Brand New Computer Continuously Freezing... :(

[hckyplyr000]

I am not sure if this fits in this category or not, but I just built a new computer with:

Asus M2A-VM mobo (has Integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics card)
AMD Athlon X2 6000+ - (with arctic silver 5 thermal paste)
2 GB DDR2 PC800Mhz RAM
500W PSU
400 GB SATA HD

Its in an antec 900 case, so there are 4 fans to keep it cool. My issue is that I just installed vista, and after a little while, the computer always freezes. Sometimes the monitor will say 'no input signal,' sometimes some pixels will seem to be shifted slightly, and once the screen turned a small shade of light yellow before freezing. Nothing seems to turn off in the case, everything sounds to be continuously running.

Someone said to change the thermaltake heatsink (which i initially had in there) with the standard AMD one. The cpu temperature reduced by a LOT after that, but the problem stayed the same....now a red bar comes across the top of the screen when it freezes.

Any ideas on what could be wrong? Please help me out, any info would be well appreciated!!

 

[Gareth]

Sounds to me like there is a video card problem, if possible, try a standalone card and see if that fixes it.

 

[PabloTeK]

I think there are some problems with the X1250's drivers, have you updated them at all?

 

[hckyplyr000]

well my old graphics card doesn't fit into this new mobo, so i can't access a different graphics card

the computer doesnt stay on long enough to update the drivers - safe mode works well and it doesn't freeze, but it won't let me install/update drivers.

Do you think i should try exchanging the mobo? or is there a way to install/update the drivers using safe mode and perhaps a flash drive...?

 

[StrangleHold]

You did plug in the 4 pin CPU power connector?

 

[hckyplyr000]

haha yes, definitely....when they first made those and i was unfamiliar with them, i fried a cpu

 

[Crimsonite]

Uninstall your display drivers completely, clean it with DriverCleaner or DriverSweeper, reboot. Download a fresh copy of 7.11 driver from AMD/ATI to your desktop. Once download finishes, right-click the driver installation file and choose "Run as Administrator" to install it. You should also disable Vista Aero Desktop because you do not run a high-end video card with large video memory.

 

[DSM1999]

have you tried installing Vista again?