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« on: June 01, 2003, 07:57:55 PM »
How often does your computer lock up? Recently, ever since I got my new dual it's been locking up nearly everyday when doing next to NOTHING. I've had times where I'll move the mouse and it freezes. I know the temperature is not too high, as it was only about 100F in the case at the time of the lockup, and I've had times when I used the machine when the case is 120 without any problems.

I'm about ready to reformat this POS, I'm starting to get worried about the drives crapping out with that kind of abuse. You need to be rather gentle with RAID 0.
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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2003, 07:59:11 PM »
Mine rarely locks up since I got rid of spyware...you've not got any, have you?  If so, I suggest looking into some sort of removal program.
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2003, 08:01:42 PM »
Mine hardly ever locks up.  It needs a reboot about once a month.  But then again, I'm running a Mac.  :P
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2003, 08:04:20 PM »
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Mine hardly ever locks up.  It needs a reboot about once a month.  But then again, I'm running a Mac.  :P


I wish I could get back to doing that stuff again. My dual PIII setup is still the most stable that I have on the network. I can go months without that thing needing to be restarted. Then again, it's only a backup Domain Controller and backup server.  :roll:
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2003, 07:21:44 AM »
reformat the whole thing then ghost it. And can't get worst.
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2003, 08:45:32 AM »
Mine randomly turns off....4 or 5 times a night.  But only when I'm online.

So if I'm ever in a chat room with you...sorry, I'll probably leave suddenly with no warning.
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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2003, 10:18:25 AM »
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Mine randomly turns off....4 or 5 times a night.  But only when I'm online.

So if I'm ever in a chat room with you...sorry, I'll probably leave suddenly with no warning.
That's goofy... typically only 95/98/ME have the "random reboot and shutdown" option checked by default.  You running one of those?
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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2003, 10:56:18 AM »
Windows 2000.
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2003, 11:21:41 AM »
that is teh wierd. Do you have anything in the task scheduler? Do you have virus protection other than a huge condom?
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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2003, 12:14:59 PM »
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Windows 2000.
That's what I thought you had said at one point.

That makes me think hardware.  Loose power cable on the back of the tower, perhaps?  I've seen that before.  Heck, my desktop machine at home is like that.  If I move the tower around even a little while it's running, sometimes it'll dump, just like it had been unplugged or something.

Failing that, I'd start thinking motherboard or power supply.  Neither of which is worth messing with if you're not really a hardware geek and the machine is more than 2 years old.

But check your power cord first.  Make sure it's plugged into the back of the tower good and tight.
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2003, 05:13:32 PM »
This problem is still pissing me off. I've spent the last four days trying to figure out why. I thought it would be a good idea to format it, and then reinstall Windows to hammer any bugs out. Boy, was that a bad idea. It got to the point where it would format the drives fine (NTFS), and then when it came to moving the files to the drives them selves, it would just freeze. I'm trying to install Windows 2000 Professional on a RAID 0 setup, the hard drives are fine, I've tested them, and they are both new. The IDE controller card is good, because I've tried installing with only one hard drive plugged into the IDE connector on the motherboard itself. I've switched out RAM, nothing. Power supply? Switched that out. Heat? Can't be, the case was open with a 24 inch fan pointing in at times on the highest setting. I've tried differt CD ROMs and disks as well, and the same problem hapens.

When ever I move a decent amount of data, such as updates from Windows Update, the system will freeze, and I will not be able to recover it.

I'm begenning to think it's the motherboard because I've pretty much tried everything else. Anyone else have any ideas to try out? :roll:
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« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2003, 07:30:09 PM »
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This problem is still pissing me off. I've spent the last four days trying to figure out why. I thought it would be a good idea to format it, and then reinstall Windows to hammer any bugs out. Boy, was that a bad idea. It got to the point where it would format the drives fine (NTFS), and then when it came to moving the files to the drives them selves, it would just freeze. I'm trying to install Windows 2000 Professional on a RAID 0 setup, the hard drives are fine, I've tested them, and they are both new. The IDE controller card is good, because I've tried installing with only one hard drive plugged into the IDE connector on the motherboard itself. I've switched out RAM, nothing. Power supply? Switched that out. Heat? Can't be, the case was open with a 24 inch fan pointing in at times on the highest setting. I've tried differt CD ROMs and disks as well, and the same problem hapens.

When ever I move a decent amount of data, such as updates from Windows Update, the system will freeze, and I will not be able to recover it.

I'm begenning to think it's the motherboard because I've pretty much tried everything else. Anyone else have any ideas to try out? :roll:


Sounds fairly serious, and if this continues, who know how far it'll lead?

I myself have numerous problems with my computer, from the error messages I recieve, to my lack of being able to defrag it.

That just sucks, Chris. I can't help ya, even though I'd love to.
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« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2003, 09:08:49 PM »
The answer to this problem: Thermal Compound.

Apparently the heat sinks had some form of "goo" on them already, but wasn't good enough, or had worn down. So I figured what the heck and decided to add some more thermal compound onto the heat sinks. Turned it back on, downloaded the backup of this site, which is roughly 250 megs and it was fine. I maxed out the processors the second time around with RC-5, went to download the backup file, and nothing happened. Thanks to a little thermal compound, my problem was solved.

Turned out not to be anything serious at all. At least it froze before really doing some damage to itself. :roll:
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