Welcome Irish60.... I'm guessing hardware. You need to download and burn Memtest86+ to CD-Rom. Then reboot and boot from CD and run Memtest at least twice.
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited April 2009
Also, a detailed description of your hardware may be of help. Please list PSU, MB, CPU, RAM and peripherals. Also tell us when it is locking up. Follow the memtest advice above too.
Thanks, system specs:
Intel DP43TF motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8Ghz 3mb 1066FSB
Kingston 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800Mhz
Seagate 500GB SATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA3G
Sony DRU-842A DVD/CD RW
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS(came out of my Dell 9100)
Power Up Black Corp ATX case w/450w PSU
It locks up while online,(mostly)
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited April 2009
Power Up Black Corp ATX case w/450w PSU
50% odds that's the problem right there - poor quality power supply. I don't know anything about "Power Up," but I bet the PSU is a generic, tired old design brought forward from the Pentium II days, just with a new label. Irish, the PSU is the heart of the system - not the motherboard, CPU, or memory.
RAM problems can cause hangs, but it's usually a blue screen or system crash. A freeze can also be an indicator of poor power regulation. Please do run the Memtest utility as outlined above.
Also, please look at the PSU and provide the brand, model number, and UL number shown on the label. Also, write down the current ratings shown on the label or find a link to a photo of the label. Although it may be rated as 450 watts, with cheap PSUs, that rating can be next meaningless. Maybe it's a actually a good power supply, maybe not.
Ram Memtest86+ twice, passed both times. Will check out the power supply.
Suspect video card,this acutally came out of the Dell I replaced because of the same problem.
The nes system ran great for 72hrs before problem occured. System event viewer shows this error:
Service Control manager, The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load i8042prt
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
Ram Memtest86+ twice, passed both times. Will check out the power supply.
Suspect video card,this acutally came out of the Dell I replaced because of the same problem.
The nes system ran great for 72hrs before problem occured. System event viewer shows this error:
Service Control manager, The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load i8042prt
It sounds like a good course of action. If you have another vid card to test with give that a go. Let us know what you find.
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Intel DP43TF motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8Ghz 3mb 1066FSB
Kingston 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800Mhz
Seagate 500GB SATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA3G
Sony DRU-842A DVD/CD RW
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS(came out of my Dell 9100)
Power Up Black Corp ATX case w/450w PSU
It locks up while online,(mostly)
RAM problems can cause hangs, but it's usually a blue screen or system crash. A freeze can also be an indicator of poor power regulation. Please do run the Memtest utility as outlined above.
Also, please look at the PSU and provide the brand, model number, and UL number shown on the label. Also, write down the current ratings shown on the label or find a link to a photo of the label. Although it may be rated as 450 watts, with cheap PSUs, that rating can be next meaningless. Maybe it's a actually a good power supply, maybe not.
Suspect video card,this acutally came out of the Dell I replaced because of the same problem.
The nes system ran great for 72hrs before problem occured. System event viewer shows this error:
Service Control manager, The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load i8042prt
It sounds like a good course of action. If you have another vid card to test with give that a go. Let us know what you find.