Half Hung System

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Hey All...

I have a perplexing issue with my system and need some feedback.

The PC has a Pentium D 925, GA1975X board, XP Pro, with 4GB of RAM. When I leave it on overnight, the next day it is somewhat in a hung state. The mouse cursor will move, but when I open an application or even hit the start menu, it is non-responsive...however, the mouse will still function. Its not overheating in my office, but I do have it overclocked to 3.77 MHz, but still no change with the default core speed. I also have the Zalman fankit setup on it.

I already replaced the power supply to a 600W, but no change.

Anyone have any clues?

Thanks in advance!
 

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This problem has recently occurred with no settings change to the BIOS or hardware with the exception of the new power supply.

Oddly enough, when I installed the new P/S laying on top the case, it was on for the weekend and ran fine. When installed in the case, the problem came back. I may crack it open and try it again with the P/S out of the case.

Thanks.
 

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SpeedFan does not indicate anything abnormal. This chronic problem exists even with the cover off. I am running a SATA RAID1 for the data and U320 SCSI for the boot drive.

Power scheme is set to always on except turn off monitor after 20 mins.
 

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Another item is when I reboot, all is well until its stuck. Sometimes though, I can not start it until I wait another day and then it will fire up.
 

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I had it set at the default clock speed and the result was the same. Since I replaced the P/S, what component could create such a problem? CPU would either work or not. Ran 2 instances at the same time of MemTest against the RAM with 200% coverage...no errors. Motherboard slowly dying???
 

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I took a break from trying to fix this. I really do not want to buy a new motherboard. Anyone have new ideas?

Thanks.