Computer randomly freezing when online

AmnPanzer · 09-30-2005, 08:27 AM

Alright ya'll...my problem is that (and it seems to only be when online...although I'm not sure you can call Sprint DSL on a military base "online" with a clocked speed of up to a whopping 70 KBPS) my computer randomly freezes. I'm not sure exactly what's up, sometimes it'll freeze two minutes after a reboot from the last freeze, sometimes it doesn't freeze for 12 hours. I haven't experienced the problem while not online (I just shut off the POS modem for a couple days to see if that's the problem...no freezing) Anyways, I'm hoping someone here has had this problem before that way it can be done away with soon.

Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (2.45 GHz) (new Mobo & CPU on the way)
Memory: 2 GB (2x 1024 PC3200)
HDD: (1) 200 GB Seagate SATA II (1) 350 GB Internal Western Digital IDE & (1) 400 GB Western Digital that is now an external
Optical Drives: 16x DVD-Rom; 16x DVD+/-RW
Video Card: Geforce 5600+ FX (only cuz I don't have the new MOBO & CPU combo for my ATI Radeon X850XT)
Sound: Hi-def 7.1 Surround w/ Creative Gigaworks S750 speaker system

Any help is much appreciated

run4it · 09-30-2005, 08:53 AM

Maybe something inside your computer is overheating. have you tried cleaning out the dust recently? also, if you do any overclocking on your proc. maybe its too unstable.

AmnPanzer · 09-30-2005, 08:58 AM

Nope, nothing's overclocked, but I am takin everything apart to clean it completely out this weekend. There's no overheating, but it is really dirty in there as of now

run4it · 09-30-2005, 09:09 AM

well, after you clean it, post back if its still givin ya problems.

**Praetor** · 09-30-2005, 12:55 PM

What motherboard do you have?

Quote:

nope, nothing's overclocked

not that 50mhz is a big deal or anything, but the Athlon64 3400 runs at 2.40ghz

i would suggest you look at two things:
1. that the ±3.3, ±5 and ±12 volt rails are stable (i.e., not fluctuating too much or too far off spec)
2. that your temperatures are <60c.
using something like Motherboard Monitor 5 or SpeedFan you can monitor both of thse.

AmnPanzer · 10-01-2005, 07:35 AM

Well, I cleaned it out...so far, no real problems...yet...but ive cleaned it out before and it started this again...we'll see

**Praetor** · 10-01-2005, 10:10 PM

So are the rails stable?

09-30-2005, 08:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
AmnPanzer New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 9	Computer randomly freezing when online Alright ya'll...my problem is that (and it seems to only be when online...although I'm not sure you can call Sprint DSL on a military base "online" with a clocked speed of up to a whopping 70 KBPS) my computer randomly freezes. I'm not sure exactly what's up, sometimes it'll freeze two minutes after a reboot from the last freeze, sometimes it doesn't freeze for 12 hours. I haven't experienced the problem while not online (I just shut off the POS modem for a couple days to see if that's the problem...no freezing) Anyways, I'm hoping someone here has had this problem before that way it can be done away with soon. Specs: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (2.45 GHz) (new Mobo & CPU on the way) Memory: 2 GB (2x 1024 PC3200) HDD: (1) 200 GB Seagate SATA II (1) 350 GB Internal Western Digital IDE & (1) 400 GB Western Digital that is now an external Optical Drives: 16x DVD-Rom; 16x DVD+/-RW Video Card: Geforce 5600+ FX (only cuz I don't have the new MOBO & CPU combo for my ATI Radeon X850XT) Sound: Hi-def 7.1 Surround w/ Creative Gigaworks S750 speaker system Any help is much appreciated

09-30-2005, 08:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
run4it Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 235	Maybe something inside your computer is overheating. have you tried cleaning out the dust recently? also, if you do any overclocking on your proc. maybe its too unstable. __________________ Intel Quad-Core Q6600 G0 2.4 GHz Kentsfield XFX nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256 MB PCI-E G.Skill 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz 320 GB Seagate Sata, 2 x 80 GB WD Pata Hard Drives Xp Pro x32

09-30-2005, 09:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
run4it Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 235	well, after you clean it, post back if its still givin ya problems. __________________ Intel Quad-Core Q6600 G0 2.4 GHz Kentsfield XFX nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256 MB PCI-E G.Skill 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz 320 GB Seagate Sata, 2 x 80 GB WD Pata Hard Drives Xp Pro x32

10-01-2005, 10:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	So are the rails stable? __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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09-30-2005, 08:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
AmnPanzer New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 9	Nope, nothing's overclocked, but I am takin everything apart to clean it completely out this weekend. There's no overheating, but it is really dirty in there as of now

10-01-2005, 07:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
AmnPanzer New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 9	Well, I cleaned it out...so far, no real problems...yet...but ive cleaned it out before and it started this again...we'll see