Computer lockup

NickLaws · 08-26-2004, 02:19 PM

Hi There!

I built my PC from scratch and since the time i've had it it's been a bugger in that it will randomly freeze.

Hardware:

Seagate 120GB SATA Barracuda
NVIDEA GeFORCE FX 5200
SONY CD-RW
SONY CD
Pinnacle PCTV card
Intel P4 2.66GHz
Soundblaster AUDIGY2
MSI 865PE Neo2 - FIS2R (Skt 478)
1 GB DDR RAM (2x512MB)
Windows XP SP1

Symptoms:

System will freeze -

If I am listening to radio on PCTV radio will continue playing however if listening to music on winamp it will just play a messed up stuck part of the song...like a wewird whistle or whatever.

Light on USB mouse no longer is lit up

Microsoft Keyboard no longer does anything

Screen is frozen, it does not black out and only occasionally displays a windows error message, most of the time it just freezes in the last position.

Questions -

I've tested the RAM and it doesn't seem like a memory issue to me but who knows...

My feeling is it could be either the gfx card or the hard drive...

Anyone have any ideas or need more information?

Chump · 08-29-2004, 02:19 PM

Ummm it could be the motherboard. I dont think it would be the video card unless you experienced in-game crashes. It might be the RAM because there could be a memory leak or something.

Try raising the voltage in the bios and see if that helps at all.

kingfish · 09-02-2004, 06:23 PM

Sounds like a driver conflict between the PCTV and sound card. Check for latest drivers and/or uninstall the PCTV and see if winamp probs continue. I'm not too fond of winamp anyway - prefer the SCard bundled aps usually. Unless you have prbs elsewhere doubt this is hardware issue.

KF

08-26-2004, 02:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
NickLaws Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1 OS: WindowsXPSP1	Computer lockup Hi There! I built my PC from scratch and since the time i've had it it's been a bugger in that it will randomly freeze. Hardware: Seagate 120GB SATA Barracuda NVIDEA GeFORCE FX 5200 SONY CD-RW SONY CD Pinnacle PCTV card Intel P4 2.66GHz Soundblaster AUDIGY2 MSI 865PE Neo2 - FIS2R (Skt 478) 1 GB DDR RAM (2x512MB) Windows XP SP1 Symptoms: System will freeze - If I am listening to radio on PCTV radio will continue playing however if listening to music on winamp it will just play a messed up stuck part of the song...like a wewird whistle or whatever. Light on USB mouse no longer is lit up Microsoft Keyboard no longer does anything Screen is frozen, it does not black out and only occasionally displays a windows error message, most of the time it just freezes in the last position. Questions - I've tested the RAM and it doesn't seem like a memory issue to me but who knows... My feeling is it could be either the gfx card or the hard drive... Anyone have any ideas or need more information?

08-29-2004, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chump Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 13 OS: Windows XP	Ummm it could be the motherboard. I dont think it would be the video card unless you experienced in-game crashes. It might be the RAM because there could be a memory leak or something. Try raising the voltage in the bios and see if that helps at all.

09-02-2004, 06:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
kingfish Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 34 OS: win98	Sounds like a driver conflict between the PCTV and sound card. Check for latest drivers and/or uninstall the PCTV and see if winamp probs continue. I'm not too fond of winamp anyway - prefer the SCard bundled aps usually. Unless you have prbs elsewhere doubt this is hardware issue. KF