Random Freezing

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by the don miester, Jan 27, 2007.

  1. the don miester

    the don miester Private E-2

    HI All

    Please help ?

    MY PC is suffering from random freezes - the only way out is hit the reset button !

    The problems all started when I installed a PCI wireless network adapter. First I used a Netgear Wg311T but after installing it I got Blue Screen of Death along with regular freezes upon investigating this on the Netgear forums I found that many other people had this problem with this card but no one knew how to fix it !!!

    So I decided to get a different brand and I bought a TP Link 108 Mpbs one.
    I ran Windows update and following a driver update for some reason the card is now showing as a Atheros AR5005GS

    However after all this I am suffering the same problems although they are much reduced !

    The blue screens have stopped but the random freezes havnt, they seem to occur after a period of inactivity !

    Is there any way I can find out what is causing this ?

    SPECS

    MOBO = GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal
    Mem = 2gb (4x512) DDR2 6400 Crucial Ballisitx
    CPU = Pentium D 945 3.4 GHZ
    GPU = XFX Nvidia 7950 GX2
    O/S = Windows XP SP2


    Thanks all in advance
     
  2. Sailor

    Sailor First Sergeant

    What is your PSU? You have a hungry CPU and GPU, maybe it couldn't handle the additional router.
     
  3. the don miester

    the don miester Private E-2

    Thanks for the response - I have a 750W OCZ GameXtreme PSU !
     

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