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This is my friend's computer, and his problem. Posting this for him cause I'm just the nice guy, and I'm the one that works on it most of the time.
Greets,
A while back I was having a problem with my computer freezing when playing any type of game. I thought it was a heat issue so I took off the side panel to my case and added an external fan to help with the cooling. That would help the computer run for a bit longer, but eventually it would always end up freezing. So not knowing exactly what the problem was being caused by and the fact that I had an older computer, I decided to upgrade my system.
I had great success with my new computer after upgrading for a good month, but last night the same problem occured again. So this is where I'll stop and tell you my specs:
Radaeon 850XL PE(U)
1 gig (2x512) DDR 400mhz Kingston ValueRam(U)
2.4 GHZ Pentium 4 (w/ Zalmon Heatink)***
Abit IC7 (/w third party northbridge fan)
Maxtor 80 Gig HD
Antect tru430 Powersupply(U)
Lanli Case with two 120 mm Fans for cooling(U)
***The pins on the CPU were bent pretty badly after it was moved around during upgrading. My friend fixed them and the cpu worked fine. Today I took the cpu off to take a look and one of the pins seems to be bent so badly that it doesn't even go in the socket. CPUs don't seem like they would have useless parts (or pins) attached, I'm thinking that this is causing the problem***
Everything with a U by it is an upgrade, which I have ruled out as the cause of my problem. I have had this new computer for about a month now and have had no problems with it until recently. I currently play Dark Age of Camelot, which isn't a very taxing game on my machine. However, last night it suddenly froze on me. Thinking that it was a minor problem, I restarted my computer and tried the game again. After a few minutes it froze again, with the oh so familiar beeping noise coming from my motherboard that I grew accustumed to on my old computer when it froze.
I have been through a few things already. I've ran Everest and everything has shown up at acceptable temperatures. I'd post the stats, but my computer is currently laying in a heap on my bed. Trust me, they're good. After that, I decided to see if it was the CPU or the Ram that was giving me the problem. So I downloaded Prime 95, which I understand stresses the CPU. I ran it and after only about two minutes my computer froze. The temperature on the CPU was only around 49 C at the time so I know that it wasn't overheating. I have nothing overclocked and I'm more than sure that my parts are adquetely cooled.
I've also had a suggestion that it might be my motherboard, so I've flashed my bios, updated my drivers, and still nothing is changing. It still freezes within minutes if I start up a game and after a few hours if it idles on desktop.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
ZDI
Few notes from me. I didn't bend the CPU in the first place. He has done a full reinstall of windows, northbridge fan has been upgraded, and I didn't tell him to make the post so goddamn long.
Greets,
A while back I was having a problem with my computer freezing when playing any type of game. I thought it was a heat issue so I took off the side panel to my case and added an external fan to help with the cooling. That would help the computer run for a bit longer, but eventually it would always end up freezing. So not knowing exactly what the problem was being caused by and the fact that I had an older computer, I decided to upgrade my system.
I had great success with my new computer after upgrading for a good month, but last night the same problem occured again. So this is where I'll stop and tell you my specs:
Radaeon 850XL PE(U)
1 gig (2x512) DDR 400mhz Kingston ValueRam(U)
2.4 GHZ Pentium 4 (w/ Zalmon Heatink)***
Abit IC7 (/w third party northbridge fan)
Maxtor 80 Gig HD
Antect tru430 Powersupply(U)
Lanli Case with two 120 mm Fans for cooling(U)
***The pins on the CPU were bent pretty badly after it was moved around during upgrading. My friend fixed them and the cpu worked fine. Today I took the cpu off to take a look and one of the pins seems to be bent so badly that it doesn't even go in the socket. CPUs don't seem like they would have useless parts (or pins) attached, I'm thinking that this is causing the problem***
Everything with a U by it is an upgrade, which I have ruled out as the cause of my problem. I have had this new computer for about a month now and have had no problems with it until recently. I currently play Dark Age of Camelot, which isn't a very taxing game on my machine. However, last night it suddenly froze on me. Thinking that it was a minor problem, I restarted my computer and tried the game again. After a few minutes it froze again, with the oh so familiar beeping noise coming from my motherboard that I grew accustumed to on my old computer when it froze.
I have been through a few things already. I've ran Everest and everything has shown up at acceptable temperatures. I'd post the stats, but my computer is currently laying in a heap on my bed. Trust me, they're good. After that, I decided to see if it was the CPU or the Ram that was giving me the problem. So I downloaded Prime 95, which I understand stresses the CPU. I ran it and after only about two minutes my computer froze. The temperature on the CPU was only around 49 C at the time so I know that it wasn't overheating. I have nothing overclocked and I'm more than sure that my parts are adquetely cooled.
I've also had a suggestion that it might be my motherboard, so I've flashed my bios, updated my drivers, and still nothing is changing. It still freezes within minutes if I start up a game and after a few hours if it idles on desktop.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
ZDI
Few notes from me. I didn't bend the CPU in the first place. He has done a full reinstall of windows, northbridge fan has been upgraded, and I didn't tell him to make the post so goddamn long.