computer wont stop freezing.. please help

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hey,anyone still following this thread ?
well the ***** is back.. it was going well for 2 weeks or so.. cuz 2 weeks ago i went itno safe mode and defragged both my hard drives and it ran smooth all this time.. but last night it jammed 4x.. 2x while i was playing video games...
anyways. for those of you who dont feel like reading the 1st post and tell me that i need a psu.. heres what my pc has
a new antec 400 watts psu
new 1 gig ram
new connect3d radeon 9550 (previously nvidia geforce somethign)
2 hard drives
2 disc drives


anyone think this could be a result of driver conflict between nvidia and ati ?

thanks for all your help
 
yeah..its jamming alot now... i left my house today at 3:25 and i let the computer do its downloads.... i come back.. its frozen and it froze at exactly 3:32...

its wierd.. i had 2 weeks of peace.. now its come back harsh... and it seems to have a preferance for the weekend or near the weekend.. or maybe thats my imagination........i think it might have somethign to do with the video card.. cuz i think it all started when i installed the card (but im not 100% sure tho)
 
did anyone talk bout 4x 8x voltages ?
or maybe try disable video shadowing in bios
from all this a quick guess it's a bios issue or you MB can't handle the card
how about bios upgrade
 
so i have to flash my bios ? umm that ive never done before
any ideas on how i can do that ? and ill look for video shadowing

and for swker98... i dont have any other video cards to test.. ive sold my last 1
 
no1 seems to care huh ?
well my computer hasnt frozen for 1 whole month.. till today
3x
so .... i give up
im backing up and formatting everything
if it still freezes. ill come back here.. at least ill know its a hardware prob
 
I've been having crashes and jams for about a year now. They were first caused by BIOS settings (chipvirus thingy... and BIOS upgrade... worked for about a month without anything) and now they are hardware based... there are only a few choices on this with me... Power supply, cpu, gfx card or RAM. They all do work though, then again one doesn't properly, and this case of mine is something even three pros (they work with pcs for a living) couldn't solve... Even windows technical support doesn't have any clue about this.
 
Look back at post #16. Good Advice. Save some more money and get a name brand psu...Fortron. I learned my lesson by getting a cheaper one and then had to buy a good one...Fortron
 
dood.. i DID buy a new PSU.. antec... u didnt read any of my posts did u ?

anyways.. doesnt matter.. no1 helped.. so i just gave up and formated my hd... it sometimes jams at the beginning before the winxp screen.. but thats about it.. otherwise it is fine... not a single jam
 
Have you considered buying a new PC? I mean, if you have the cash, after all this frustration, perhaps getting a new PC will ultimately solve your problem (hopefully)

If not, check your event log and see if you can find anything from there... As for hardwares, you need to isolate various factors to nail down the final problem.

1) when the comp froze, was the weather hot (like above 90F) or? If so, maybe your system is running too hot

2) I am not sure if you bought new HDD. But try to get a new one and see if that would work out.

3) M/B can be just bad? What about your RAM?

4) Do you have software that conflicts each other? Such as two different AntiVirus system in one machine?

If you think it is very likely a problem from video card, dont put ATi and NVDIA together then. Try to make your comp as simple as it is. One HDD, one video card, one disc drive, etc.

At last but not least, is your computer networked or? Any firewall? Any of your other computers that may be infected by adware/virus such as Sasser on your network that you are not aware of?

New Intel M/B: $105
New 160 GB HDD: $120
New whole advance gaming system: $900
Ease from your frustration => priceless
 
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