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| Windows XP freezing! HELP!!! |
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| #1 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at Saturday, November 23, 2002 02:15:11 PM |
| Ok, here are my general theories with regards to computer lockups... First - Check for cooling issues. I've had this come up on me numerous times, with memory overheating, video overheating, etc. The easiest way to check this is to remove the cover off the case and set a small desk fan directed into the computer. See if you can run stable with that. If so, then look into some cooling solutions. First make sure all optional fans in your case are installed. Usually an 80mm fan in front, sometimes in the rear... sometimes multiple ones. Otherwise something like the GlobalWin CAF12 card cooler, which sits above the cards and blows air over them(or something similar). Alternatively the Antec cases are quite nice, and you can get some of them with side panels with built in fans to blow over cards. Second - Driver issues. Make sure you have the up to date BIOS on the motherboard. Any BIOS updates to video cards, etc. Install latest drivers for sound, network, etc. On motherboards with VIA chipset install the latest 4in1 drivers. (Although sometimes this causes issues, for instance the latest nVidia drivers are not compatible with the drivers for the WinTV card under XP, I found out... but I got bluescreens) Third - Hardware Compatibility issues. This is harder to diagnose as you may need to swap out hardware. Start removing accessory cards... Leave the computer down to the barebones with video only, run that for a while. Then add sound... then add something else, etc. I had one case with XP and a SE440BX-2 motherboard where it wasn't compatible with a specific WD 30Gig drive I had. I installed a seperate IDE card I had, and then everything worked. The system had worked under Win2k, and I suspect XP was having difficulties detecting whether the IDE channel supported ATA-100 specs(it did not, but the drive did) and would cause the harddrive to error out and disconnect itself. That took me a day to figure out, so I realize these issues can be hard. sodablue's secret to a solid crash-free computing environment: #1 - Never buy motherboards with Via chipsets... which by extension unfortunately means never buy AMD processors as most of the AMD boards use Via. In fact, I stick to Intel processors on Intel boards. I focus on compatibility and stability first, then speed. #2 - Buy quality RAM. I use Crucial, Kingston or PNY RAM, there are a couple others like Corsair that are good, but I've never bought them. #3 - Cooling, cooling, cooling. I love the new Antec cases. I have an SX-835II, SX-1040B and a 2600AMG. Lot's of locations for fans, easy to install into, etc. The Performance II line have filters on front of case to help keep dust out of the fans. I try to buy good double-bearing fans with reasonable performance and low sound output. I especially like Sunon fans, but I've also had good luck with Antec and Vantec fans. #4 - A hot room can play havoc on a cool case. During the summer I have a floor fan which blows into my office to help circulate air. In the winter, I shut the heat vents. (I have six systems... they heat the house!) #5 - When installing drivers, always make sure you have a restore point in XP so you can roll back. |
| #2 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at Wednesday, November 27, 2002 09:28:34 PM |
| [QUOTE]Originally Posted by horsefly: I've been looking into all your suggestions, thanks. I started with cooling and found that the cooling system blower on my sytem was just sitting there, not moving, not blowing, just sitting! I also found about 3 pounds of smootze in my case, dust, and removed that....also, the abit fan, the little one, doesn't spin, not the one on the cpu, that one works, but the little one that says abit on it, so I'm going to see if putting in a new one helps... [/QUOTE] Ugh, I'd say if your fans aren't blowing air... that is probaby why you have problems. I'd definately address that. |
