Minor issue after upgrade!

**jimmymac** · 08-01-2007, 08:10 PM

Ok so having a few teething problems with a recently completed upgrade....

Basically just installed AMD X2 6000+, Asus Crosshair Mobo, 2GB DDR2 800, ATI radeon X1950xt.

Fun and games were had with installing XP home afterwards but that seems to have been solved. Formatted the hard drive prior to that so it was from a clean slate...

Now i'm having a little issue of the system hanging every 5-10 mins. Everything stops responding for about 10 seconds and then its all fine and off again.

Temps are fine, previously checked and showed the CPU at around 32 degrees celsius....

Any ideas what might be causing it as its a little annoying!

nffc10 · 08-01-2007, 08:47 PM

Are you using a Belkin N1 wireless Adapter? My brother's computer hangs for a few secs every 5-10 minutes (X2 4600+) when he's using that. But i still haven't been able to figure out why.

As soon as i unplug it, his computer runs fine.

ThatGuy16 · 08-01-2007, 08:52 PM

Did you check to make sure bios set all the clocks/voltages correctly default?

**jimmymac** · 08-01-2007, 09:09 PM

I cant see any reason why the clock and voltages should be out, i would expect the bios to set them correctly seeing as its the first cpu to be entered into it. I will check it however.

No belking wireless, i use a netgear draft N internal PCI wireless card

An update to this, i am completely without stability in windows at all! After continued hanging i decided to disconnect all IDE HDD and leave just the solo SATA drive in there, reformat it and put XP onto that...

Now it wont allow me to run anything off the start menu! Its very odd in that i can load up things like the catalyst control centre quite happily by right clicking on the desktop, play around with that for a while. But the second i try to run internet explorer or sometimes even click on the start menu everything stops responding.

The mouse still moves around the screen but nothing is clickable anymore and i cant bring up task manager.

**jimmymac** · 08-01-2007, 09:11 PM

On another note, the system is absolutely fine through installing windows, installing the ATI drivers and installing the netgear drivers. No system hangs at all, only once everything is ready to go does it start causing issues!

**jimmymac** · 08-01-2007, 10:31 PM

so here we are again, gone back to using the IDE drives now as they at least allow me to fire up IE.

Everything seems to be running fine but i'm still getting these hangs every now and then, its more an annoyance than anything but i can see it being a right pain in the arse should i try out any games...

Could it be a power issue? I was fairly confident that my PSU would just about be enough to cope, 480W Antec Truepower 2

kof2000 · 08-01-2007, 10:37 PM

update to the latest bios and see what happens the latest bios have support for am2 processors.

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

**jimmymac** · 08-01-2007, 10:49 PM

pretty much bang up to date on the bios

**jimmymac** · 08-02-2007, 11:08 AM

This ones still having issues so any further input would be appreciated, is this kind of error possible if one of the memory modules is defective?

Also seems that my DVD player wants to play up now. Its an NEC optiarc SATA, reads things absoutely fine but wont allow me to write to it at all, nero and a variety of others all fail at writing...

Really ready to throw this out the windown now!

**Cromewell** · 08-02-2007, 11:22 AM

I would expect BSODs if you had bad RAM. But it's worth a scan just to rule it out.

Does the little LCD screen on it say anything?

edit: are you using a single 2x2 ATX12V or the double 2x4 one?

08-01-2007, 08:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,693	Minor issue after upgrade! Ok so having a few teething problems with a recently completed upgrade.... Basically just installed AMD X2 6000+, Asus Crosshair Mobo, 2GB DDR2 800, ATI radeon X1950xt. Fun and games were had with installing XP home afterwards but that seems to have been solved. Formatted the hard drive prior to that so it was from a clean slate... Now i'm having a little issue of the system hanging every 5-10 mins. Everything stops responding for about 10 seconds and then its all fine and off again. Temps are fine, previously checked and showed the CPU at around 32 degrees celsius.... Any ideas what might be causing it as its a little annoying! __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-01-2007, 08:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
nffc10 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nottingham Age: 17 Posts: 1,659	Are you using a Belkin N1 wireless Adapter? My brother's computer hangs for a few secs every 5-10 minutes (X2 4600+) when he's using that. But i still haven't been able to figure out why. As soon as i unplug it, his computer runs fine. __________________ Amd Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.31GHz Asrock AM2NF3 VSTA 2gb Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Sapphire X800XL 256MB AGP 80GB Maxtor Hard Drive OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Pictures - 1 2 3 http://www.treasuretrooper.com/438654

08-01-2007, 08:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,148	Did you check to make sure bios set all the clocks/voltages correctly default? __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

08-01-2007, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,693	I cant see any reason why the clock and voltages should be out, i would expect the bios to set them correctly seeing as its the first cpu to be entered into it. I will check it however. No belking wireless, i use a netgear draft N internal PCI wireless card An update to this, i am completely without stability in windows at all! After continued hanging i decided to disconnect all IDE HDD and leave just the solo SATA drive in there, reformat it and put XP onto that... Now it wont allow me to run anything off the start menu! Its very odd in that i can load up things like the catalyst control centre quite happily by right clicking on the desktop, play around with that for a while. But the second i try to run internet explorer or sometimes even click on the start menu everything stops responding. The mouse still moves around the screen but nothing is clickable anymore and i cant bring up task manager. __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-01-2007, 09:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,693	On another note, the system is absolutely fine through installing windows, installing the ATI drivers and installing the netgear drivers. No system hangs at all, only once everything is ready to go does it start causing issues! __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-01-2007, 10:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,693	so here we are again, gone back to using the IDE drives now as they at least allow me to fire up IE. Everything seems to be running fine but i'm still getting these hangs every now and then, its more an annoyance than anything but i can see it being a right pain in the arse should i try out any games... Could it be a power issue? I was fairly confident that my PSU would just about be enough to cope, 480W Antec Truepower 2 __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-01-2007, 10:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 26 Posts: 6,273	update to the latest bios and see what happens the latest bios have support for am2 processors. http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

08-01-2007, 10:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,693	pretty much bang up to date on the bios __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-02-2007, 11:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,693	This ones still having issues so any further input would be appreciated, is this kind of error possible if one of the memory modules is defective? Also seems that my DVD player wants to play up now. Its an NEC optiarc SATA, reads things absoutely fine but wont allow me to write to it at all, nero and a variety of others all fail at writing... Really ready to throw this out the windown now! __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-02-2007, 11:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 10,115	I would expect BSODs if you had bad RAM. But it's worth a scan just to rule it out. Does the little LCD screen on it say anything? edit: are you using a single 2x2 ATX12V or the double 2x4 one? __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here. I must plug a couple comics because they are good :D: www.ctrlaltdel-online.com www.userfriendly.org Last edited by Cromewell; 08-02-2007 at 11:25 AM.

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