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| Thread ID: 65973 | 2006-02-06 14:48:00 | hi! need help on PC freeze please! | doctorbatman (9760) | Press F1 |
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| 427812 | 2006-02-07 19:48:00 | I've also noticed that the chances of crash are reduced when i stop any downloading software and my antivirus (avast home). | doctorbatman (9760) | ||
| 427813 | 2006-02-07 22:46:00 | I've also noticed that the chances of crash are reduced when i stop any downloading software and my antivirus (avast home). You are playing games and DivX whilst downloading and your computer crashes? What sort of games? If they are memory-hogging ones then you may be asking a bit too much of your PC. Avast's Standard and Webshields will be busy monitoring those downloads in the background which is most likely why you have fewer crashes during games when you stop downloading. The solution seems a bit obvious to me - do one or the other, not both at the same time. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 427814 | 2006-02-08 00:14:00 | the thing is i've been downloading and playing games/divx at the same time for months wihout any problems. My sytem is able to handle it when it works normally. I thought it might come from high memory usage, but today it crashed while playing a very simple game the same way it crashes when playing prince of persia the two thrones. so i think i doesn't come from there but still i'm not sure. It crashes sometimes when there isn't any download or avast isn't running. | doctorbatman (9760) | ||
| 427815 | 2006-02-08 01:23:00 | It sounds like it is a hardware problem so I would make sure everything is seated properly in the motherboard and probably look at getting a bigger (or better) PSU as power issues usually result in all sorts of weird problems... If you want to be positive its not a software problem it's probably best to reinstall Windows or have you done this already? Although if Windows is not spitting out any blue screens or generating error messages then the likelyhood of a software issue is low. |
HadO (796) | ||
| 427816 | 2006-02-08 03:20:00 | Right, well I would suggest that you try swapping your RAM with two known good sticks and see what happens. Even though you have tested it with FreshDiagnose it may still be just faulty enough to cause problems. If that doesn't improve things then start thinking about trying a different PSU. Those two items are the most common causes of PC issues. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 427817 | 2006-02-08 07:49:00 | I don't have any spare RAM so i moved the sticks from their slots to others, and ran memTEST for 7 hours straight and i got no error... but i know from past experiences i can still be faulty. So i'm gonna try to have a friend lend me some just to be sure. I don't think it comes from my PSU: it's a cheap nobrand one, but still it is a 400W one, so it should be more than enough to power this sytem (i changed it when i bought the motherboard one year ago to avoid any problem). Everything is seated properly in their slots in the motherboard. I haven't tried to reinstall windows because as you say there are never any BSOD or error reports in the event viewer; and also because my disk isn't partitionned and it's full of stuff i don't wanna lose and i don't have any easy means to back it all up (for now, i'm planning on buying a dvd burner in a few weeks). So i'll tell you what happens with the memory sticks. Meanwhile, anyone has any other idea? Maybe a way to test my Graphics card? Thanks |
doctorbatman (9760) | ||
| 427818 | 2006-02-08 08:04:00 | Get atitool (www.techpowerup.com) and try underclocking your video card and see what happens. you can check its temp too. Assume nothing and try another PSU. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 427819 | 2006-02-18 17:59:00 | Alright i'm back after a few tests: i tried some new ram sticks and it changed nothing. and tried to underclock my video card of about 25%, and it freezes the same. I've monitored the voltages with MotherboardMonitor, and everything seems ok: variations of less than 1% whatever i do. maybe i'll try and get a new psu just in case anyways. but it seems unlikely. i'm really at my wits end with this. Anyone has an idea? |
doctorbatman (9760) | ||
| 427820 | 2006-02-18 22:53:00 | I have almost the same problem. Computer freeze when playing games and 1 time it has stopped on screensaver out while encoding divX.Configuration is: CPU: P4-3000 (Prescott) (s468) Ram: 2x 512MB(PC3200) MB: ASUS P800-X Video: Riva TNT2 Pro (no cooler) This freezing is happening randomly. Sometimes games are not freezing. Most often it freeze when i exit from game. That it is not seemed to be processor overheating because my hardware monitor is logging temperature and computer can stop when temperature is 68 C or 53 C. But Video is from old computer and that computer also stopped on games but very - very rarely. But my old computer had not such hot CPU and I think temperature in the Box was less then now. So I think it is Video overheating thought i'm not sure. So try to change video (for a test) and you'll see whether problem is in it or not. |
rull_orion (9761) | ||
| 427821 | 2006-02-18 23:16:00 | ....i'm really at my wits end with this. Anyone has an idea?........ Well, I never play games, and my computer never freezes, there must be a moral somewhere? :) :D :rolleyes: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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