PC freezes and shuts down
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Name: JFur5
Date: July 29, 2003 at 21:01:28 Pacific
Subject: PC freezes and shuts down
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 2100+/512 mb DDR
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Comment: Hey all, I am having a really frustrating problem with my PC freezing up and shutting down on me all the time. This is the first computer I myself and it was working ok with only a few freezes untill recently. I have had the PC now for about 6 months and the problems with freezing and shutting off on its own have increased in the last couple of months to the point where it has a hard time rebooting after it shuts down.
I have tried reformating several times and cleaned out the dust from the case but this does not seem to fix the problem. Could it be a problem with my CPU or Power supply? If so how can you tell?
The specs on my computer are as follows:
2100+ Athalon CPU
Gigabyte ga-7vaxp mainboard
512 mb DDR Ram
ATX-300 Watt power supply
Alien-Ware Midtower with 5 fans installed
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also does anyone know of any cheap diagnostic software to detect hardware problems??
Thanks!
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Response Number 1
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Name: Dave02
Date: July 30, 2003 at 10:45:21 Pacific
Subject: PC freezes and shuts down |
Reply: (edit)Your Power supply is marginal. You don't need that many case fans. Just Two will do. One sucking and one blowing. Make sure your processor's fan is working properly, you need that and if your motherboard came with a fan on it's chipset make sure it is working. You need that one too, only if it came with the motherboard. Make sure your heat sink if properly seated on the processor. I'm pretty sure it is though. Otherwise it would have burned up by now. Think about upgrading your power supply. Good luck.
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Response Number 2
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Name: JFur5
Date: July 30, 2003 at 13:55:21 Pacific
Subject: PC freezes and shuts down
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Reply: (edit)Do you think my computer could be overheating?? Or would it just be a problem with the power supply?
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Response Number 4
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Name: JFur5
Date: July 31, 2003 at 07:33:43 Pacific
Subject: PC freezes and shuts down
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Reply: (edit)Yes the computer is relatively new. I built it myself and have had it for about 6 months now but it keeps having problems freezing and turning itself off so you can see my frustration.
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Response Number 5
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Name: vh1
Date: July 31, 2003 at 17:42:17 Pacific
Subject: PC freezes and shuts down |
Reply: (edit)I have also encountered the same problem. But after changing my RAM, everythings fine.
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