Intel ICH7 chip yours
> will be an ICH4. It went bad possibly from overheating even though it was
> cooled by a small fan.
>
> All I can suggest is that you monitor the temperature of your south
> bridge and if it seems excessive or, from cold, it heats up too quickly,
> then plan to buy a new motherboard.
>
> --
> Regards
> Andy M