random restarts and lockups

[gotchya]

ok.....i'm running everything at stock speeds, and i recently reformatted my computer. I was getting random restarts and lockups during games before i reformatted, and i's still happening

what could the problem be? i have all the latest drivers for everything...i'm stumped

 

[crashthenet44]

Did you run memtest86 yet?

 

[gotchya]

Did you run memtest86 yet?

not recently, but I ran it when I first built my computer and everything was fine. I haven't changed any hardware since I first got it

 

[Nenu]

Is your PC dusty inside?
Check and clean the fans for gfx card, cpu and motherboard.

 

[gotchya]

Is your PC dusty inside?
Check and clean the fans for gfx card, cpu and motherboard.

yea its dusty now, but i've cleaned it several times (most recently about a month ago)....and it still would freeze and restart on me

 

[Nenu]

Take the fans off the heatsinks where possible and give everything a really good clean.
Heat is your enemy and is a strong suspect here.

 

[Dangman]

Download Memtest+ V.170, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is bad.

 

[gotchya]

Download Memtest+ V.170, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is bad.

i don't have time to run memtest for 6 hours.....i need it for school