Athlon system freezes very often

[sethij]

Dear friends:
I have a Athlon 900 Mhz processor and Asus A7V motherboard running Windows 2000 Professional. The motherboard provides AGP 4X. I have been experiencing freezing ever since I assembled this system. The system would freeze often in Graphic intensive applications. I have already updated the BIOS and applied the registry patch that AMD has provided for a similar problem. None of this has worked for me. Please let me know if you are aware of any other reasons this might happen.
Thanks.

 

[jm0ris0n]

What Videocard are you running? Also make sure you have the lates VIA 4in1 motherboard drivers. http://www.viatech.com. I'm sure you have sp2 installed, but I have to ask

 

[RudeBoie]

I would suggest taking eveything apart and reconnecting everything firmly. Any loose item can cause problems. Also, make sure your motherboard is stable (as in supported by pegs evenly)

 

[Fireman]

Another check would be the ram. A few extra bux is worth it for some decent stuff. You don't need to go all out, just some good solid non generic stuff.

 

[IQJUMPuw]

Ok. Here is what I do and it never freezes.

Clean install Windows again.

Things you need to download/install:

4in1 driver from www.viahardware.com
detonator driver from www.nvidia.com (if you have geforce)
soundcard drivers from www.soundblaster.com (if you have SoundBlaster). If you have an onboard soundcard, install the soundcard driver from the CD.
windows update files (including IE6, critical error patches, and DirectX 8.1)

The last thing you should do is make sure your CPU temperature isn't too high. You need a good cooling device to get T-Birds to run stable. These sound very easy, but if you do it right you shouldn't have any problems. Athlon's are actually a very stable CPU.

I have Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz under Alpha Pal8045 and it Never freezes. Very stable. (41C idle and 45C under load)

Hope that helps.

 

[MisterNi]

Try disabling side banding in the bios and/or setting agp to 2x. If that doesn't work I'd look at your cpu temps as they might be too high.

 

[johndoe52]

I'd say watch your cpu temps. How long have you been using the system? How long does it take for you computer to freeze up? In any case though I'd say make sure all your connections are firmly in place, your hsf is on properly, back up the files you want to save, format and do a clean install of windows.