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Hi Folks, once again, I turn to you in request for help. Lately, my computer just randomly freezes. Sometimes, it happens during the boot-up process, sometimes while I'm browsing the web, sometimes while I'm playing SC. All in all, it never takes more than 3-5 minutes until it freezes. My screen is just suddenly frozen, I can't move my mouse and my computer won't respond to any command. However, it keeps on running as if nothing happened, except that I can't do anything.
System:
- AMD Dual 64 4200+ AM2
- MSI K9N Neo-F, nForce 550
- Apacer DDR2 1024 MB, 667
- MSI RX1900 GT
- some old HD
- Raptoxx 450 W power supply
Ideas:
I'm no computer scientist, but I somehow think that my graphics card is kind of warm. If I lay my hand on it, it's quite warm, however nowhere near hot. Also, my case is quite spacious, which should reduce heat production. Still, it might be overheating, right?
Also, I haven't yet managed to test my RAM, since my computer will just freeze before it can finish the test. I happen to have one memory stick only, so I can't test, whether it's a faulty stick or not.
Any other ideas/suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
d1v
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what about your processor heatsink, does it have dust in it? if so, clean it out
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It could be overheating of your graphics card, and also dust collecting in the heatsink, like zdd mentioned.
Happened to me once, my gfx card was screwed from overheating.
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I've already cleaned it out. Somehow, I strongly suspect the graphics card, but I'm not quite sure..
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did you try using the cpu savior chaos plugin? that might help keep your computer cool
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On June 10 2008 05:11 nymeria wrote:
did you try using the cpu savior chaos plugin? that might help keep your computer cool
I sure will do so. However, my graphics cards doesn't seem to be the issue. I downloaded ATI's temperature monitoring program, and right when the computer froze, it was at 60° degree (140° Fahrenheit).
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Thank you all so far. Atm, I'm running XP in safe mode to see, whether it will freeze as well. I just hope this stuff isn't hardware related..
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EPT
