Computer Crashing

[lyonsbrad]

Hi,

I have a Freeline ls2100 computer. It is 2years old this april, and it hasn’t caused me many problems since then.

However, I have always had a slight problem with cooling, because the case is very small, and only one fan is supplied, and there isn’t enough room in the case to fit another one.

Recently I installed an extra 1gb of ram, so now I have 4x 512mb of DDR PC3200 RAM installed.
Since ive installed it, my computer has been very unstable, and freezing regularly when the computer is under strain, like when playing full screen games for example.

Also, my computer has been cutting out, without warning, with the computer simply looking power, or so it seems. This made me suspicious of the PSU, but no strange noises have been coming from my computer, and I do not know how I can test my PSU / RAM.

I do have insurance on my computer, but I would first like to diagnose the possible problem, so that I do not have to arrange for an engineer to come round, which, last time look around 1 month, and when he arrived he said my computer was not overheating, even though HD temperatures were reported at over 65c, and CPU temps of 60-65c.

My PC specs are posted below:

- Intel Pentium 4 550 (3.4ghz)
- 4 x 512mb DDR PC3200 Samsung RAM
- 300gb Maxtor Diamond Max
- ati radeon x600 pci-e

I plan to build a new computer in august / September time, although, for now, I would like to find out any possible problems with my PC, so that I can claim on my insurance, and make sure everything is working correctly if I wanted to transfer anything to my new computer, such as the sony dvdrw drive etc.

Thankyou in advance

Bradley

 

[lyonsbrad]

hi m8 ,i purchased LS2100 (media center) for another room when they first came out! they are very well built but difficult to work in due to size inside case.i upgraded the memory ,like you, matched it with some samsung ddr3200 and later some geil ultrax
in the bios did you put the memmory to 400, it allways switched to 333. set the timmings manual(3-3-3-6...i think,on side of mem chip) also give them a bit of a volt increase(0.1)
as posted above , leave side off until you have got it stable, hope this helps

Ok thanks for your replies everyone, I will try this now ^^^ Because i really want to leave taking the new / old RAM out untill last, because, as you may know g00dsh0t, its very hard getting the RAM in, seeing as the DVD drive is right over the top of the slot, and is very difficult to get the RAM in

I will post back soon when i have tried this step