intermittent freezing - win2k
Been a while since I came 'round here. . . . OK, recently replaced my aging P3-500 with a new system (AXP2500+, Abit NF7-S, 512MB HyperX, GF3Ti200). It's all well and good, except that it randomly freezes.
Been a while since I came 'round here....
OK, recently replaced my aging P3-500 with a new system (AXP2500+, Abit NF7-S, 512MB HyperX, GF3Ti200). It's all well and good, except that it randomly freezes.
The freezes last for roughly 30 seconds, then it's open to input for about 3 seconds, then 30s freeze, ad nauseum. I save what I'm doing and hit the reset button. While the screen is frozen (and sometimes sound continues, sometimes not), it will 'accept' input, in that if I type anything (say, "my computer is freezing, i'll brb - screw nvidia & ms") it will appear once the 3 second gap comes along.
Someone said this sounded like a bad OS install, but I've reinstalled a couple times. I removed the memory card reader, my ATi TV tuner, and increased cooling (~48*C idle, max 53*C under load), tried both the MS and NVidia IDE drivers. Tried not running certian programs (MBM, BT), since it seemed like those might be the cause. But all to no avail, the freezing always comes back.
As soon as finals are over, I'll be doing a fresh install of WinXP-Pro (I tried it before, and got the same freezing problems), so I'd like to figure out what is causing this so my fresh install will be trouble free.
Any ideas where to look? Not enough/'dirty' power supply? Driver issues? Bad hdd? Ire of the computer gods?
-bZj
OK, recently replaced my aging P3-500 with a new system (AXP2500+, Abit NF7-S, 512MB HyperX, GF3Ti200). It's all well and good, except that it randomly freezes.
The freezes last for roughly 30 seconds, then it's open to input for about 3 seconds, then 30s freeze, ad nauseum. I save what I'm doing and hit the reset button. While the screen is frozen (and sometimes sound continues, sometimes not), it will 'accept' input, in that if I type anything (say, "my computer is freezing, i'll brb - screw nvidia & ms") it will appear once the 3 second gap comes along.
Someone said this sounded like a bad OS install, but I've reinstalled a couple times. I removed the memory card reader, my ATi TV tuner, and increased cooling (~48*C idle, max 53*C under load), tried both the MS and NVidia IDE drivers. Tried not running certian programs (MBM, BT), since it seemed like those might be the cause. But all to no avail, the freezing always comes back.
As soon as finals are over, I'll be doing a fresh install of WinXP-Pro (I tried it before, and got the same freezing problems), so I'd like to figure out what is causing this so my fresh install will be trouble free.
Any ideas where to look? Not enough/'dirty' power supply? Driver issues? Bad hdd? Ire of the computer gods?
-bZj
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and just out of curiosity, but your Wifi is properly secured? In that someone isn't warjacking you? Prolly wont' cause the freezing but you never know
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I use AVG antivirus (never had problems in the past).
My WiFi setup is mostly secure. I don't use encryption, but my router only gives out IPs to specific MAC address. And I live on the outskirts of a small town, so that brings the chances of interlopers down. Still possible though, I guess.
As for services, it's a normal Win2K install, the only thing I specifically shut off was the messenger service. Is there somethign specific you had in mind?
-bZj
My WiFi setup is mostly secure. I don't use encryption, but my router only gives out IPs to specific MAC address. And I live on the outskirts of a small town, so that brings the chances of interlopers down. Still possible though, I guess.
As for services, it's a normal Win2K install, the only thing I specifically shut off was the messenger service. Is there somethign specific you had in mind?
-bZj
I was fearing it might be USB... I went WiFi b/c the DSL drop is in another room, about 70ft away as the cable runs. The USB-WiFi... well, it's so hard to give up my internet for even a day or two to test.
All I have is the tv tuner and my GF3, so I've gone cardless before - problem persists.
Any other possibilities to check? (Can't really do w/o 'Net until after finals.)
-bZj
All I have is the tv tuner and my GF3, so I've gone cardless before - problem persists.
Any other possibilities to check? (Can't really do w/o 'Net until after finals.)
-bZj
