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Help needed system keeps freezing
Hiya,
I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie |
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Even though it may not seem directly related to your problem, updating the bios
on your motherboard solves some unknown issues. I mean, it is always plus to update your bios if there is any update available for your motherboard. Check the website of your motherboard manufacturer to see if there is a bios update available. Before updating the bios, first go into cmos and set everything to default. Maybe not knowing, you played around with some kind of setting, and consequently caused some instability issue. Go into cmos and set everything to default and boot up the operating system and see if you will have the same problem. You indicated you have 2 modules of ram. Are those identical in speed and from the same manufacturer? You also said that you removed all the components other than video card and memory modules. If not all, in most cases the problem might be related to video cards. If you have another video card, put some other video card and boot up the computer. I think the problem is either related to some awkward setting in bios or the video card itself. Good luck! |
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"Jamie" wrote in message
. net... Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Overheating maybe? Check your CPU and case temps. Make sure all the fans inside the case are working. If it's been a while, dust them out. It's unlikely that both RAM modules are bad, but you might check. Download memtest86 from http://www.memtest86.com and run it for a few passes. you should get zero errors. Is it the correct memory? Check at http://www.crucial.com. Make sure our memory modules are compatible: Download "AIDA32 - Personal" from: http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32 and install and run it. Click on the '+' next to "Motherboard", then on "SPD", then on each "Device Description". The characteristics it lists for your memory modules should match, except for size. -- Bob Day |
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Whets weird is there is a post from yesterday...subject "Had to underclock".
He has pretty much the same setup as I do, so and was having the same problems. I undercloked my system and it working again. Strange because I've been running on this speed for at least 18 months. Ideas? -- Jamie If you think you can...you are right. "Bob Day" wrote in message ... "Jamie" wrote in message . net... Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Overheating maybe? Check your CPU and case temps. Make sure all the fans inside the case are working. If it's been a while, dust them out. It's unlikely that both RAM modules are bad, but you might check. Download memtest86 from http://www.memtest86.com and run it for a few passes. you should get zero errors. Is it the correct memory? Check at http://www.crucial.com. Make sure our memory modules are compatible: Download "AIDA32 - Personal" from: http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32 and install and run it. Click on the '+' next to "Motherboard", then on "SPD", then on each "Device Description". The characteristics it lists for your memory modules should match, except for size. -- Bob Day --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 |
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Bad power supply or motherboard is most likely.
-- DaveW "Jamie" wrote in message . net... Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie |
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Yea... Its still freezing. aaaeeeeggghhhh
-- Jamie If you think you can...you are right. "DaveW" wrote in message news:AH3eb.634076$Ho3.121588@sccrnsc03... Bad power supply or motherboard is most likely. -- DaveW "Jamie" wrote in message . net... Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 |
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If I were a betting person I'd take a careful look at the PSU. NOT the software voltage values but from a good VOM. On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:30:52 GMT, "Jamie" wrote: Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie |
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OK... It seems that I CANT copy any of my files to another partition OR my
burner without my machine freezing. Any Ideas? -- Jamie If you think you can...you are right. ".Aba" wrote in message ... If I were a betting person I'd take a careful look at the PSU. NOT the software voltage values but from a good VOM. On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:30:52 GMT, "Jamie" wrote: Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 |
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:56:05 GMT, In this world we created "Jamie"
wrote : OK... It seems that I CANT copy any of my files to another partition OR my burner without my machine freezing. Any Ideas? What O/S? Have you installed the mother board drivers pack if required? If I were a betting person I'd take a careful look at the PSU. NOT the software voltage values but from a good VOM. On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:30:52 GMT, "Jamie" wrote: Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 -- Free Windows/PC help, It's a G not a J in jmx to reply http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html Free songs download, http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/17/sheppard.html |
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I'm using WinXP Pro... I haven't installed any updates for my mobo in
awhile. I will try that. -- Jamie If you think you can...you are right. "Shep©" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:56:05 GMT, In this world we created "Jamie" wrote : OK... It seems that I CANT copy any of my files to another partition OR my burner without my machine freezing. Any Ideas? What O/S? Have you installed the mother board drivers pack if required? If I were a betting person I'd take a careful look at the PSU. NOT the software voltage values but from a good VOM. On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:30:52 GMT, "Jamie" wrote: Hiya, I have a home built PC it keeps freezing every few minutes. I tried to reinstall my OS but that too keeps freezing. I moved my hard drive to another system to test and its working just fine. I have 2 sticks of RAM I took both of them out and put them back in one at a time and it still froze. What could the problem? I also took out all of the cards too,sound, NIC..ect I just have the video card and ram in. Same thing happens SYS Specs: AMD 1.5 MSI Board K7T266 Pro2 384 MB Ram Gainward GeForce4 128MB Ram Thanks Jamie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 -- Free Windows/PC help, It's a G not a J in jmx to reply http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html Free songs download, http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/17/sheppard.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 |
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