HighDots.NET Computer Hardware Forums  

Computer Locking up and not sure why

PC Hardware (General) PC Hardware Discussions (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware)


Discuss Computer Locking up and not sure why in the PC Hardware (General) forum.



Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old   
Mark W
 
Posts: n/a

Default Computer Locking up and not sure why - 09-12-2005 , 11:56 AM






I just put together a new PC. It is in an Antec P180 case and has a
ASUS SLI-Premium motherboard. As well, I have a 550W Antec Power
Supply, BFG 7800gt video card, and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 CPU.

My problem, it locks up from time to time. I"ve had it together for a
week and twice during that time it locked up. The first a couple days
after putting it together. Then last night it locked up again.

Once when I put a PC together I had frequent lockups, about every 4-5
hours and it turned out I found out the CPU was running around 130-135
degrees so I know that's the problem. This time with all the fans in
the case plus a Thermaltake Big Typhoon fan I can't see it doing that.
I did put the white paste on the CPU.

Anyway, I used ASUS Probe to check temperatures. It said the CPU is
running at 36/96 degrees. It said the motherboard is at 39/102 and
the CPU Fan is running at 1506RPM, the Chassis Fan at 1074RPM. These
temperatures seem fine, is that true? These are of cousre under no
load and I Have not ran the PC under a heavy load yet.

I am thinking as well it could be a driver issue. The first couple
days the PC was new and not much was installed and last night I
installed a lot of drivers. Anyway, any idea what could be causing
htis and most of all, are those temperatures okay? Thanks.

Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old   
Mark W
 
Posts: n/a

Default Re: Computer Locking up and not sure why - 09-12-2005 , 02:23 PM






I left this out but the memory I'm using is two 512 meg Corsair TWINX
1024-3200XLPT. These are in the first two 'blue' slots for memory. I
am showing 1 gig total. As well, I have a Maxtor 300GB SATA Hard
drive and am using Windows XP Professional with SP2.

Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old   
Mark W
 
Posts: n/a

Default Re: Computer Locking up and not sure why - 09-12-2005 , 02:26 PM



On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:23:37 -0600, Mark W
<markwco (AT) RemoveNoSpamcomcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:
I left this out but the memory I'm using is two 512 meg Corsair TWINX
1024-3200XLPT. These are in the first two 'blue' slots for memory. I
am showing 1 gig total. As well, I have a Maxtor 300GB SATA Hard
drive and am using Windows XP Professional with SP2.
I also left this out but I also updated the motherboard to the latest
BIOS.


Reply With Quote
Reply




Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Powered by vBulletin Version 3.5.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.