Hey guys,
I built this system about 2 months ago and it's been freezing up intermittently ever since I built it. there were some initial problems with the video card that I think I cleared up ( no more bsod's)...now it just freezes. the freezes occur pretty randomly...sometimes if i'm playing music...the sound will freeze and result in noise. most of the time, the mouse and keyboard freeze and i can't enter any input...so i just have to restart. upon restart, the freezing is more likely to happen sooner, so I actually need to shut off the power supply and then it is less likely to freeze for a while.
I don't think it's overheating. Coretemp reads a consistent 41 degC
I just ran windows memory diagnostic and it was all clear on the first pass. I'm running the more thorough diagnostic now...so far so good.
I've read that it could be something else with the video card or maybe the sound drivers? (it still tends to freeze up if I enter ATI's catalyst control center). I certainly hope it's not the harddrives...but i'm not sure how to check since I don't know how to run chkdsk effectively on raid 0 configured hd's.
So...any ideas???
here are my system specs:
mobo: gigabyte ep45 ud3p
cpu: core 2 duo e8400 (using prepackaged fan w/ arctic 5)
ram: 2x2gb ocz platinum
gpu: asus eah3450 - dual monitor setup (dvi + vga)
hdd: 2x500gb seagate oed raid 0
psu: 600 W ocz
anything i'm forgetting?
thanks for your help in advance!!!
I built this system about 2 months ago and it's been freezing up intermittently ever since I built it. there were some initial problems with the video card that I think I cleared up ( no more bsod's)...now it just freezes. the freezes occur pretty randomly...sometimes if i'm playing music...the sound will freeze and result in noise. most of the time, the mouse and keyboard freeze and i can't enter any input...so i just have to restart. upon restart, the freezing is more likely to happen sooner, so I actually need to shut off the power supply and then it is less likely to freeze for a while.
I don't think it's overheating. Coretemp reads a consistent 41 degC
I just ran windows memory diagnostic and it was all clear on the first pass. I'm running the more thorough diagnostic now...so far so good.
I've read that it could be something else with the video card or maybe the sound drivers? (it still tends to freeze up if I enter ATI's catalyst control center). I certainly hope it's not the harddrives...but i'm not sure how to check since I don't know how to run chkdsk effectively on raid 0 configured hd's.
So...any ideas???
here are my system specs:
mobo: gigabyte ep45 ud3p
cpu: core 2 duo e8400 (using prepackaged fan w/ arctic 5)
ram: 2x2gb ocz platinum
gpu: asus eah3450 - dual monitor setup (dvi + vga)
hdd: 2x500gb seagate oed raid 0
psu: 600 W ocz
anything i'm forgetting?
thanks for your help in advance!!!