Computer Freezes Completely

Hi,

You reallly need to list your specs including motherboard, cpu, video card, brand name and wattage of your power supply, drives....etc. etc. etc....you get the picture.

In the meantime, I would suggest that you monitor and list your temps for at-rest and under-stress usage. Another crucial area is that you need to check your voltages for this computer. Most modern day motherboards (since we don't know what you have, can't tell) have a program that will tell these readings. However, if yours does not, here are a couple of free programs that will help.

Sandra Lite Utility

http://www.download.com/3000-2086-10018691.html

or

Speedfan will tell you the temperatures and a whole lot more. It's free

http://www.sofotex.com/SpeedFan-download_L4655.html

or

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

This information should help us to pinpoint possible causes of your problem.

Thanks for the replies, sorry for not posting those simple things right away, was kind of late at night wasn't thinking too well

CPU = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+

Video Card = Radeon 9550 128mb

Motherboard = AV8 (VIA K8T800P-8237) , made by the company at http://www.abit.com.tw/

These are the drivers that are supposedly installed on my computer, at least AlienWare said they were

* AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, 10-16-2003, 1.1.0.0

* Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2600.2180

* PS/2 Compatible Mouse, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2600.0

* LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5235K, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* RADEON 9550, 9-29-2004, 6.14.10.6483

* RADEON 9550 Secondary, 9-29-2004, 6.14.10.6483

* VIA Bus Master IDE Controller, 7-1-2001, 5.1.3597.0

* VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller, 5-14-2004, 5.10.0.5580

* VIA Networking Velocity Family Giga-bit Ethernet Adapter #2, 9-2-2003, 1.18.0.76

* VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller, 10-17-2003, 5.1.2600.220

* Primary IDE Channel, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2600.2180

* Secondary IDE Channel, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2600.2180

* Winvnc video hook driver, 9-25-2001, 1.1.0.0

* Audio Codecs, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Legacy Audio Drivers, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Media Control Devices, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Legacy Video Capture Devices, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Video Codecs, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* ST316082 7AS SCSI Disk Device, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* Microsoft WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

* LEXAR JUMPDRIVE USB Device, 7-1-2001, 5.1.2535.0

And the memory sticks I put in are called "mushkin Value 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model 991145 - Retail " which I got at newegg.com if thats any help.

I'm not sure how to check the temperature on my motherboard, so I will use one of those programs you suggested and see what I can find. Thanks for your guys help

do you have the latest bios?

AV8-3rd eye Latest BIOS

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The lastest version of BIOS 24 has brought the temps down by 10 oC both at idle and under load , well worth the flash

1. Fixed the issue that with certain VGA card does not work with four 1GB RAM modules.
2. DRAM Command Rate, Row Refresh Cycle Time, Read to Write Delay now work as intended.
3. Recalibrate CPU temperature.
4. System now can resume from S3 without problem.
5. BIOS compiled date: 07/28/2005