Constant freezing

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tremann

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Hey, my PC keeps freezing. It happens no matter what I'm doing... games, music, movies, it even happened when I ran memtest. Help me please.. this is driving me insane. Thanks

ASUS A8N5X
eVGA GeForce 7800GT
1GB Corsair Value Select
2 80GB WD HDD (they are a few years old)
Athlon 64 3200+
Antec 500W PSU (came with the case)

:confused:
 
tremann said:
Hey, my PC keeps freezing. It happens no matter what I'm doing... games, music, movies, it even happened when I ran memtest. Help me please.. this is driving me insane. Thanks

ASUS A8N5X
eVGA GeForce 7800GT
1GB Corsair Value Select
2 80GB WD HDD (they are a few years old)
Athlon 64 3200+
Antec 500W PSU (came with the case)

:confused:
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Could be bad ram if it happened during memtest, or even a bad psu, hell bad motherboard even. Sorry to hear it. Try taking out one mem stick at a time and see if the problem persists.
 
Unplug ALL of the powered things inside of your computer except for the hard drive and motherboard.

Reset your cmos (always the first step!)

Check for stability.

If its still unstable then underclock your CPU/RAM.

Check for stability.

If its still unstable then put .1 more V into your CPU and Ram.

Check for stability.

If its still unstable then try another PSU.

Try one stick of ram at a time.


More than likely I am betting it is the ram though. If the underclock makes it stable then it is probably your CPU. Typically in my experience if the ram is bad then it wont work at any speeds/voltages, which is why I would say it has to be the CPU.
 
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