Random System Freezes

[Carp1812]

I built a PC for my parents that is randomly freezing. I can't pinpoint it to a particular application or piece of hardware. The temps appear fairly normal (35 sys, 49 cpu). I have flashed the BIOS to the current version, run memtest on the RAM, and formatted and completely reinstalled Win2k. I have also run a virus scan with updated definitions and installed all the windows updates and the blaster worm patch. The hardware list is below. Any ideas? Thanks.

Gigabyte GA-7DXE board
XP1700
512 MB Micron PC 2700 (1 stick)
Asus V7100 vid card (updated detonator drivers)
40 GB Seagate HDD - model ST340810A
3COM 3C900B-TPO NIC
Pine 5.1 Sound Card (CMedia 8738 chipset)
400 W Duro brand power supply
generic CD/RW
Samsung CD-ROM
floppy drive

 

[stevennoland]

Carp 1812, you don't list the case so I can't assume much. The temps listed are ok, but it might not be accurate (unless your using an external thermal sensor). AMD is notorious for overheating. Your heatsink/fan may not be properly seated (I'm going to assume you used a good quality thermal paste). I have a good friend who had serious lock-ups with his AMD system (2200+). Heat was always his issue. Try moving more cool air in/ hot air out.

 

[Carp1812]

I have been running the system with the cover off for a few days and it's still happening. I will try reseating the heat sink, but it appears to be OK. Anybody have any problems with any of these hardware combinations before?

 

[Carp1812]

Bump for more opinions. Reseated the heatsink (with thermal paste) and it didn't fix it. Temps are still the same also, so I don't think the heatsink wasn't seated right before.

 

[DaTT]

your best bet is to try pulling out PCI devices one by one to see if any may be causing an IRQ conflict. I had a 56k modem give me problems like that a long while back.