Pc Freeze

[Patman08]

Hi Folks, How yall doin 2day?..Pretty good? well that's great same here except one little thing. my pc keeps freezing when i turn it on just 2-3min after booting into windows. this happens w/ xp and my 1wk old fresh install of 7. last night on the fist boot into 7 i surfed the net for about 10 min and then pc just froze. turned it on a second time and ran nba2k9 for 20-30 min was able to put it in sleep mode but i know there's a 95% chance it'l freeze comin out of sleep mode. just like every other time the last 6days. looked at my mobo last night everything looked pretty good, so mabey the hard drive?

 

[drleospaceman]

Could be your ram or psu, what kind of numbers do you get for +12v, +5v, etc. Also trying running mem test. Temporarily swapping out hardware is also a good way to check for causes.

 

[Dangman]

[Testing the RAM]
Download Memtest86+ v2.11 or whatever the latest version is, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately as well as test the RAM all together. Go for a full 24 hours if you want to be completely sure that the RAM is not a problem. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is defective or you have incorrect settings for the RAM.

[Testing the Hard drive]
Download the CD image of Hitachi Drive Fitness Test, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Test the hard drive and see if any problems are found. DFT will run on most manufacturers' hard drives. Alternatively, you can use Seagate's SeaTools for DOS to test a Seagate or Maxtor drive. For a Western Digital drive, you could use Data Lifeguard Tools for DOS to test a Western Digital drive.

[Testing the CPU]
Use Prime 95, OCCT, Orthos or Intel Burn Tool to stress test the CPU.

[Testing the GPU]
Use Furmark or ATI Tool to stress test the GPU. If you see any artifacts, the GPU could be overheating, too overclocked, or faulty.

[Testing the PSU]
Buy and use a digital multi-meter to monitor the voltages coming from the PSU. Follow the instructions for "Using a multi-meter to check voltages":
http://www.bfgpower.com/troubleshooting.html#DMM