Computer Freezing

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I've recieved a computer from a friend which had problems.

At first it wouldn't load windows and kept Freezing. The DVD drive was making a lot of noise and then stopping suddenly. I managed to boot windows by leaving the tray draw open.

Then i replaced the DVD drive with one that i knew that works and managed to Reload windows on to it. It loads up ok, then freezes after 5 mins. I tried XP SP2 initially and it Froze. Then i loaded Vista Ultimate and it still freezes. Can anyone help?

The pc has a 2.4ghz processor
1gig of memory
80 gig Hard drive
I have tried clearing the Bios jumper.

Suggestions please?

Thank you in advance

 

hi Sparky,

Thanks for your reply

Yes it is IDE but its on a seperate cable to the hard drive.

Nanootrev

 

Hi Ken

Thanks for the reply. I have reseated everything and changed cables around as well

I havent tried burn-in test.

I will look for one now and try to use it

Thanks again, i will come back to you

Nanootrev

 

Have you tried a different hard disk?

NB

 

Notes bloke

Yes, i have swopped hard drives and it still happens

Thanks

 

Is the cpu fan/heatsink seated correctly and secure?

Also, have you checked that the cpu fan spins?

NB

 

Aye, it sounds like a temp problem, ie overheating

 

Heat is the obvious thing to think of, the pc is more than 5 years old at the moment,may never have been cleared of dust in it's lifetime,thermal paste on the processor core dried up 3 or 4 years ago too no doubt leading to increased temperature.It's just a thought,not definitive.

Try speedfan and check your overall temperatures
http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
To me there isn't any logic i can see in the "i left the drive tray open comment" the drive is still physically attached in every way,it's connected by the ide cable to the motherboard and also has power connected if the tray is open or closed,the tray being open or closed shouldn't make a single bit of difference.

 

I had exactly the same issue with a customer's PC in which it would freeze at random times whilst general Computing.

After numerous hours of interigating the damn thing, it turned out to be a wireless Keyboard and mouse USB sensor which was causing the problem.

Have you stripped down to the basics??? Tried running the maching outside of its case??? Booted it up without the DVD drive connected??? What temperature's are you getting for your CPU etc????

Last Ditch may be pointing to your motherboard.

Regards

Craig

 

First I would completely disconnect the both power and ide cables from your dvd and load up your pc. If it still freezes although it is mostly like a hardware problem anyway. Load your pc and if you can bring the task manager and click on performance tab see what the cpu usage and memory. Also bring up the performance tool in Administrative tools and check the memory, cpu and hard disk and tell us what it is the averages.
Other reason coudl be a software installed that has using a lots of the cpu causing to freezes.

 

other reason already mentioned the temperature of cpu or other possible hardware.

 

...Or it could be that it's -2 degrees Celsius and snowing like a mofo!


Ahem, sorry...

 

lol, overclock the ****** to the max

 

Take it out of the freezer

 

Sorry matey, that joke-ship has sailed.

Qs

 

I hope Si is charging you ground rent for the tent you've put up