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Hi,
I have a problem, for the past 2 weeks my pc locks up like once a day, Like yesterday I was on Desktop and I opened a folder and then my pc just locked up and could not do anything, also my onboard speak started making a beeping sound going beep, beep, beep, beep ……….The day before I was playing GRID and was in a race and then again my pc crashed bit then I had no beep sound from my onboard speaker but the sound from GRID was like in a loop just making 1 sound like Shhhhhhhhhhhhh…
Iv been checking the temps of the CPU etc… and everything is fine so I don’t know if its bad memory or my motherboard is going crazy.
Asus P5W DH Delux
1GB 800 OCZ X2
Gainward 8800GTX 756mb
Core 2 Duo E6600
Any help?
Tried memtest?
System restore?
Lets hope its something easy... i'm not bringing your pc to work on the bus lol
Lets hope its something easy... i'm not bringing your pc to work on the bus lol
lol whats up with your car?
Ill do a memory test but im not doign a system restore.
Just giving it a rest and cos of the cost of petrol lol
oh right yea, So what bus to you catch then 26?
Ah Limited stop bus.
Right looks like im off to do a mem test which will probley take a good few hours :-(
I've got one running at the mo 4 gig of ddr3, and a system restore :) quiet day so far.
PeterStoba
03-07-08, 15:24
I wanna know where the 12mb from your GTX has gone
ok then 768mb.
Doesnt really matter.
Ok done a memory test and no probs with the memory so that leaves the motherboard. What iv done is iv just put 2 OCZ 1GB 900 in and took the 800freq memory out, if it will happens then i know it has to be the motherboard or CPU.
Iv also just added 2 12cm Fans to see if i can make my pc cooler.
what was the last thing you did before it started happening? you installed anything or updated any drivers?
Look at the colour of my name :D:D:D lol
lol yea i want ORANGE !
Read private forum in 2mins after i made this post.
I dont remember the last thing as it started 2 weeks ago lol.
Iv not updated drivers no.
Hmmm, why dont u try updating your drivers?
because i have the latest ones lol
you mean Event Viewer, nope all fine in there
You knew wot i meants :P
Erm, dust?
actually there was hardly any dust in my pc which i thought there would be loads of.
lol i dont think its my hard drives, there brand new
You never know... just clutching at straws here
wonderlust
03-07-08, 17:49
when you changed the ram did you adjust the ram timings and voltage?
when you changed the ram did you adjust the ram timings and voltage?
Erm.... no as i dont have to. Do i?
I dunno, I didnt do it :P we probably did, might be worth a look though
he isnt asking you as you never changed my ram, i did lol
I know i just realised so I deleted my post :P
might be worth a look
lol, i dont see why i need to change the Voltage for the memory though as i have never done this in the past so why now?
just give it a go :P power supply failing?
just give it a go :P power supply failing?
knowing me im going to scew everything up, you think if i got some water and splashed it over the motherboard it would cool it down?
:lol:
wonderlust
03-07-08, 17:55
lol, i dont see why i need to change the Voltage for the memory though as i have never done this in the past so why now?
maybe the auto settings are undervolting the ram?
It would but it would also invalidate your warranty :P
maybe the auto settings are undervolting the ram?
nope i checked the bios right after i stuck them in and all the settings are fine in BIOS
It would but it would also invalidate your warranty :P
thats why i want watercooling Jon ;) :p ;) ;) :p :twisted: ;) :p ;) :lol:
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doing my best... right i'm off home now
Ill meet you there and do my Evil face impression !
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I have a feeling there is somthing wrong with either my motherboard or CPU as i could tell like 30mins ago it was going to do it as i had music on this time and it kept freezing for like 1sec and carried on playing again, this happened twice but it didnt lockup this time.
Im a little confussed on how i can work this out weather its the CPU or the Motherboard, all temps are fine so i have no idea :(
What should i do?
Try running some stress testing stuff on your chip
sounds like a memory fault count how many beeps you get then take it from there
as a quick fix try removing memory and clean it i use wd-40 from a pen and wipe with smooth brown paper just to clean up the connections then re-install and try again ok ??
hope this helps
I seriously dont recomend Wd-40, i remember someone literally frying a pc by spraying wd-40 all over, fans and components, it ruined everything. wd-40 and memory doesnt mix.
You can get some electronic cleaning solvent, mite be worth a look.
I usually use streak-free screen wipes.
erm.... so what should i do?
take off any overclock and see if it happens again.
take off any overclock and see if it happens again.
i have nothing overclocked
when you changed the ram did you adjust the ram timings and voltage?
Erm.... no as i dont have to. Do i?
Yeah, you really should. It's something we're always going on about, like PSU's :)
I remember my pc used to lock up or just crash..maybe even reboot..thought it was the ram so bought another 2 gig of it and same thing happened, thought it might have been the nb so added a fan coller to that still same problem..tried different bios's which didn't solve it and lastly replaced the psu and that fixed it..
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