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System keeps locking up, no idea why

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n64man120

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I have an old system here I just parted together from thing I had lying around and it keeps freezing. Sometimes I will boot to XP and a minute in it freezes 100%. Other times I could browse the web for hours and suddenly while scrolling a page it locks up. I had another similar system a while ago that had a similar issue, but everything in here is different and proven working BESIDES the CPU (P3 733Mhz) and an old loud Quantum HDD.

The mobo is Abit VH6, and it had bulging caps so I got it RMA'ed for this new VH6 board... but that hasn't solved the problem.

Could the new mobo have the same capacity stability issues and just don't show let due to young age? Could this old processor (been though alot of use although never overclocked), be causing the random system lockups? Could the harddrive? I've never heard of a CPU or HDD causing random lockups before from old age, but there's a first for everything.

Suggestions? This rig is slow compared to things now, but its still great for general usage.
 
Did you format before you put it together?

I would have thought it was a driver problem.

Does it lock up in safe mode?

Try that and you may eliminate a hardware issue.
 
Clean install, haven't tried safe mode since its so on and off.

IMPORTANT: It ran Memtest clean for 36 hours, and Prime95 overnight without locking up
 
Am I right in saying memtest runs in an old OS?

It doesn't run under Windows does it?

That to me would indicate that it's most certainly a driver issue.
 
I'm running WinXP, memtest is ran off a bootcd and not through Windows... but it show's the ram is fine.
 
Odd since it's a clean install with minimal other apps on it and newest drivers.
 
Update: Well I booted into my linux OS since the system is in dualboot, and same thing happened. After a few minutes of light web-browsing it froze 100%. This happened in Windows and Linux, and sometimes only lasts 2 minuts b4 freezing, other times a few hours

Edit: So basicly it eliminates drivers and such, can only be A) New RMA'd Mobo B) Old Proc C) HDD? D) Ram even though it passed Memtest for 36hrs?

Thoughts?.
 
Okay first you have to sort out whats causing the problem by swapping out items. If you're using more than one stick of ram I would start there.

Also remove any items that aren't used for actually running the machine.

Disable the onboard sound and lan (should your system have either) and try again.

Incidently what temp is your cpu running at?
 
I don't recall, high 30's I believe on temp.
Tried few sticks of ram, same result, could try disabling onboard.
 
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