System keep freezing even after reinstall
Hi, i think my pc has some severe problem.
Basically, it just freezes. firstly, firefox wont load any pages but i can still be talking to people on xfire (for like 20 mins later, so it is still connected). all my downloads will stop. Then firefox will become unresponsive, then the mouse will not move and the system completely freezes. I have reformatted 3 times now and it still randomly does this.
It does it on both Windows XP and Vista (both 32 bit).
Im pretty sure its not a heat problem as i have pretty good airflow although i have touched the motherboard heatsink and it does get extremely hot.
The PSU voltages are 12.03
4.83
and 3.31 i think.
RAM has been tested and works fine. Hard drive is in good shape, Graphics card is at stock speeds and very stable.
I often get a BSOD saying irql_not_less_or_equal
I'm guessing it has somthing to do with drivers.
I formatted 2 times today. First time gave me that BSOD then wouldnt boot (got stuck on the xp loading screen) this was after i had installed all updates.
i formatted it again and it has been fine although it has done the complete crash around 10 mins ago.
Please help. My pc is still in warrenty so getting new parts is an option.
Thanks
Basically, it just freezes. firstly, firefox wont load any pages but i can still be talking to people on xfire (for like 20 mins later, so it is still connected). all my downloads will stop. Then firefox will become unresponsive, then the mouse will not move and the system completely freezes. I have reformatted 3 times now and it still randomly does this.
It does it on both Windows XP and Vista (both 32 bit).
Im pretty sure its not a heat problem as i have pretty good airflow although i have touched the motherboard heatsink and it does get extremely hot.
The PSU voltages are 12.03
4.83
and 3.31 i think.
RAM has been tested and works fine. Hard drive is in good shape, Graphics card is at stock speeds and very stable.
I often get a BSOD saying irql_not_less_or_equal
I'm guessing it has somthing to do with drivers.
I formatted 2 times today. First time gave me that BSOD then wouldnt boot (got stuck on the xp loading screen) this was after i had installed all updates.
i formatted it again and it has been fine although it has done the complete crash around 10 mins ago.
Please help. My pc is still in warrenty so getting new parts is an option.
Thanks
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Strangly, if i don't download i can surf the net for ages without loosing connection but the second i was to download somthing it looses connection.
WHAT'S GOING ON? I'm going mad
It just froze up again. I've had a look in event viewer and there is nothing.
Crash happened at 11:51. I goto event viewer and there is no events from 11:48 till 11:52
Please help. Is it the PSU?
Are as follows:
Vcore: 1.34v
3.3v:3.36
5V:4.89
12v:11.96
Is my PSU the problem?
Could this be temprature of my north bridge?
Please help
Will doing this make my warrenty void?
I will do this reapply paste thing along with buy 2 more 120mm fans
Oops! I didn't see your system specs until I looked again. Is this a custom build or store bought? Service under warranty is the issue here.
My cpu heatsink and fan is fine.
CPU is running at fine temps.
around 37c to 45c under full load
I will give my pc manufacturer a call tommorow, i bought it off ebay. Company had loads of good feed back so went for it.
Do you think the problem could be PSU related?
I did mean that the northbridge heatsink is too hot to touch, cpu is fine.
GFX never goes above 50c
I am pretty sure i have good airflow.
These pastes are all top notch:
Arctic Silver 5
Arctic Silver Ceramique
OCZ Freeze
Tuniq TX-2
MX-2
If your NB sink is still hot to the touch (not just warm), then consider mounting a small fan on it. Some of the passive NB sinks installed on motherboards are just barely adequate, which can be inadequate if the computer case contains over-warmed air the front side bus is overclocked.
It hasnt frozen for a day. I will let you know when it next freezes.
I am also going to order 2 120mm fans.
My case has 1x 120mm fan on side and 1x 80mm fan on side over cpu
It also has 1x 80mm fan on the front and another 80mm on the back.
The back of the case is also well ventilated and the front is very well ventilated.
I also have a harddrive cooler.
1 X 80 as an intake in the front
1 X120 on the side?
That is a really strange configuration. Usually, the most import fan is the rear exhaust. Evacuating hot air is the most important part of the air flow cycle.
What will you do with the two new 120mm fans? You can pump plenty of fresh air on the motherboard and CPU fan, but if it can't be exhausted from the case fast enough, it won't make much difference.
I've already got a few ideas of what's causing it, but do me that little favor to confirm it.
Erm last time i got a BSOD is said somthing like wgt11.sys which i know is related to my wireless adapter.
My system froze yesterday. First lost connection to the internet, then i tried to shut it down but it froze on the shutdown screen.
When i say somthing like i dont mean that is the actual name, im just going by memory.
i found the name of the thing in the BSOD
Its called WG11TND5.sys
that comes up in IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
Hope this helps.
As for my fan layout, should i move my 120mm to the back and have 2 80mm on the side and 1 80mm on the front.
I did power reset and then it wouldnt boot, it just got stuck on loading windows with the blue bar and wouldnt go any further.
I tried another reset but only had the same problem.
i then unplugged my wireless adapter to let it cool down, 10 mins later i plugged it back in and my system booted fine.
I don't really understand IRQ's but could this be because my wireless adapter uses a IRQ, once it overheats, it cant switch IRQ's for other things to use it so then my system wont boot. Is that right?
I will try to source a PCI wireless card because my parents will not have cat5 running along the house.
When he has time my dad will run one up through the wall.
If the device is overheating, you need to do something about that, like make a heat exchanger, or open the plastic case(Which voids your warranty, but I had to do on my SMC wireless adapter when I go to a LAN.)
Recently, well today infact, i have it running next to a fan, it doesnt get too hot anymore but i lost my connection to the internet, then my pc froze again (mouse doesnt move).
im pretty sure my wireless didnt overheat. this generally happens when im surfing on the net. i was playing gmod for around an hour, i went on the internet to look at somthing and it lost connection after about a minute.
Ill open it up but if it isnt it overheating what could it be?
At first, it seemed fine, hasn't had this problem with disconnecting so far, but..
I was playing on css and after about an hour, it suddenly crashed, music looping, and it had strange lines and funny pixels. i could still move my mouse though, i watched this for about 20 seconds, then the music advanced to 2 seconds after where it was looping and continued to loop again. After another 10 seconds, my mouse froze and i reset the computer.
No information is in event view, it says the event log service was stopped.
Im pretty sure my graphics card didnt overheat. Ive played crysis and run artifact scans for hours and its fine. never goes above 60c.
like that, like some large purple pixels made of about 20 real pixels on my moniter
the purple ones where rectangular going down
Congratulations on the dead video card. Looks like the die fused. It's losing track of what goes where about half-way down.
you serious? I can still play css and crysis on it fine. that is the first time its happened. I will let you know if it happens again though.