Re: lockup problem

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Thank you for the advice. What do you mean by burn- in software? I've done a
mem test as is and no problems detected. You think I should test one stick at
a time? Could faulty case wiring do this?



"Malke" wrote:

> thepcdoctor wrote:
>
> > I have a persistent problem with the screen freezing necessitating a
> > reboot.
> > It can happen randomly when I'm doing anything, but most obvious when
> > I try and start games/ applications. These just hang. I have run out
> > of ideas what it could be. I have reformatted hard drive 3 times to
> > try and fix this, but problem occurs with only OS, motherboard Nvidia
> > nforce 4 drivers and graphics
> > drivers installed. I've updated all drivers, graphics, motherboard as
> > well as Bios. I've replaced the power supply and hard drive is also
> > new. CPU is not overheating. Could it be a flacky electical connection
> > in the case, or faulty optical mouse?
> > Does anyone have any ideas/ suggestions to help? This is driving me
> > crazy!
> >
> > AMD 64 3200 Venice
> > K8N Neo4 F MoBo
> > Gecube ATi X800XL 256 video
> > 2 X Corsair 512 RAM
> > 450 watt power supply
> > Win XP SP2
> >
> > Last time it happened event viewer showed:
> >
> > Event Type: Error
> > Event Source: Service Control Manager
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 7026
> > Date: 5/09/2005
> > Time: 9:44:06 PM
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: MSI
> > Description:
> > The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
> > atitray
> >
> > It doesn't always give same message though. Doesn anyone know what
> > this means and how can I fix it?
>
> Strip the machine down to the motherboard, video card, and one stick of
> RAM. Run RAM tests - I like Memtest86+ from www.memtest.org. If the RAM
> fails, replace it. Run some burn-in software (non-Windows). If the
> machine stays up with no errors, start adding in pci components,
> drives, etc. one item at a time, testing after each change. You can
> also swap out the video card for a cheapo one to test.
>
> Doing hardware testing requires having components on hand and a lot of
> patience. If you don't, then take the machine to a professional
> computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA). There
> is no shame in doing this. Hardware faults can be really hard to track
> down.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
.

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