Hello guys,
Recently (2 weeks ago) I built a computer for my wife, and we are having 1 small issue that keeps cropping up. The system was running fine it seemed at first, but here recently (she just started using it heavy the past couple days), at random intervals the computer will freeze, the screen will turn to a random color, and then go black. After about 5 seconds it will pop back, and a message will come across in Windows that says something to the effect of the ATI Radeon Family has stopped responding and recovered. This happens roughly every 30 minutes or so. While I was looking at it I noticed specificaly it would happen when I would go into the Overclock / Fan speed adjustment in Catalyst, and my wife says it seems to happen to her when she is using Microsoft office 2007 and trying to print. But it will also happen at random times during use as well
I have the latest version of catalyst, and the latest drivers.
Here are my system specs
LG DVD writer
Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM Hard Drive
2 x 2Gb Mushkin Enhanced Blackline DDR2 1066 Ram
Intel E8500 Core 2 Duo CPU
XFX Radeon HD5770 (Juniper XT) 1 Gb GPU
Gigabyte ATX Mobo
Generic 500W PSU (came with the case)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
From some of the things I have read, and seeing the 450W min requirement from the GPU itself, I am wondering if the problem might be the PSU. I was just wondering if anyone has any information that may help me diagnose this issue.
Thanks in advance
Recently (2 weeks ago) I built a computer for my wife, and we are having 1 small issue that keeps cropping up. The system was running fine it seemed at first, but here recently (she just started using it heavy the past couple days), at random intervals the computer will freeze, the screen will turn to a random color, and then go black. After about 5 seconds it will pop back, and a message will come across in Windows that says something to the effect of the ATI Radeon Family has stopped responding and recovered. This happens roughly every 30 minutes or so. While I was looking at it I noticed specificaly it would happen when I would go into the Overclock / Fan speed adjustment in Catalyst, and my wife says it seems to happen to her when she is using Microsoft office 2007 and trying to print. But it will also happen at random times during use as well
I have the latest version of catalyst, and the latest drivers.
Here are my system specs
LG DVD writer
Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM Hard Drive
2 x 2Gb Mushkin Enhanced Blackline DDR2 1066 Ram
Intel E8500 Core 2 Duo CPU
XFX Radeon HD5770 (Juniper XT) 1 Gb GPU
Gigabyte ATX Mobo
Generic 500W PSU (came with the case)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
From some of the things I have read, and seeing the 450W min requirement from the GPU itself, I am wondering if the problem might be the PSU. I was just wondering if anyone has any information that may help me diagnose this issue.
Thanks in advance