AMD System freezes too much!!

[armourlength]

I have a AMD Athlon 2600+ on a Asus A7V8XSE with one 120mm fan xtra running. I keep my cabinet open when using the comp but every now & then the comp freezes doing just about anything.
Mostly it FREEZES when either playing Q3 or my playlists in WinAMP
I have Windows XP SP2 installed. It really annoying and disturbing as & when I have restart and run scandisk. It at times hangs during restart also.
Pl help.

 

[irradiated_chicken]

dunno.......dont be so quick to blame da processor......

i gotta 2400+ and it runs better dan my cousins 2.4 intel

its a sempron though

or mebe u havent put da heatsink on correctly.....

try takin it out an puttin some thermal paste on it

 

[saROMan]

bud u ddnt mentioned how much ram u use ??? may b the problem is in RAM install Memtest and see if ram is good or not..

 

[shwetanshu]

May be ur power supply is at fault, get ur SMPS checked

 

[khattam_]

Is your RAM ok??
Check your RAM.....................
Most probably a RAM problem.............

 

[expertno.1]

1)aslo defrag the harddisk
2)delete the junk files
3)use some good speed booster tools
4)disable the windows eye candy
5)check your ram
6)check your electricity connections and SMPS
7)use SPEEDFAN to monitor system temp and see if the temp is only responsible for freezing
8) last option------- CONTACT YOUR VENDOR and check the some hardware if its faulty or not .

 

[sidewinder]

are yar ur camp can hang for anything faulty.... check every component one by one.It can be a virus...bad or corrupt driver.anything...

 

[Deleted member 5901]

ur system is OVERHEATING !!!!!



CHEERS !!!!

 

[Choto Cheeta]

humm... tell us whether the jumpers of the mobo is sate to run the 2600XP.....

how to cheak?? just see the propertis of the My computer & if u see its showing AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ then its should be alright...

now i had a similar prob with my system... which is same as urss...

it happend with me only when any major electrical goods like AC, Washingmachin, Freez ect starts up... i just had to reconfig my UPS (APC) to keep up with high electrical noise..... cheak whether its the same with ur system or not....

 

[Huzefa]

I have an AMD 64 bit Athlon XP system. I have a massive Nvidia graphics card, with an audigy Sound card and a TV-Video processing card with two HDDs. My system heats up like a furnace ! There is a big problem with heat in these powerful systems, but a very easy option is to open your side cabinet cover and just put a portable fan and keep it on full speed . No matter how hot it is during summer u will not have any heating problem . OR else u could just switch on your AC when u use your PC . But then of course this will be expensive.

If your PC does overheat often and this does not solve your problem , I'm afraid it could already have suffered heat damage .

Huzefa.

 

[chinmay]

now which model is called "massive nvidia card"..lolz...u r not expected to b so vague on a tech forum...lolz..no hard feelings...btw it is a good suggestion...even i used to put portable fan besides my open cabinet to cool my amd athlon xp 2500+...btw...if a guy has ac in da room he any way wont require anything else bcuz general temps in ac room is bearable for a processor even if ac is switched off at the time of using...