PC Keeps freezing

McGraw · 13-09-2005, 18:39

System as per signature.

It just freezes and won't respond to anything. I have good cooling so it's not heat.

Am I looking at a driver issue?

Cheers.

13-09-2005, 18:55

run memtest first then run prime95 if cpu is at fault prime will error straight away

what causes the freeze,any new hard ware installed? more info needed

DarronK · 13-09-2005, 19:08

Freezing problems could be due to almost anything. TBH mate, it's more than likely a memory problem, as 90% of the PC's with these problems are due to a faulty memory chip, or RAM slot.

Run MemTest86 (You can download it from the Microsoft website), and test each stick.

McGraw · 13-09-2005, 20:19

Cheers.

Looks like I need to run it in DOS though as it won't work in x64.

bonzoe · 13-09-2005, 20:22

As I remember, memtest creates a bootable floppy and runs from there.

13-09-2005, 20:46

or bootable cd if a floppy is not installed

McGraw · 13-09-2005, 21:21

Everything seems ok since latest x64 cat drivers but will see what happens over next few days.

marky · 21-09-2005, 16:00

This is a bit of a hyjack,

What i want to know is how long to run memtest on each stick, with both sticks in it found 30 errors, but found non when tested on there own

nffc · 21-09-2005, 16:44

Of course, you can eliminate the driver by reformatting.
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Originally Posted by marky

This is a bit of a hyjack,

What i want to know is how long to run memtest on each stick, with both sticks in it found 30 errors, but found non when tested on there own

Nowt wrong with the sticks, apart from them not being compatible, in that case.

marky · 21-09-2005, 18:25

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Originally Posted by nffc

Of course, you can eliminate the driver by reformatting.
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Nowt wrong with the sticks, apart from them not being compatible, in that case.

Found the guilty stick, after letting it get nice and warm

now the shop say they have never heard of memtest and insist theres nothing wrong with it, they say if it works it works and it wouldnt work if faulty

nffc · 21-09-2005, 20:25

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Originally Posted by marky

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Originally Posted by nffc

Of course, you can eliminate the driver by reformatting.
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Nowt wrong with the sticks, apart from them not being compatible, in that case.

Found the guilty stick, after letting it get nice and warm

now the shop say they have never heard of memtest and insist theres nothing wrong with it, they say if it works it works and it wouldnt work if faulty

No, it would just return read/write errors like it is doing.

DarronK · 22-09-2005, 00:16

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Originally Posted by marky

Found the guilty stick, after letting it get nice and warm

now the shop say they have never heard of memtest and insist theres nothing wrong with it, they say if it works it works and it wouldnt work if faulty

Go back to the shop and tell them it is an official microsoft product. If they dont know what it is then it's their problem, and that if they dont replace it, you'll take it up with trading standards.

If it's a major chain store, and they've never heard of memtest, then get in touch with their head office. If it's a small store, just spread the news that they dont have a clue what they are doing. Someone who doesnt know what Memtest is should not be running any form of PC store.

nffc · 22-09-2005, 00:17

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Originally Posted by DarronK

Quote:

Originally Posted by marky

Found the guilty stick, after letting it get nice and warm

now the shop say they have never heard of memtest and insist theres nothing wrong with it, they say if it works it works and it wouldnt work if faulty

Go back to the shop and tell them it is an official microsoft product. If they dont know what it is then it's their problem, and that if they dont replace it, you'll take it up with trading standards.

If it's a major chain store, and they've never heard of memtest, then get in touch with their head office. If it's a small store, just spread the news that they dont have a clue what they are doing. Someone who doesnt know what Memtest is should not be running any form of PC store.

I prefer this one:
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