Computer problems, what to do?

Do you have a spare hard drive to try running it from?

Long shot but you could try changing the cable connecting it to the motherboard.
 
Hi,
Right just an update. I've had my USB HDD disconnected all week and up until last night it had been ok but then I got another freeze and I've had problems tonight as well with it rebooting and then not recognising the HDD. I might try another HDD if I can find one, think I've got an IDE one somewhere (the current one is sata). I've updated the motherboard bios and chipset drivers already.

Cheers
Andy
 
Aaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! This is driving me mad now. Been having problems all night, start up , freezes, reboots then won't start cos doesn't recognise the HDD being there. Reboot, same again, reboot same again, reboot and starts then does the same... fingers crossed this time it'll last more than 10 mins!
 
Right, started this morning, froze within 5 mins. Switched it off and removed one stick of Ram, let's see what happens now...

Edit: 1 hr later and ok so far :)
 
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Well it's been on all day and still ok at the moment, been out most of the day to be honest but I left it on to see if it was ok when I got home and it seems to be fine.. I get the feeling it's teasing me though and it's only a matter of time :(
 
Been ok this morning so far :) The system seems a lot quicker as well, might just be more imagination but it seems to be a lot smoother and faster than it was before.
 
Well since taking the 2nd stick of Ram out it behaved absolutely fine. I've now swapped sticks so still just got one stick in but it's the stick I originally took out and therefore thought was faulty and causing the problem. So far it's been fine (go figure). Perhaps it's a dodgy slot, will revert back to 2 sticks in if it behaves itself for a few days and see if the problems come back...
 
Been fine with the other single stick of Ram in as well for the last couple of days. Will put both back in later and see how it goes then..... if it starts crashing again presumably that points to a motherboard problem does it?
 
Been playing up again, wouldn't start the night before last, when I eventually got it started last night it ended up rebooting itself after about half an hour and then wouldn't start saying there was a disk read error. This was with 1 stick of Ram in btw. I'm rapidly losing the will to live lol :(
 
Well since it seems you have eliminated the memory, PSU and HDD, then it looks more likely to be a problem with the motherboard.

I would just run a CHKDSK /r and possible a windows repair.

I would also follow my PSU diagnosis to the letter. You don't want to be buying a new motherboard to find it was the PSU after all.

http://www.huddysworld.co.uk/index....rking&catid=40:techie-talk-hardware&Itemid=72

edit- it might also be worth checking what voltages your RAM should be running at. Sometimes, they need just a little more juice than the SPD voltage would imply
 
Well I took the PC to a local computer shop for diagnosis, they've said it's a faulty motherboard. Couldn't tell me what was faulty about it just that it was faulty hmmmm. The motherboard is still under warranty but I've got to send it back to where I got it from for them to check it out, just concerned they'll say there's nothing wrong with it in which case I'll have to pay to send it back, a charge for them testing it and for them to send it back to me (potentially getting on for £25-£30 there!) and be back at square one! So, do I get another S775 motherboard or should I just go AM2+/AM3 cos on the face of it that looks a better option really. Am on a bit of a budget though with holidays coming up.. perhaps I should just live with this one for a while and then get a new motherboard and CPU in a few months time........

EDIT: Getting quite tempted by this:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-180-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1482

and this:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-265-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328

£146, could sell my E7400 (probably not worth much mind) to put towards it. Might even sell my motherboard with the proviso that if the buyer has the same problems I've had they can have a refund, you never know it might work perfectly in someone else's system :)

What do you think folks?
 
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Stripped my PC down yesterday and rebuilt it from scratch, still having the same startup problems but I'm not getting any crashes or freezes at the moment, to be fair the PC hasn't BSOD'd or frozen for a while now. The main problem I have is starting it up but once it's going it seems to be pretty stable. I changed the suspend state from S1 to S3 in the bios yesterday as well and now it seems to go into a proper standby state when I leave it on and seems to be starting back up ok when I go back to it. Might just live with it for now and get a new motherboard/CPU after my hols :)
 
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