comuter keeps crashing

Bailey_sufc · 23 Feb 2007 at 17:06

this is a most for a mate
his computer keeps crashing and frezzing and giving BSOD he updated his computer from (this computer is running windows ME)

AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
256MB RAM
MSI MS-StarForce GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X 64 mb

then he updated the ram to 768mb he added 2x 256 sticks

and the gfx card to MSI MS-StarForce GeForce4 MX 440/MX 440SE 128 mb

the up dates were of the bay

any no how to fix this

weve tried geting drivers for the gfx but none work

any help would be apreciated

troy

steve258 · 23 Feb 2007 at 17:34

Try running just 1 RAM stick and see if it still crashes.

Bailey_sufc · 23 Feb 2007 at 17:45

steve258 said:
Try running just 1 RAM stick and see if it still crashes.

#
im not there with him
so
ill try that text time im there
and do it with all 3 would it be easier to run mem test

any other sudgestions

Saxon · 23 Feb 2007 at 19:23

A couple of things to check for:

Is his system overheating? When my old CPU started to overheat using ME i used to get a lot of hangs and reboots. I fitted a new cooler and it was mostly fine afterwards.

How long since he reinstalled ME? I never did like ME and found I needed to reinstall it at least once a month, otherwise it became too unstable.

Download http://www.ubuntu.com/ - burn to a CD and run it from the CD. It contains Memtest on the CD and also runs Linux straight off the disc with no need to install. If Memtest is error free and Ubuntu loads and is stable I'd put it down to ME. If it's not stable under Ubuntu, you know it's likely a hardware problem.

Bailey_sufc · 23 Feb 2007 at 20:29

Saxon said:
A couple of things to check for:

Is his system overheating? When my old CPU started to overheat using ME i used to get a lot of hangs and reboots. I fitted a new cooler and it was mostly fine afterwards.

How long since he reinstalled ME? I never did like ME and found I needed to reinstall it at least once a month, otherwise it became too unstable.

Download http://www.ubuntu.com/ - burn to a CD and run it from the CD. It contains Memtest on the CD and also runs Linux straight off the disc with no need to install. If Memtest is error free and Ubuntu loads and is stable I'd put it down to ME. If it's not stable under Ubuntu, you know it's likely a hardware problem.

i have a that disk
ill try it
how long does mem test take
?
and any other sudgestions

steve258 · 23 Feb 2007 at 23:13

Memtest goes on forever until you manually stop it. Obviously the longer you run the better the stability of your RAM.

Mark228 · 24 Feb 2007 at 13:42

What PSU has he got? I had problems with a PC upgrade because I didn't know to upgrade the PSU as well. I was running a 1.6ghz with 512ram and 128mbgfx etc on an old 250watt PSU lol

Bailey_sufc · 24 Feb 2007 at 15:41

whats the time everyone leaves memtest on for?

Bailey_sufc · 24 Feb 2007 at 18:43

Bailey_sufc · 25 Feb 2007 at 16:19

anyone

alphaomega16 · 25 Feb 2007 at 21:15

Just leave it going overnight.