Locking Up Problems

[ShwaggyDoo]

over the past day i've been having problems with my computer doing a complete lock up.

it first happened when I tried to burn a dvd. it just locked up at 2-3% of the way. then I checked both my discs, and my ide driver settings... everything was normal.

so i decided to just let it chill for a bit. then I went on my 2nd hdd and started extracting some old archives, and after about the 3rd archive.. the comp started acting weird again.. it didnt completely lock up at first.. it would stutter. then after about a minute of stuttering, it locked up.

after this, i decided to upgrade my nForce 2 drivers (i have been running the old 2.10 for the longest time). so i upgrade to 3.13 and reboot. everything seems fine.

a couple hours later after doing some extensive stress tests I decide to reburn that dvd. and of course the computer completely locks up, but this time it was about 70% of the way done.

so.. that's about all i can describe. i've defragmented both drives, i've done memcheck and chkdsk and everything seems normal.

asus a7n8x deluxe
amd athlon 2700
radeon 9500 pro
512mb pc3200 ram
1x WD 40gb 5400rpm ata100
1x Maxtor 80gb 7200rpm ata133
nforce2 3.13 drivers

 

[Koslov]

might be cheap ram that cause your problems
run MemTest 3.0 (do a search on google) and check if it finds errors on your ram sticks.

i would also be sure you have the latest Bios for your motherboard,chipset driver,3D Drivers etc..

 

[ShwaggyDoo]

yes.. everything is updated to the latest.

ill try that memtest. thanks.

 

[ShwaggyDoo]

well, i ran memtest for 2 passes. and no errors.

made sure everything is up to date (which it is). gonna try and burn that dvd for the 4th time now. if it fucks up again i might just do a complete reformat and reinstall.