Solve : System freezes?

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Answer» Hi Guys, This problem is now happening constantly. A few MINUTES after the system boots up it totally freezes. No I/O Any idea on how to solve this problem? Thank you - as always. ASUS A8-SLI premium XP pro sp3 2x nVidia 8800GT 2GB Corsair pc 3500 can you boot into safe mode?Can you download Speedfan and we'll check your temps....is your housekeeping good...ie...dust ,etc http://www.almico.com/speedfan.phpI LIVE in Buffalo so temp is not a problem, but you are right about the dust. Further info - it will not reboot when frozen, it requires a shutdown first. Also it sometimes freezes during the bootup process. I'll spray out the insides and see what happens. Sprayed it. Now the system won't boot at all. I didn't touch anything inside, just sprayed.Where you live is not so much the issue......high temperature readings would indicate overheating of the CPU..... the layers of dust on the fans, heatsink, etc. act as an insulator and the cpus' temperature will rise......most modern motherboards or processors have a builtin shutdown so damage is avoided....this may be the cause of your problems......check all your connections, make sure you didn't accidently disconnect a cable or a HEADER connection(little wires from the front panel to the MB) ........Are you getting any lights, video, fans running......?I was kidding about the city...a little humor to lighten things up a bit. I'll check it out...be sure the CPU fan is running, etc.The CPU fan runs, the lights go on, but there is no "BEEP" and no bootup process. Quote from: bullwinkle on July 01, 2009, 11:59:09 AM This problem is now happening constantly. A few minutes after the system boots up it totally freezes. Does the computer post? Do you mean that you log into Windows and then it freezes?What you have quoted was the situation before I blew air into the system. Now it gives me lights and fans but no beep. It does not post, there is no display on the monitor.Does it give you the option to go into the BIOS?No, there is no display whatsoever. There is no signal going to the monitor. And yes, I have checked the monitor cable. No sound at all.Any other ideas? Thoughts? Should I clear CMOS for example? Anything?Reseat your video cards...reseat your ram......confirm that the heatsink is seated flush on the MBDone - same result. I don't know how blowing air can do this, but I do recall that one time blowing air fixed a problem. I guess this is a very sensitive system. From what I know of PCs the BIOS is hardwired into the mb. Obviously it is not being activated. All I hear after startup is a couple of clicks and then nothing. ? is, what disconnection would not even cause the BIOS to run? To get no speaker check whatsoever?Clicks can indicate an impending HDD failure... DLoad and run the FREE diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site... Follow the info on creating a bootable CD. Windows does not need to be functioning to do this... Post back with the results. PS: Run the long test...

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Hi Guys,

This problem is now happening constantly. A few MINUTES after the system boots up it totally freezes.

No I/O

Any idea on how to solve this problem?

Thank you - as always.

ASUS A8-SLI premium
XP pro sp3
2x nVidia 8800GT
2GB Corsair pc 3500
can you boot into safe mode?Can you download Speedfan and we'll check your temps....is your housekeeping good...ie...dust ,etc

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.phpI LIVE in Buffalo so temp is not a problem, but you are right about the dust.

Further info - it will not reboot when frozen, it requires a shutdown first.

Also it sometimes freezes during the bootup process. I'll spray out the insides and see what happens.

Sprayed it. Now the system won't boot at all. I didn't touch anything inside, just sprayed.Where you live is not so much the issue......high temperature readings would indicate overheating of the CPU..... the layers of dust on the fans, heatsink, etc. act as an insulator and the cpus' temperature will rise......most modern motherboards or processors have a builtin shutdown so damage is avoided....this may be the cause of your problems......check all your connections, make sure you didn't accidently disconnect a cable or a HEADER connection(little wires from the front panel to the MB) ........Are you getting any lights, video, fans running......?I was kidding about the city...a little humor to lighten things up a bit.

I'll check it out...be sure the CPU fan is running, etc.The CPU fan runs, the lights go on, but there is no "BEEP" and no bootup process. Quote from: bullwinkle on July 01, 2009, 11:59:09 AM

This problem is now happening constantly. A few minutes after the system boots up it totally freezes.

Does the computer post?
Do you mean that you log into Windows and then it freezes?What you have quoted was the situation before I blew air into the system.

Now it gives me lights and fans but no beep. It does not post, there is no display on the monitor.Does it give you the option to go into the BIOS?No, there is no display whatsoever. There is no signal going to the monitor. And yes, I have checked the monitor cable.

No sound at all.Any other ideas? Thoughts? Should I clear CMOS for example?

Anything?Reseat your video cards...reseat your ram......confirm that the heatsink is seated flush on the MBDone - same result.

I don't know how blowing air can do this, but I do recall that one time blowing air fixed a problem. I guess this is a very sensitive system.

From what I know of PCs the BIOS is hardwired into the mb. Obviously it is not being activated. All I hear after startup is a couple of clicks and then nothing.

? is, what disconnection would not even cause the BIOS to run? To get no speaker check whatsoever?Clicks can indicate an impending HDD failure...
DLoad and run the FREE diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site...
Follow the info on creating a bootable CD.

Windows does not need to be functioning to do this...
Post back with the results.

PS: Run the long test...

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