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I just built a new computer with parts ordered from Tigerdirect.com and some parts from my old comp. All my old programs are now installed but there are a couple of problems, 1) my computer continues to freeze when I try to do just about anything on it. and 2) my computer won't connect to my wireless airport which connects to the internet. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can fix these problems that would be very much appreciated.
Currently I have a CD-ROM/burner, a DVD-ROM, a floppy drive, an 80 GHz Hitachi hardrive, 2 (ULT 30215) 512 MB 400 MHz DDR DIMM RAM, a GeForce MX 4000 128 MB graphics card, a D-link DWL-G520 wireless card, 2.8GHz Intel pentium 4 Proccessor, and a Chaintech summit series motherboard.
The CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk drive are from my old computer, which was bought in a store. My wireless card and graphics card were purchased later and installed on my old computer. So if anyone could please help me that would be great
Hi. Thare are a few possible reasons for your PC freezing.
The first thing I would be interested in is what power suply you installed?
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The power supply came with the case I bought from
Tigerdirect.com which is a 425 watt power supply and
here is a link to the case description...http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/
item-details.asp?EdpNo=617432&Sku=B452-1112
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Alos here is another URL to my motherboard that I got
from Tigerdirect.com if you can check this with the URL
from above and see if they are actually compatible or if
my friend screwed me over.http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/
item-details.asp?EdpNo=1224447&CatId=191
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They are perfectly compatible. It might be the case that that power suply is a little weak though. I tend to buy cases without power suplys so I can choose one sepperately.
It says its 425w, That will be a peak value. I would guess its really about 300-350W.
Now this isn't deffinately the problem, but it would be a good idea to get a good quality PSU anyway, NOT a QTec!Did you check your bios for the cpu temperature? should be in a section called something like "PC Health". Leave it for a couple of minutes see if it goes up and if it does how fast.
Also running a program called "memtest" would be a good idea
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ok, I couldn't find "PC health" and I couldn't run "memtest"
and what do you mean by a quality PSU and not a Qtec. Do
you think it really is the power supply? When I start my
computer everything starts to run fine but then when I try
to run a program the screen blinks and then it tends to
freeze up. All your help so far is very much appreciated. I
just really want this computer to start running so that I
can get on with my school work and playing games.
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Remove the wireless card and drivers and see if that helps. I'm having some wireless issues with my wifi card and mobo. I disabled it and works like a champ. I have 4 different pci slots to choose from but no matter what I plug it into it drags down my computer. <Takes forever to boot and frequent lockups'
When I get a chance i'm gonna try my wireless card in another computer and see if that cures it, or if the card is faulty.
Another thing to try is Run the Task Manager and see if something is using up all your CPU usage. Sometimes bad or corrupt drivers, or software install problem can wreak havoic on a computer.
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Just because a Power Supply is rated at 425 Watts does not mean it is stable or reliable.
This sounds ridiculous, but it is true, if the Power Supply is light in weight, it is probably cheap and under engineered.Any power supply that weighs less than a pound is suspect and should be replaced.
Most mistakes made on new builds include the order of cards added.The proper order is
Video
Sound Card
Internal or External Modem
Auxiliary Graphics accelerators
SCSI adaptors
Anything else
Powering down between configuring the cards is a pain, but doesn't overwhelm PnP.
Letting the system slowly configure cards in that order saves headaches from random card configuration.
I would check all your connections and reseat your RAM, if you run a memory diagnostic, disable write back caching in the BIOS.
Check that Power Supply if problems continue.
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Climber, I recently installed the same WiFi card as yours (D-link DWL-G520 wireless card) in my daughter's PC. I figured that since everything else was D-link (my wired router and wireless access point) that it would be a good idea to stick with the same company. My daughter's PC began locking up every 10 minutes or so, even though it would boot up fine (just like yours). Finally, I returned the D-link card and replaced it with a LinkSys ... haven't had any trouble since.
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