Need help, new components freezing.

i_marek · 27 Dec 2007 at 12:59

Hi, can anyone help? I've just rebuilt my comp a week ago, and these are my new components-
Asus M2N32 WS Pro nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
Asus GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)l
After I put this all together I expected great performance, but have experienced everything else, but what I expected. I can not play any of my games, because after cca 1 hour of playing the game will freeze, and I need to reset the system. Well, I've tried to reinstall the Windows, but the results were the same. I thought it was the power supply (I have an Antec case, and the p.s. is stock 380W), but yesterday my comp froze after an hour of playing a movie, which should be no problem (and was, untill yesterday) for it. Well, that was it for me, can not think of anything else what should be the problem, so the question is : Should I throw it out the window (what I almost did yesterday), or is it something else (as it usualy is, some stupid thing, like some cable not plugged correctly, or BIOS settings...)? Anyone have an idea?? I'm pretty desperate. Thanx a lot.

thefishdude · 27 Dec 2007 at 14:59

well as it is happening after a period of continuos usage it could be a heat issue, what cooler did you use ? you put thermal paste on

dont laugh i have friend who forgot lol.

can you check your cpu temps at all or yoru gfx temps ?

Tetras · 27 Dec 2007 at 15:31

Check all the fans are spinning (check the temps with CoreTemp/Everest and so on), test the memory with memtest and make sure you have set the memory voltage to the rated voltage for what you have (many boards will undervolt performance memory like yours).

That PSU should be enough.

It is a complete freeze that requires a reset yeah? You don't mean it is just freezing in the application and you can CTRL + ALT + DEL? Have you tried multiple graphics card drivers?

i_marek · 27 Dec 2007 at 18:06

Yep, it's the complete reset (gotta press the reset button). The fans (and I have three case fans) are spinning, and I have the CPU cooler that came with the processor (the thermal paste was on the fan already), but I don't think the temperature is the problem. Coretemp is showing that the temperature ic cca 4 degrees Celsius, so don't know. Everest says, that motherboard temperature is 27dgrs, CPU 32dgrs, Core1 5dgrs, Core2 1dgr, all in Celsius,and CPU fan runs at cca 2970 rpm.

chrispystix · 27 Dec 2007 at 18:48

Try running Prime 95 to stress the CPU. have you overclocked?
I am about to build my new machine and hope this is not catching.

i_marek · 29 Dec 2007 at 17:44

Well, after having tried just about everything, the only thing, that still stays in my mind is that the problem is my power supply. All components are brand new, I'm no overclocker, only the power supply is the old stock Antec one (380W). But... Before I buy the new one I just want to be sure that this will solve the problem. Any ideas?