What causes the problem?

divine123 · Apr 24, 2013

Hi my name is paolo. Uhm i got a problem with regards to my computers recent behaviour. So here is the problem. I was actually downloading Blacklight on steam so I decided to play Dota 1 of warcraft 3 while I'm downloading something since I cant play dota 2 for the reason that the downloading will stop. ok so with that being said a couple of minute later my computer Hang and eventually got a BSOD or also known as Blue screen of death.

I tried to restart but it doesnt work. so I gave it up and reformatted it.
now I'm downloading dota 2 on steam, and again while downloading I'm trying to do something else. I play dota 1 of warcraft again. everything seems to work just fine but there are sometimes that the game hangs for like 6-10 seconds and it happens like every 15-20 minutes. I just dont know what causes this problem for at first I thought it was only in the game but the same problem occurs when I watch movie or use the internet.

So if you guys have any Idea what causes the problem can you please help me out? I dont know if it is from the Graphics Card of from the HardDisc or CPU or Memory.

I just got a feeling its from the Hard Disc. but on second thought I think I might be also from the graphics card. I dont know

please help.

core 2 duo 2.20
2 GB RAM DDR 2
IDE HDD 80 gb
Galaxy Nvidia Geforce GTX 260+
win-7 64 bit operating system.

aeurix · Apr 24, 2013

I had a very similar situation and it turned out to be a bad motherboard... after exhausting every other avenue (running on 1 stick of ram, new HDD, running off the mobo video card, and formatting), I threw in the towel and took it back to the shop I bought the parts from. They ran a few diagnostics and found it was the mobo... to date, the worst headache of a computer problem I've had.

After you've upgraded all drivers [first step to troubleshoot any problem], I'd recommend starting from the ground up. Assuming you have 2 sticks of 1GB DDR 2, try doing the same scenario with just 1 stick (you could have a bad memory stick) in, then try the other one. If you have an on-board mobo video card, try removing your GTX 260 and running from that (it will be very slow, pretty much unplayable, but you will eliminate the crash avenue). If you formatted, then I'm not convinced there's anything wrong with your HDD.

Troubleshooting is all about process of elimination... If you have a local shop that sells parts (NOT a best buy or other scam shop), try buying a relative copy of all your parts, and swapping them out one at a time (graphics card, then RAM, then PSU, then Mobo, and lastly CPU[last resort because you'll have to paste up the backside of it])-- and as long as the place you bought the parts is not shady, you can usually return the parts you don't end up needing. Good luck,

-Aeurix

divine123 · Apr 24, 2013

aeurix :

I had a very similar situation and it turned out to be a bad motherboard... after exhausting every other avenue (running on 1 stick of ram, new HDD, running off the mobo video card, and formatting), I threw in the towel and took it back to the shop I bought the parts from. They ran a few diagnostics and found it was the mobo... to date, the worst headache of a computer problem I've had.

After you've upgraded all drivers [first step to troubleshoot any problem], I'd recommend starting from the ground up. Assuming you have 2 sticks of 1GB DDR 2, try doing the same scenario with just 1 stick (you could have a bad memory stick) in, then try the other one. If you have an on-board mobo video card, try removing your GTX 260 and running from that (it will be very slow, pretty much unplayable, but you will eliminate the crash avenue). If you formatted, then I'm not convinced there's anything wrong with your HDD.

Troubleshooting is all about process of elimination... If you have a local shop that sells parts (NOT a best buy or other scam shop), try buying a relative copy of all your parts, and swapping them out one at a time (graphics card, then RAM, then PSU, then Mobo, and lastly CPU[last resort because you'll have to paste up the backside of it])-- and as long as the place you bought the parts is not shady, you can usually return the parts you don't end up needing. Good luck,

-Aeurix

thanks for the response man. I'll be doing this after downloading. Uhm so well my GPU is actually not much of a problem uh?

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