Computer went phyco!!!

[delusion_2005]

Hey guys my computer have been working perfectly but in this hour or so i recieve a number of lock up, once was in a game called Gunbound and the other time is when i was browsing through a website, then a blue screen just poped up and the whole computer just locked up.

 

[gigaxtreme1]

Sounds like a memory problem, but try to remember of write down the error code numbers. It will come out like 0x000000D1 and go to this site to troubleshoot the problem

 

[Elledan]

Possible causes range from a software/driver issue to a bad stick of RAM to a faulty PSU.

 

[HardD99]

yeah could be soooo many things, hard to tell with such little info... nice grammar by the way

 

[Ice Czar]

and here I was expecting it jumped into the shower with you

gigaxtreme1's linkage is where Id start though if its one of the more generic BSOD your in for a fun search as Elledan points out

Id say think back to the most recent changes youve made as far as software and or driver
consider any differences in the physical environment (if the ambient temperature increased all the thermal solutions are less efficient from the CPU & GPU to the power supply not being able to put out the same capacity)

But Id likely start where I always do http://www.memtest.org/

(keep in mind that its impossible to fully test RAM with software, at least without jumping through some hoops)

http://www.lostcircuits.com/memory/ultrax/

The advantage of having a non-DOS or Windows based test program is quite simple. If an operating system is running, the area of memory containing the OS or reserved for the OS cannot be tested correctly. Usually, the workaround in a situation like this is to alternate DIMMs between two memory slots since the operating system will be loaded onto the higher (Win9x) or the lower number DIMM (all other operating systems). Thus, by switching DIMMs back and forth between slots, one DIMM can always be kept free of the OS which, then allows complete testing of the module. The natural drawback is that every DIMM has to be tested twice which can be rather time-consuming.

 

[delusion_2005]

Sounds like a memory problem, but try to remember of write down the error code numbers. It will come out like 0x000000D1 and go to this site to troubleshoot the problem

There wasn't any message in the blue screen. it was just a blue screen like that and it just froze. The other time in a game the game just completey froze with no blue screen.

 

[Ron1jed]

Ya dudde u gotta trouble shoot. Just off the top of my head I would guess a heat issue. Could be uust in ur cpu fan or video card fan. Could be bad memory. Could be bad power supply. But i bet its heat.. Could be software.... CoulD BE ANYTHIGN! NOw get to get trouble shooting lmao

 

[gigaxtreme1]

Yep, time to tear it down clean and inspect. Clean the heatsink and fan, look for bulging or leaking capacitors. might wabt to check your voltages in the BIOS or with a hardware monitoring program. Run Memtest86. troubleshooting time.

 

[delusion_2005]

Ya dudde u gotta trouble shoot. Just off the top of my head I would guess a heat issue. Could be uust in ur cpu fan or video card fan. Could be bad memory. Could be bad power supply. But i bet its heat.. Could be software.... CoulD BE ANYTHIGN! NOw get to get trouble shooting lmao

LOLZ ohwell guess no time to game and go out now