Just rebuilt my HTPC with an AMD 240e processor on a Asus M4A785TD-M EVO mobo, 2gb of DDR3 ram and an ATI 5670.
Having big problems with it though, firstly getting it to install, which I eventually tracked down to my Logitech nano mouse receiver, which when plugged in frequently caused the installation proggie to freeze at various points. Once I had that sorted I had everything up and running but the system seems v unstable coming of S3 sleep mode.
The problem manifests itself in a complete system freeze, usually 15-30mins after coming out of sleep. Initially everything seems fine and I can play music, watch videos, record TV etc, but then the whole system just locks up. No response from mouse or keyboard, can't access it over the network etc. Doing a hard reset often results in Win7 freezing at the "welcome screen" with another hard reset required.
Usually 1 or 2 resets will get it to boot sucessfully and then everything is back to normal until the next time the system goes into/out of sleep mode and the above starts happening again.
Any ideas how I can pin this down? Nothing in the event logs, virus scan shows nothing, and I'd be amazed if it was a heat problem given the decent airflow in the case and the low power processor.
Any ideas much appreciated. Guess I could run some sort of coretemp monitor to rule that out, is there something similar for gfx cards? But as I said I think it's connected with sleep mode and I don't really want to leave this box on 24/7.
Having big problems with it though, firstly getting it to install, which I eventually tracked down to my Logitech nano mouse receiver, which when plugged in frequently caused the installation proggie to freeze at various points. Once I had that sorted I had everything up and running but the system seems v unstable coming of S3 sleep mode.
The problem manifests itself in a complete system freeze, usually 15-30mins after coming out of sleep. Initially everything seems fine and I can play music, watch videos, record TV etc, but then the whole system just locks up. No response from mouse or keyboard, can't access it over the network etc. Doing a hard reset often results in Win7 freezing at the "welcome screen" with another hard reset required.
Usually 1 or 2 resets will get it to boot sucessfully and then everything is back to normal until the next time the system goes into/out of sleep mode and the above starts happening again.
Any ideas how I can pin this down? Nothing in the event logs, virus scan shows nothing, and I'd be amazed if it was a heat problem given the decent airflow in the case and the low power processor.
Any ideas much appreciated. Guess I could run some sort of coretemp monitor to rule that out, is there something similar for gfx cards? But as I said I think it's connected with sleep mode and I don't really want to leave this box on 24/7.
