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First off here are my system specifications -
Mobo: ASUS P5P800
GPU: eVGA 6600 AGP, 128MP (Not OC'd)
PSU: AeroPower 2+SE 550W
CPU: Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Processor /w HT
Sound: Onboard, SoundMAX
Case/Fans: C3 Acrylic Case - 4 Fans (2x 92mm 1x 80mm 1x 120mm) The 120 is the intake and the rest push out the hot hair.
HDD: Maxtor 240GB HDD
RAM: 2x 512 Value Select, only one is in due to an issue with another but I also have a 1GB stick in their from Kingston, PC3200.
My issue is with seemingly random hangs, black screens were it seems like the PC goes into sleep mode and all I can do is just turn it off and turn it back on to get it to work and random restarts.
I say random because these issues will occur frequently in a period of time, then just go away without me doing anything, literally anything. I could be playing a game for hours then come back to it later and then it will start crashing like no ones business. And it even happens when I'm not playing a game, even if I'm not on the computer it will happen whether there is a small app running in the background or if the system is completely idle.
At first I figured it was one of several things...1) Bad memory. 2) Too hot. 3)Bad PSU. 4) Corrupt software/Virus/etc. 5)Over heating GPU. None of these turned out to be the case.
I ran every single test ever made to test. I tested memory, I tested the processor I tested the GPU, the CPU, the PSU. I ran diagnostic on the HDD to check for corruption, I ran virus scans and spy sweeper scans. I even completely wiped my HDD and started over, still the problem persisted. I applied globs of a good thermal paste the name of which escapes me now and while it did significantly cool my PC I still suffered from these problems. It was suggested that it was a memory error, I so I ran some more diagnostics and found some errors in one of the 2 sticks of 512 memory, I removed it and got another stick of memory a 1GB stick of Kingston and I had no problems for a while and then it came back.
Last night I had been playing Rise of Legends (Great game.
) with no issue, I quit to go to bed and I while I did last few rounds on the Internet it crashed and kept on crashing, three times to be exact before it stopped.
I'm stumped, at this point I'm considering calling a priest to exercise the demons from my computer. But out of curiosity does anyone know if electrical problems with a mobo can cause these sorts of issues at complete random intervals?
-I really appreicate the help, Thanks much.
Mobo: ASUS P5P800
GPU: eVGA 6600 AGP, 128MP (Not OC'd)
PSU: AeroPower 2+SE 550W
CPU: Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Processor /w HT
Sound: Onboard, SoundMAX
Case/Fans: C3 Acrylic Case - 4 Fans (2x 92mm 1x 80mm 1x 120mm) The 120 is the intake and the rest push out the hot hair.
HDD: Maxtor 240GB HDD
RAM: 2x 512 Value Select, only one is in due to an issue with another but I also have a 1GB stick in their from Kingston, PC3200.
My issue is with seemingly random hangs, black screens were it seems like the PC goes into sleep mode and all I can do is just turn it off and turn it back on to get it to work and random restarts.
I say random because these issues will occur frequently in a period of time, then just go away without me doing anything, literally anything. I could be playing a game for hours then come back to it later and then it will start crashing like no ones business. And it even happens when I'm not playing a game, even if I'm not on the computer it will happen whether there is a small app running in the background or if the system is completely idle.
At first I figured it was one of several things...1) Bad memory. 2) Too hot. 3)Bad PSU. 4) Corrupt software/Virus/etc. 5)Over heating GPU. None of these turned out to be the case.
I ran every single test ever made to test. I tested memory, I tested the processor I tested the GPU, the CPU, the PSU. I ran diagnostic on the HDD to check for corruption, I ran virus scans and spy sweeper scans. I even completely wiped my HDD and started over, still the problem persisted. I applied globs of a good thermal paste the name of which escapes me now and while it did significantly cool my PC I still suffered from these problems. It was suggested that it was a memory error, I so I ran some more diagnostics and found some errors in one of the 2 sticks of 512 memory, I removed it and got another stick of memory a 1GB stick of Kingston and I had no problems for a while and then it came back.
Last night I had been playing Rise of Legends (Great game.
) with no issue, I quit to go to bed and I while I did last few rounds on the Internet it crashed and kept on crashing, three times to be exact before it stopped.I'm stumped, at this point I'm considering calling a priest to exercise the demons from my computer. But out of curiosity does anyone know if electrical problems with a mobo can cause these sorts of issues at complete random intervals?
-I really appreicate the help, Thanks much.