Computer troubles

[math20]

First firefox froze so I restarted, then my pc would not even boot into bios so I restarted a few times. Then it almost got into windows but froze, so I restarted. Now it works ok.

What happened? Is that normal or could there be a serious problem?

 

[Jiggz]

Originally posted by: math20
First firefox froze so I restarted, then my pc would not even boot into bios so I restarted a few times. Then it almost got into windows but froze, so I restarted. Now it works ok.

What happened? Is that normal or could there be a serious problem?

It's really hard to evaluate when you do not provide a background, if you are oc'ing, if you already have the ram voltage up or not and if the problem happened only one time or frequently each time you shut down. But the symptoms you provided points either to low power to the rams or the entire PSU is underpower.

 

[math20]

I was oc'ing but it was stable for a few days, all the voltages are at stock. Also, I have 18a on the 12v rails so I don't think the psu is the problem.

 

[Captante]

How did you determine that your overclock was stable?

 

[math20]

Just by running the computer for a few days? If I didn't run orthos or prime95 to check for stability, could that be the cause of this problem?

 

[thegorx]

your computer shouldn't freeze

Since it didn't boot into the bios, I'd say you've got a hardware problem
It could be the motherboard bios got messed up and needs to be reset, it could be the powersupply or a hard drive or even the keyboard can cause all sorts problems.
Other hardware like memory I'd think would more likely restart the system or give a stop error, over heating might shutdown the system rather than freezing. But you might want to check if there is a shutdown temp or if the fans ok, if the temps ok, if the heatsink is conducting the heat, if there is a smell coming from the CPU or the power supply

How does it freeze ?
Is there anything on the monitor still or a corrupt display ?
What's you hard drive light doing ?
What other odd things does the system do ?

those are just a few questions off the top of my head.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: math20
Just by running the computer for a few days? If I didn't run orthos or prime95 to check for stability, could that be the cause of this problem?

That's where you went wrong. Run Orthos Blend for at least 8 hours, with Intel TAT open at the same time to keep an eye on temperatures. Run Memtest too. Maybe you should try dialling down your overclock a little and then using it; at least check your CPU temperatures first (google Intel TAT).