The 'What's wrong with Naphs PC' Game!

[Naph]

I know some of you like playing it once a week.
This time it's moderately serious, more than annoying now that occurrence had picked up only yesterday. With a new hdd installed, at the start of the past month, I did a clean install of windows and a few weeks past everything has turned out fine. But on occasion, yet increasingly frequent now, the computer would lock up, dead. The sound would stutter when the image is frozen and the only option of escaping would be to smash the reset button in hope my Raid group hadn't kicked me already. I consulted my brother over this one and he said that it was a RAM issue and the only option is to buy RAM to replace the ones I have now (Dual DDR2 Cheapo). However, I thought about 'overheating' being that I've never had that problem, it's only fair for it to sneak through now.

Anything to say in regards?

 

[Sir Phoenixx]

Have you tried booting into safe mode?

 

[Barney Fife]

RAM, Overheat, and Driver issues are the usual suspects.

Try ruling out all of the above.

Good Luck.

 

[Naph]

I'm going to try drivers first, a lot of decals in games flicker and this is the first time I've seen it since 8800 Forceware 1.69.
OH AND: When ever it does freeze, it locks up during the Windows XP loading screen (the one before the log on screen) and you have to reset again at the second freeze for it to load up windows.

 

[Barney Fife]

OH AND: When ever it does freeze, it locks up during the Windows XP loading screen (the one before the log on screen) and you have to reset again at the second freeze for it to load up windows.

If Windows freezes around logging area; its either Bad-OC, a Bad PSU, Video/Sound driver, and, or the RAM.

Log into safe-mode (F8), and if it freezes check CPU and RAM.

Good Luck.

 

[Naph]

CPU was just replaced.


It's the RAM. Thanks Fife, you may have saved a future epidemic.

 

[Raziaar]

I would think RAM issues would reliably generate BSOD.

 

[Barney Fife]

CPU was just replaced.


It's the RAM. Thanks Fife, you may have saved a future epidemic.

You welcome mate.
If they're value RAM just replace them with decent ones, and off you go. Otherwise, see if warranty is still alive and RMA them.

Good Luck.