HI Guy's
i have found over the past few weeks my system has been locking up in the first 10 minutes or so. All i get is a whit screen and a constant freeze out that is not resolved by ctrl alt del.
I have taken the following actions
1. took side off case and removed any dust which was minimal
2. cleaned down heatsink
3. removed plug in Graphics card as i noticed it was very hot (GF8400GS)
4. reinstalled Vista ultimate from scratch
5. left the system running with the side off
alas it is still crashing in the first few minutes or wehn i try to install anything. The system is currently clean with just the install software given it crashes as soon as i try to do anything.
It is 8 months old and in very good condition. I am at an absolute loss as to what t could be and need some serious help please.
As stated before i cannot run for more than a few minutes so am struggling to do anything with the system
Spec
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.6GHz) Socket AM2 1MB L2 Cache OEM Processor
CoolerMaster Hyper TX 2 Processor cooler (Socket 754, Socket 940, Socket 775, Socket 939, Socket AM2) - aluminium with copper base
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 GeForce 6100 Socket AM2 onboard VGA High Definition Audio 8 channel ATX Motherboard
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5 Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty
Geoforce GF 8400gs (now removed)
Gaming case with very good airflow
3 x 500gb WD HDD - all same spec
Any help would be really appreciated.
i have found over the past few weeks my system has been locking up in the first 10 minutes or so. All i get is a whit screen and a constant freeze out that is not resolved by ctrl alt del.
I have taken the following actions
1. took side off case and removed any dust which was minimal
2. cleaned down heatsink
3. removed plug in Graphics card as i noticed it was very hot (GF8400GS)
4. reinstalled Vista ultimate from scratch
5. left the system running with the side off
alas it is still crashing in the first few minutes or wehn i try to install anything. The system is currently clean with just the install software given it crashes as soon as i try to do anything.
It is 8 months old and in very good condition. I am at an absolute loss as to what t could be and need some serious help please.
As stated before i cannot run for more than a few minutes so am struggling to do anything with the system
Spec
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.6GHz) Socket AM2 1MB L2 Cache OEM Processor
CoolerMaster Hyper TX 2 Processor cooler (Socket 754, Socket 940, Socket 775, Socket 939, Socket AM2) - aluminium with copper base
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 GeForce 6100 Socket AM2 onboard VGA High Definition Audio 8 channel ATX Motherboard
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5 Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty
Geoforce GF 8400gs (now removed)
Gaming case with very good airflow
3 x 500gb WD HDD - all same spec
Any help would be really appreciated.
