problems/newbox

[kiznar]

old box is having a problem im on currently.

p3 800
512 sd ram
gefroce 2 32mb
40gig 7200 rpm

im having a freezing problem...... just freezes out of no where.... like a virus but i have nortin running, and fully updated also did some online virus scan nothing found...

the 40 gig hdd has 3 partitions i never format d: and E: windows is on c: i formated c: and the problem left but it came back within weeks... btw im on windows xp.

i thought it was a fan failing on my power supply but i replaced it same problem.
im upgrading but i want this fixxed for now..

i got 600.00 to spend buying a pcclub pre built comp
this is a few months down the road, i used to have way better boxes than this had to sell two of them for appartment downpayment..

woundering if i should go pent or amd im wanting pent because i cannot afford the new 64bit amd.
p4 3.0 800mhz fsb 1mb cahc
512 ddr 400
gefroce 5200 128mb
dvd burner
Well give me any informations please and right now as it stands i really need help with this freezing problem.

 

[kiznar]

am i leaving information out that is critical to solving this problem? any seggestions im in a serious bind and would love to fix this problem.

 

[mayakindaguy]

could be many problems. It just freezes? no error message on reboot? Well, either way, try memtesting the RAM, cpu reading program to see if it's overheating, get a mobo program to see if that's running fine. Perhaps some HDD software and write the the drive to zeros. It may be that the drive is corrupted, and a low level format is definitely not going to fix the problem. Heck, try using another drive as the boot drive and see if that solves anything.

Good luck