[Resolved] Computer crashing/freezing constantly
So I've had my computer for a little bit over a year now. I built it myself, here are the specs:
Power Supply: 420 Watt PSU
CPU: AMD FX-55 2.6ghz
Motherboard: eVGA 133-K8-NF41 nForce-4 SLI Chipset
Memory: 2gigs Corsair DDR RAM
GPU: ATI RADEON X850XT
Hard Drives: 80gig Maxtor 7200rpm Ultra ATA-100, 250gig Western Digital 7200rpm ATA-100
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
OS: Windows XP Professional
And here's my problem(s). My computer does 2 different things(which I believe are secretly the same thing) it will just lock up litterally freezing the screen and repeating the the last millisecond of a sound clip over and over again, and the of course, the blue screen of death, filled with text that I will probably never ever understand, so I've taken some pictures with my digi cam last few times it's happened(haven't got a chance to upload yet, need to find the usb cable). So anyway. The freezing thing, this can happen anytime. Mostly gaming, but also alot when I'm at work or out, leaving my computer idle. The blue screen, this pretty much can happen during any application. Gaming, movie/audio editing/recording, etc. Now I've been using PC's for quite some time and I've always been a DIY kind of guy so I figured I could fix it, I was wrong. First, I figured it was the video card. Maybe I got a faulty one. I sent for a replacement. Worked for about 2 days without freezes(probably luck) and then it was back to it's old ways. Sometimes I would go weeks without freezes, obviously playing less games, but still. Gernally, when I play games, I'd say after 30 minutes or so, there's a 50% chance that it could happen at any time. I then figured, ok maybe it's a heating issue. I took a box fan, set it next to my open case and proceeded to game. It still happened. Maybe a little less, but still happened enough to upset me.
I have just recently defragmented my hard drives, checked for errors, removed all spyware off my PC(I never get popups) all my drivers are up to date, and still basically I'm not sure what it is. I want to say, powersupply? But then again, I'm not sure. So instead of throwing away $200 on something that could be some stupid software problem, I figured I'd ask it here. The most recently installed hardware on my PC are my new harddrive, last week. Since then it hasn't happened any more frequently, I've just been playing more, so it's making me more aware. And also another gig of RAM about 2 months ago. Both appear to work fine and haven't caused any problems as far as I know.
Oh and as far as overheating goes. My harddrives sit at 38 and 40 degrees and my video card goes from 38 to 44 depending on if I'm gaming or not.
Any advice or help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks.
Power Supply: 420 Watt PSU
CPU: AMD FX-55 2.6ghz
Motherboard: eVGA 133-K8-NF41 nForce-4 SLI Chipset
Memory: 2gigs Corsair DDR RAM
GPU: ATI RADEON X850XT
Hard Drives: 80gig Maxtor 7200rpm Ultra ATA-100, 250gig Western Digital 7200rpm ATA-100
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
OS: Windows XP Professional
And here's my problem(s). My computer does 2 different things(which I believe are secretly the same thing) it will just lock up litterally freezing the screen and repeating the the last millisecond of a sound clip over and over again, and the of course, the blue screen of death, filled with text that I will probably never ever understand, so I've taken some pictures with my digi cam last few times it's happened(haven't got a chance to upload yet, need to find the usb cable). So anyway. The freezing thing, this can happen anytime. Mostly gaming, but also alot when I'm at work or out, leaving my computer idle. The blue screen, this pretty much can happen during any application. Gaming, movie/audio editing/recording, etc. Now I've been using PC's for quite some time and I've always been a DIY kind of guy so I figured I could fix it, I was wrong. First, I figured it was the video card. Maybe I got a faulty one. I sent for a replacement. Worked for about 2 days without freezes(probably luck) and then it was back to it's old ways. Sometimes I would go weeks without freezes, obviously playing less games, but still. Gernally, when I play games, I'd say after 30 minutes or so, there's a 50% chance that it could happen at any time. I then figured, ok maybe it's a heating issue. I took a box fan, set it next to my open case and proceeded to game. It still happened. Maybe a little less, but still happened enough to upset me.
I have just recently defragmented my hard drives, checked for errors, removed all spyware off my PC(I never get popups) all my drivers are up to date, and still basically I'm not sure what it is. I want to say, powersupply? But then again, I'm not sure. So instead of throwing away $200 on something that could be some stupid software problem, I figured I'd ask it here. The most recently installed hardware on my PC are my new harddrive, last week. Since then it hasn't happened any more frequently, I've just been playing more, so it's making me more aware. And also another gig of RAM about 2 months ago. Both appear to work fine and haven't caused any problems as far as I know.
Oh and as far as overheating goes. My harddrives sit at 38 and 40 degrees and my video card goes from 38 to 44 depending on if I'm gaming or not.
Any advice or help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks.
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