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Hello,
My system keeps freezing after half an hour or so after starting up. It is becoming so annoying. I have tried googling for answers but to no avail!!! Please help!! Anyone!! Tried reinstalling OS, reinstalling audio drivers (because i have nvidia and realtek hi def drivers, i thought they were conflicting). I dont know anything about techincal stuff about computers, so please help! My system details are:
intel core2duoE7200
4gb ram
nvidia geforce 210 (driver version 327.23)
Xpsp3
 
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techgeek

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What do you have for a PSU? If I'd have to guess that system is probably 7-8 years old. It is likely that the power supply is failing. The other possibility is that you have some bad electrolytic caps on your motherboard.

The capacitors are easy to look for. Here is an image to give you an idea what to look for:

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The top will be bulging and may have split. If it's split there may be what appears to be a brown crusty substance leaked and dried on top. It could also see the same stuff puddled underneath the cap.

If you don't see any of that, your in better shape. If it were the capacitors, you'd be done. They can be replaced, but you'd need someone that knows what they are doing to do it. If it's the power supply, you can replace that fairly easily.

You can also run a scan of your memory. Google Memtest, download the ISO, and burn it to CD. Boot from the CD and let the test run for hours, if not overnight. If after that time you don't have any errors then your RAM is OK.

It could also be due to overheating. Is your CPU fan turning? Is the heatsink full of dust. Same questions about your graphics card, though I'd guess the graphics card is passively cooled.

Start with the easiest (overheating) and inspecting the motherboard for bad caps. Then move onto Memtest and last resort power supply.
 
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What we refer to as a PSU is I think what you call a smps.

Unfortunately just because your components are new, doesn't mean there can't be a problem with them. If the motherboard is in fact new (not used) then we can disregard the capacitor problem.

What is the rated wattage of you PSU (smps)?

This system shouldn't take much power, but we still can't rule out a faulty supply.

One thing I forgot to ask is do you have your computer set to go to sleep? And if so, does the lockup occur after it goes to sleep?

The 45-55C that you mention it running at, is that idle or load? That seems awfully warm for idle. Are you in a warm climate (India perhaps)?

So for now lets focus on the things we can do. Lets try running a memory tester. Here is the page link to the download:

Memtest86+

The easiest is to download the Pre-compiled Bootable Binary ISO and burn it to CD. Boot from it and let it scan the memory for at least 4 hours or more. Sometimes it takes awhile for the errors to start. There are something like 9 tests, when it completes the test it will start again. So in the 4 hours it may do 5 or more passes. If you can afford the time, let it scan longer. The longer it runs error free the likelier you are that your RAM is problem free.

Once you've done this let us know the results.
 
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