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by custompc

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I am helping a friend upgrade his PC. I insalled a new MB, HD, RAM, DVD and DVD _RW, and Processor. He is running XP Pro. Everything seems to run fine and after a while the system just stops responding. I have downloaded every update and service pack from Microsoft and have run Norton Utilities. Same problem. He has a new ASUS P4PE-X board with 3.06 GHz P4 and 512 Mb RAM. The DVD is a Sony and the DVD -RW is TDK. the HD is a Western Digital. Also, He has a new case fan and a second expansion slot fan. I am about at my last straw, can anyone help?

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by salehd

Hi
This symptoms usually mean: That the CPU is getting hot. Double check the CPU fan and cooler, you may also try a more powerful fan and cooler.

by ameliapumo

Also try removing everything and running PC with bare minimum (i.e hard drive, floppy, no extra cards)

If problem solved by doing this try adding more memory and re-seating all extra cards

I have had similar problem and found that when I upgraded cards/devices the simple fact of moving parts around caused problems and when doing above and then trying again solved it.

by wingtech

Hi,

Did you replace the power supply ?
If the above answers don't work, this may be worth looking at.
As this is an upgrade there will probably be a greater demand on the supply compared with the original setup and you may find one or more of the rails has been pulled down to a marginal level.
As it heats up the rails may drop below a viable level.

HTH

by donmars

Things to check.
Power Supply big enough? you need to be running at least 300 watts.
Overheating inside the case? The bios probably has a feature to check CPU and Chassis temperature, also fan speed. so long as your MB has the necessary sensors. Check those and also dress all cables carefully to allow for good airflow.
CPU overclocked? This maybe unintentional. check CPU Ratio in Bios CPU ratio maybe locked if not then use the formula- cpu speed in GHz divided by FSB value and set ratio in BIOS advanced features.
You may also want to consult the Dr. Watson logs for problems.

by jimdale

Software. Spyware or tracking software may be the culprit. You didn't say what programs were running, if any, at the time of no response. It's happened to me. Hope this helps!

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