Random Freezing

[Genesis15]

My computer keeps randomly freezing when I leave it on for an hour or so... it also freezes doing some other things.. I just reformatted and it was fine previously what could be wrong?

 

[montag451]

I would suspect RAM or PSU without any more information.

What psu are you using?
If it is a no-brand, or a cheap one, then that would be my suspect.

Otherwise, run MEMTEST overnite [from boot floppy/cd]

 

[Genesis15]

I dont have a floppy and no it's not a cheap PSU. It's an ATX-350.

 

[stevty2889]

memtest can also run from CD..do you have a cd burner? So you are saying it did not do this prior to you reformating it? Did you make sure all of the proper drivers are installed? Video card drivers, chipset drivers, etc..??

 

[Genesis15]

My burner just broke, I have all drivers installed and no it did before that's why I reformatted it just started all of a sudden.

 

[stevty2889]

Well it's most likely from heat, a weak PSU, or a memory problem..perhaps you know somebody with a cd-burner that can burn a copy of memtest for you? You should also run a program such as motherboard monitor, to watch your temps and voltages..