J
John
I have a very annoying problem with my XP Pro system that i hope someone can
help me with.
Basically, my PC freezes for no apparent reason and at random with no little
or no warning. This can happen when im using a web browser or an application
such as Word but NEVER when im playing a game!!
My system specs are; AMD 64 3000 processor, ASUS A8V MB (of which i have
replaced thinking it was the cause), 1 gig Geil DDR 400 RAM, 6600GT Vid
card, 500 watt PS, 160 gig SATA Western Digital HD, 40 gig Seagate IDE HD,
2 Optical drives and a Sound Blaster Audigy ZS2 sound card.
I have ALL the latest drivers for all products and have used various
utilites to test RAM, PS, CPU etc with all results clear.
Like i said earlier, i can play a CPU/hardware demanding game like Far Cry
for hours with all settings maxed out and not a single problem-ever. But
load up Word and it might be fine for an hour or freeze in a minute. What
happens when it does lock up is that the screen looks like its got a sort of
"tearing" pattern on it and the only way to get my PC running again i to
reboot-CtlAltDlt does nothing.
I have my machine running with only the SATA hard drive attached and nothing
else but with no luck.
Im sure that it is a hardware or CPU problem as this is the third install of
OS with same results on this machine-am using same OS on another machine
with no probs at all.
Any suggestions on what might be wrong.
help me with.
Basically, my PC freezes for no apparent reason and at random with no little
or no warning. This can happen when im using a web browser or an application
such as Word but NEVER when im playing a game!!
My system specs are; AMD 64 3000 processor, ASUS A8V MB (of which i have
replaced thinking it was the cause), 1 gig Geil DDR 400 RAM, 6600GT Vid
card, 500 watt PS, 160 gig SATA Western Digital HD, 40 gig Seagate IDE HD,
2 Optical drives and a Sound Blaster Audigy ZS2 sound card.
I have ALL the latest drivers for all products and have used various
utilites to test RAM, PS, CPU etc with all results clear.
Like i said earlier, i can play a CPU/hardware demanding game like Far Cry
for hours with all settings maxed out and not a single problem-ever. But
load up Word and it might be fine for an hour or freeze in a minute. What
happens when it does lock up is that the screen looks like its got a sort of
"tearing" pattern on it and the only way to get my PC running again i to
reboot-CtlAltDlt does nothing.
I have my machine running with only the SATA hard drive attached and nothing
else but with no luck.
Im sure that it is a hardware or CPU problem as this is the third install of
OS with same results on this machine-am using same OS on another machine
with no probs at all.
Any suggestions on what might be wrong.