My system is dual boot, with Windows 7 64 bit installed on an SSD, and Windows XP 32 bit installed on a normal SATA drive. Up until recently, both OS were working just fine.
Having made no hardware or major software changes to the system, now suddenly BOTH OS's will lock up after being on for roughly 10 minutes, give or take. It doesn't matter what I'm doing in either OS, browsing the internet, typing in notepad, etc. the freeze will occur consistently after about 10 minutes.
There is no error message and no BSOD, and it isn't a complete freeze since I can usually still for example press the start button (but not actually launch any program). And if I have task manager's performance tab open it still updates cpu/ram usage. But no programs will run, and control+alt+delete does nothing, I have to manually power down the system.
Speedfan tells me nothing is overheating, and task manager tells me the CPU and RAM aren't being stressed at all. The Windows 7 is a fresh install, no Viruses or Malware or old drivers or anything like that.
The fact that this freezing is occurring on two different OS installs consistently and in the same way leads me to believe this must be a hardware issue, but if so, what kind? I don't know how to even begin diagnosing the problem.
Any help would be much appreciated.
PC Specs in case it matters for some reason:
Win7 64 bit / Win XP 32 bit dual boot
Q6600 quad core 2.4 ghz CPU
6 GB RAM
SSD / SATA dual HD's
Nvidia Geforce 560 ti+
Having made no hardware or major software changes to the system, now suddenly BOTH OS's will lock up after being on for roughly 10 minutes, give or take. It doesn't matter what I'm doing in either OS, browsing the internet, typing in notepad, etc. the freeze will occur consistently after about 10 minutes.
There is no error message and no BSOD, and it isn't a complete freeze since I can usually still for example press the start button (but not actually launch any program). And if I have task manager's performance tab open it still updates cpu/ram usage. But no programs will run, and control+alt+delete does nothing, I have to manually power down the system.
Speedfan tells me nothing is overheating, and task manager tells me the CPU and RAM aren't being stressed at all. The Windows 7 is a fresh install, no Viruses or Malware or old drivers or anything like that.
The fact that this freezing is occurring on two different OS installs consistently and in the same way leads me to believe this must be a hardware issue, but if so, what kind? I don't know how to even begin diagnosing the problem.
Any help would be much appreciated.
PC Specs in case it matters for some reason:
Win7 64 bit / Win XP 32 bit dual boot
Q6600 quad core 2.4 ghz CPU
6 GB RAM
SSD / SATA dual HD's
Nvidia Geforce 560 ti+