PC keeps crashing/freezing Please Help***

[seamouse]

does the hard drive click? try with just one stick of ram as well at a time

[ozmastero]

Let's start with the simple, software errors first. We can move onto hardware if needed.

A few things to try:-

Boot up in safe mode, see if it still crashes after using it for a while.

If all is ok in safe mode, run msconfig and disable everything from startup., see if the crash continues.

Check event viewer straight after a crash, see if it lists anything.

Keep us posted.

thanks,
this makes sense, how do I get to event viewer after?

[ozmastero]

@ seamouse

I actualy took a 2GB out of my two 2gb sticks and it seems to be fine,

so weird.....

[pfj_official]

If you took RAM out and it's fine then you have a defective RAM module. Try running one of the free utilities to check it like Memtest then just replace the faulty module.

[Cod3waX]

or maybe it wasn't pushed in fully / fluff in the slot

reinstall the ram and see if u get the problem again

[ozmastero]

thanks guys this took me a long time haha glad its all sorted

[ozmastero]

just to update

its totaly the RAM that was making it freeze, everything back now so this is my current spec:

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz 39 ?C
Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM
2.00 GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 399MHz (6-6-6-15)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G41MT-D3 (Socket 775) 21 ?C
Graphics
Philips 170B (1280x1024@60Hz)
Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset
Hard Drives
932GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device (SATA) 31 ?C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio


installing my asus graphics card now

who would of thought a ram would break? so weird, never heard of it in my life, anyway found a 4GB ram on ebay so now will have 6gb ram


win win

thanks everyone for the input

[ozmastero]

you will never believe this I am stuck again

bought a 4GB RAM

put it in the slot which had the faulty ram module

computer freezes again

I took the working 2gb ram stick and replaced it with the 4GB ram stick

froze again

its like it will only work on one 2gb ram stick on the left hand side and nothing in the other one

anyone got any suggestions? this is a nightmare

[ozmastero]

it also seems my mouse doesnt register for a while now

[ozmastero]

seems like every time I put something in the right hand slot it freezes now

[HypaSnypa]

Buy a new motherboard.

[ozmastero]

yeah thanks alot its like less than a year old gigabyte motherboard might as well buy a new pc at that rate sureley there is something the matter

[cunny]

yeah thanks alot its like less than a year old gigabyte motherboard might as well buy a new pc at that rate sureley there is something the matter

Have you checked for bios updates?

Strange tbh i would have thought faulty ram/slot would have given BSOD not froze.

Another thing to do is run memtest from hirens

[ozmastero]

sorry mate bit of a noob but how would I check for bios updates? and whats the memtest? will try this

[XRay333]

matched pairs

In the old days RAM had to be matched pairs in order to work and I've seen on newer mBoards that different speeds and size (RAM value) don't work well together. On some off the wall brands it will even freeze and give you other intermittent problems.