Computer Freezing Issues

Hey Hey,

I'm not one to come here for help, especially hardware help... but I'm stumped... The only thing I can think of is bad hardware, so I'm hoping you all can help out.

My GF bought a new computer from Best Buy... It's a refurbished compaq (I know, I know.. but the price was right).

Specs:
AMD XP 2400+
128MB Ram
40GB WD HDD
4X CD-RW
Yada yada Yada

We also purchased 256MB of RAM and an e-GeForce FX 5200 128MB so that she could play The Sims reasonably well. It came with XP Home pre-installed.

We came home and I installed the new ram and video card (fairly standard stuff.. I prolly do it 100 times a year). I booted it up and started having problems with it crashing.... the times would vary.. Sometimes it'd be as soon as it booted into Windows.. another time it lasted 24 hours.. My GF opened The Sims one time and it crashed at start-up.. another time she played for hours with no problem.

I first assumed that XP Home didn't like the RAM upgrade, so I grabbed one of my legal copies of XP and installed, booted the machine and installed all the updates.. It seemed to be running fine until we went to install the Sims and it crashed again... Now I figure it's the RAM... I've seen picky Compaqs before.. so I tried changing up the RAM configuration.. 256 then 128... 128 then 256.. So I throw in Hirens BootCD and run PC Memory Test 2000... It runs fine for abotu 50 passes and then crashes with a fatal exception.... So I pull out the 128 and run the test the next night with only the 256. It ran 250+ tests without a problem. So I bought the machine and XP blue screens.. I figure it didn't like the RAM change and go to boot it again, same thing. So I grab my XP CD to reinstall.. but I missed pressing any key to boot from the CD and oddly enough the computer booted. I popped int he password and as XP was booting the computer died. I pulled it apart and popped out the 256 and through in the 128MB original... Now it's got it's original configuration + the Video card... I boot it up and it's good long enough to download and install winamp and listen to a couple mp3s.. then it crashes again... I'm going to try pulling out the video card and running it out of the box, but I'm completely stumped.. I'm not sure what the problem is..

Anyone have any Ideas or solutions to offer? I plan on bringin it back to best buy in the next few days if I can't solve it.... but I'd prefer to not have to bring it back... They might not replace the parts.. might just offer cash back.. and I couldn't go buy the processor and motherboard for what she paid for the entire PC...

Thanks in Advance and as always,
Peace,
HT

Almost sounds like a heat problem, with the exception of the failures at bootup.
Does the new video card have adequet cooling and good airflow?
You might want to try it a couple of times with the video card out of the system, just to eliminate the possibility of a bad video card.

[Edit] Just thought of some thing else that could do it......irq (?) conflicts. Now I have got to go research my idea and see if it will hold water. (I'll let you know)

Quote:

Originally posted here by moxnix
Almost sounds like a heat problem, with the exception of the failures at bootup.
Does the new video card have adequet cooling and good airflow?
You might want to try it a couple of times with the video card out of the system, just to eliminate the possibility of a bad video card.

Hey Hey,

I originally thought a heat problem also, however it doesn't seem to break 57C... Then again, I dunno what standard is... that's pretty much the same as my PC runs..

The Video Card is definately the next step.. I'm also going to have to research the motherboard and see if I can find a way to disable the onboard video (it's not in the BIOS)

Peace,
HT

Ok, you posted at the same time I was editing my original post......see edit.

OK, HT, here is a thread that goes into some IRQ conflicts with sound and video cards that might be usefull. http://www.duxcw.com/dcforum/DCForumID3/93.html

Hey Hey,

I believe the source of the problem to be video related. I installed an e-GeForce FX 5200, yet never disabled the onboard video... However I can't find anywhere to disable it. There's no BIOS option... and there's no apparent jumper to do the job.. anyone have experience with Compaq Presario's (Model: S4020WM.. Motherboard Chipset: VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266)

Peace,
HT

Hey Hey,

It's going back, I've given up on it.

I removed the nVidia card and it booted fine, got further with no error, rebooted to start installing Windows and it came up... loaded the install screen and rebooted itself. I pulled out the RAM I installed, the system was now back at it's original state... Now it won't boot period... I'm wondering if the 128MB of RAM is bad.. it worked with the 256 first, but not withou the 256... I've given up for now.. I may try it with just the 256MB chip but I doubt it.... If anyone has any ideas, I'm still open to them, but in 6 hours the PC is being returned.

Peace,
HT

Which Compaq model is it? Have you checked their website for RAM requirements (an oldie requirement was often that certain slots had to have RAM -- pairing concept).

Hey Hey,

It's the S4020WM.... their site says anything PC2100 is ok.. I bought PC2100/PC2700 compatible ram... but even with it out it won't boot anymore.. I think it had a bad proc or something and it just keeps going down hill.. if I get bored later I may tear it apart completely and rebuild the entire thing... but most likely i'll return it and demand something better.

Peace,
HT

I'd return it. Some things aren't worth the time. The risk with refurbished is this kind of stuff, the undetectable problems. Although, I'm surprised that BestBuy sells refurbished. I always thought that was a cheesy computer store product.

Hey Hey,

It's the first time I've seen a refurb. in there, and I'm in there as much as I can to check out deals... I was actually quite surprised to see it.... especially at the price ( $350 CDN)... I'm glad we turned down the $125 extra they wanted for the one year warranty.... we just took the 90 day that it came with. :) Hopefully I'll get her a kickass new system.... Let ya know in a few hours.

Peace,
HT

Quote:

I originally thought a heat problem also, however it doesn't seem to break 57C... Then again, I dunno what standard is... that's pretty much the same as my PC runs..

That is far too hot old chap...............shouldn't be more than about 42c maximum............over 50 and they destabilise in my experience.

But if you are replacing it, then that's OK

Get a flat exhaust fan for the new one , they will probably be around $8 (CAN), and fit into one of the PCI slots (I know you are not old enough to have ISA :D )

Good luck

Quote:

Originally posted here by nihil
That is far too hot old chap...............shouldn't be more than about 42c maximum............over 50 and they destabilise in my experience.

Then you'd really hate my PC.. it runs over 60 most of the time :) haha and it's jammed in the corner with no airflow

Quote:

Get a flat exhaust fan for the new one , they will probably be around $8 (CAN), and fit into one of the PCI slots (I know you are not old enough to have ISA :D )

Are you kidding? I miss the wonderful world of ISA... life was so much simpler then... Although I'm the same guy who thinks the fastest PC should be a 486.. anything beyond that is just fluff... I've got 5 towers here that all take ISA, and 2 boxes of ISA cards... everything you could think of :) hehe..

Peace,
HT

[Edit]

Just checked with Everest Home Edition . Remember this is my PC not the troubled one.

This is the output of the sensor report.... Most of it is useless to you, but I'm including it all to show how indepth the program is:

Code:

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003, 2004 Lavalys, Inc. ]----------------------------------------------------------- Version EVEREST v1.10.106 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/ Report Type Quick Report Computer DESKTOP Generator Tyler Reguly Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Date 2004-08-08 Time 07:35 --------[ Sensor ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sensor Properties: Sensor Type ITE IT8712F Sensor Access ISA 290h Temperatures: Motherboard 35 °C (95 °F) Aux 57 °C (135 °F) WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 31 °C (88 °F) Voltage Values: CPU Core 1.68 V +3.3 V 3.22 V +5 V 4.81 V +12 V 12.22 V +5 V Standby 4.97 V Debug Info 69 00 C9 B3 BF 00 00 B9 FF 39 23 FF (F7) --------[ Debug - PCI ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B00 D00 F00: VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400 Chipset - System Controller Offset 00: 06 11 89 31 06 00 30 A2 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 08 00 00 F8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 10 7F 80 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 00 19 88 80 82 44 01 00 11 19 88 80 82 44 00 00 Offset 50: C0 00 00 00 E0 05 30 30 EE EE 10 10 20 30 30 30 Offset 60: AA AA 0F A0 E6 99 C0 1E 7C 2D 54 D0 41 7C 00 00 Offset 70: 90 C8 00 01 01 09 50 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 02 C0 35 00 0B 0A 00 1F 02 0B 00 1F 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 80 01 00 00 30 0F 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 27 08 00 88 Offset B0: 7F 00 18 00 46 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 84 Offset C0: 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 17 A3 69 EA 06 1C F1 01 00 FF 00 00 21 23 74 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 FF 01 00 CC 99 EE 99 00 99 20 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 B00 D01 F00: VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400 Chipset - AGP Controller Offset 00: 06 11 68 B1 07 00 30 22 00 00 04 06 00 00 01 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 F0 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 ED 70 EE F0 EF F0 F7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 Offset 40: 81 C0 88 44 24 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 01 00 02 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D0A F00: SMC EZ Card 1211TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Offset 00: 13 11 11 12 05 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 80 00 00 Offset 10: 01 D8 00 00 00 00 80 EC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 11 11 12 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 01 20 40 Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 01 00 C2 FF 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D0B F00: Creative EMU10K1 SB Live! 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Ah................now I understand :)

"HT" means high temperature?

OK, I think that your MoBo and 80Gig Western Digital HDD are at reasonable temps, but that processor sure is running hot?...........57c :eek:

I would seriously consider replacing the heatsink and fan, and using SILVER thermal compound, it is 20x more efficient than the white gunk.........yes 2000%

And get yourself the flat exhaust fan, I build them in as standard these days, they will shift 40-50 cubic feet a minute. It is good to get that stale air out, particularly if your box is in a confined space.

At the moment I have 24.6c on my desktop, but my wife's lillies are at 18.9c in the garden.........yes I now have a radio controlled indoors and outdoors thermometer with maximum and minimum recording capability................my cousin is a physics professor........and almost as "sad" as I am!

Serious though, I would try to get that processor temperature down.

Johnno

Hey Hey,

Actually I'm using Arctic Silver 5 and I've replaced the heatsink and fan with a Thermaltake Silent Boost. I also have two exhaust fans at the back of the case.

I never made it to best buy today (feel asleep afte rmy last post)... so I'll have to wait til tomorrow.

Peace,
HT