Freezing Problem

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tracid

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Hi.
I recently bought some new parts for my system, this includes:

Intel Quad 6600
Gigabyte P45 DS3L
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 1066Mhz PC2 8500 2GB Kit
Seatgate Barracuda 500gb Sata HD

My other parts are not too old as well, they include:

RMA EVGA 8800 GT Superclocked + Accelero S1 Cooler
Antec Sonata II Case
Corsair 750 TX Power Supply

I installed Windows XP w/ SP3 and everything works fine but for some reason, it randomly freezes on me. No blue screen, no auto restart, just freezes. Nothing is overclocked and my CPU and Video Card temps seems to be normal. (tested with CoreTemp and Rivatuner)

I also disabled C1E, EIST/Speedstop but the freezing continues.

Currently using boot up MemTest 86 for a few hours on dual channel.

Any help would be appreciated :confused:
 
report results of memtest.

Also, how old is your house? Do you have a UPS? Do you have an air conditioner (central or on the same circuit as the computer)?

If your RAM passes several hours of memtest without errors, run prime95 smallFFT's to test your CPU. To test your HDD, run diagnostic tools from the manufacturer's website. Make sure your RAM settings in the BIOS are according to Crucial's specs for that RAM (mainly the voltage (vDIMM) should be at 2.2v, IIRC).
 
Both sticks Dual channel, at 2.2v test for 12 hours. No errors.

You think bumping up the volt 0.1v will help?

When I booted to windows, within minutes, it immediately froze when opening up Riva Tuner.

I will use the programs you indicated and post results tomorrow.

Thanks
 
Ok, so I tested the ram using Memtest 86 @ 2.3v for a few hours, with no errors.

After installing a new copy of Windows (yet again), I followed installing the motherboard drivers. I realized that after installing the video drivers for my video card, the system would freeze randomly. I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers, restarted and has not been freezing.

I tried installing previous versions of video drivers from both, EVGA and Nvidia and my computer locks up on each driver installed. So if this a software issue? :confused:
 
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