computer issues

[amezri]

UGH. Right. So, two days of no freezing and suddenly the computer freezes three times today, twice within the span of 3 hours.

Is my only option here a) a rebuild or b) a reformat? I mean, I guess I'll have to do it if that's what's to be done. If it's a software issue, I guess I can deal, but if it's hardware failure, I'm not exactly sure what I can do about that without buying all new parts.

I guess I'll be shutting down the machine tonight. Tomorrow, I might just go through and double check connections inside and see if maybe something is loose? *shrug* Maybe I did something trying to take the old graphics card out. I don't know. I'm just pretty positive if I leave this on tonight it's just going to freeze again.

Tomorrow: Definitely doing mass burns of stuff to back-up data.

Edit: Removed a few registry entries referring to ATI using CCleaner. I don't think that will make a difference, but hey, let's give it a try. *rollseyes*

Comments

[xpashax.livejournal.com]

If you tested your RAM and it passed, at those point I would be suspecting your power supply. I'm thinking it's either bad or overloaded. Try removing stuff from your computer you don't need and see if that makes the problem go away. My wife had this problem when we upgraded her video card to something more powerful, her PSU didn't have enough juice to keep it all going.

I think my current PSU is bad, my computer freezes on occation, and sometimes when I restart it beeps rapidly for several seconds. I probably need to RMA it soon if I want to get the warranty, just don't want to be without my computer for that long if I have to return the bad PSU. ;-)

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Well, there are 4 cooling fans in the case. Perhaps I could unplug one or two (I don't think it should affect cooling that much... core is at 10C when idle so it should be fine) and see how that goes.

On the plus side, it didn't freeze overnight.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Also, my current power supply is 500W. Do you suggest I look for something higher?