pc randomly freezing , forcing restart

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by andeh, Dec 28, 2004.

  1. andeh

    andeh Private E-2

    had my system about 6 months running fine and over the last month or so ive had a problem where when i leave my computer on over night , it will crash usually around 12-3am , whether its encoding , downloading , or simply on irc? ive tried memtest , mbm5 , checked almost everything and still cant find no reason why it is crashing , it cant be overheating as i can run doom3 on full spec for hours , yet it will crash when doing absolutely nothing.

    system spec :
    amd athlon 64bit 2800+
    nvidia gforce440
    576mb ddr 133fsb
    msi k8t neo mobo
    windows xp corperate ed.

    any help would be greatly apreciated

    andy
     
  2. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    Defrag, and check for Viruses and Spyware. Also consider shutting down IRC if you aren't using it.
     
  3. Moonanimal

    Moonanimal Private E-2

    You're not by any chance using Kazaa are you?
     
  4. andeh

    andeh Private E-2

    i tried not running irc , ive defragged , scan disked , virus , spyware thelot ... thinking of a format... dont use kazaa either
     
  5. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    How much free space is left on your hard drive? And for that matter, how big is your HD?
     
  6. andeh

    andeh Private E-2

    18gb lol , got 8gb space left , all stuff is on dvd-rw disks.... i hardly use hd , apart from music , games videos etc. are on disks
     
  7. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    Then I think a backup, and reformat is inorder.
     
  8. G.T.

    G.T. R.I.P February 4, 2007. You will be missed.

    Do you have anything scheduled to run or update automatically that might be working/choking during idle times?
     
  9. andeh

    andeh Private E-2

    only diskkeeper , ill disable it tonight and see if that works?
     

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