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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.
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.