My System Freezes

lubu · Mar 16, 2010

My system would freeze after booting. It totally stops responding. It however works fine when I boot into safe mode.

Below are my system specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core CPU 4000+ 2.10GHz
2GB DDR2 RAM
750GB SATA+250GB IDE HDD+ 320GB IDE HDD
GeFORCE 8400GS 512MB
Windows 7 Ultimate N

After it freezes, I hold down the power button to boot it again. I was thinking it could be because of heating issues. So I checked the temperatures on the system in the BIOS PC Health section.

Here are the readings:

CPU temp: 47C
System temp: 42C

The CPU fan seems to be working as well (@2869RPM). I am absolutely clueless as to what could be causing the problem. I had also formatted and reinstalled the OS thinking it could be some virus/malaware problem.

Please help....

Burrell · Mar 16, 2010

is this a new build?

Has it ever worked?

Have you changed anything recently?

Try booting in safe mode, f8 at boot.

plodr · Mar 16, 2010

burrell, please read! The op mentioned

It however works fine when I boot into safe mode.
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So it seems pointless to tell him "Try booting in safe mode, f8 at boot.".

Notes for me: did not know what Ultimate N was
Windows 7 Ultimate N edition does not have Internet Browser or Windows media player.

What do you use for security and what is your video and sound card? Sometimes any of these programs and drivers can create problems.

Can you ever get to task manager in normal mode? I'd like to see what might be using all the CPU.

Burrell · Mar 17, 2010

Sorry plodr, thats just my standard response tot this kind if problem,

If you have already tried safe mode, and it works, then it is most likely a driver problem, check your motherboard manufacturers website for the latest drivers, download, install and see if the problem persists.

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