IC7-G Windows XP Pro freezubg up

Kenton Flaig · Oct 22, 2003

I've had many problems getting my IC7-G 3 MHz P4 Windows XP Pro system running smoothly.

I've had system freezes since I powered it up the first time. By "freeze" I mean that the cursor freezes and only rebooting fixes it.

Replacing a bad video card and uninstalling Sygates Personal Firewall Pro has greatly reduced the frequency but they still occur every day or so.

I daytrade with this computer so these freezes have the potential for costing me many hundreds of dollars.

Someone suggested that Norton Systemworks my help me find the problem so I have ordered that.

What else should I try?

Kenton

Me · Oct 22, 2003

Could look in the event log see if it reports anything.

"Kenton Flaig" wrote:

I've had many problems getting my IC7-G 3 MHz P4 Windows XP Pro system running smoothly.

I've had system freezes since I powered it up the first time. By "freeze" I mean that the cursor freezes and only rebooting fixes it.

Replacing a bad video card and uninstalling Sygates Personal Firewall Pro has greatly reduced the frequency but they still occur every day or so.

I daytrade with this computer so these freezes have the potential for costing me many hundreds of dollars.

Someone suggested that Norton Systemworks my help me find the problem so I have ordered that.

What else should I try?
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- HAL9000 · Oct 23, 2003

I would be willing to bet that both Windows and System Works will not give you a clue. If the system is locking up, then either one of these writing something to a file somewhere is pretty unlikely.

Your problem description is exactly what happens when you try to maximize your overclocking. I would try to reduce either the FSB frequency, CPU frequency, or AGP frequency slightly and see if the symptoms go away.

Perhaps more details on the circumstances around the video card going bad would be enlightening.

Forrest

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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:02:33 GMT, "Kenton Flaig"
wrote:

I've had many problems getting my IC7-G 3 MHz P4 Windows XP Pro system running smoothly.

I've had system freezes since I powered it up the first time. By "freeze" I mean that the cursor freezes and only rebooting fixes it.

Replacing a bad video card and uninstalling Sygates Personal Firewall Pro has greatly reduced the frequency but they still occur every day or so.

I daytrade with this computer so these freezes have the potential for costing me many hundreds of dollars.

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Colin Smith · Oct 23, 2003

You may wish to check your power supply, also have you cleared your bios. I can't see how Norton would help in this. If you think it's software remove a piece at a time until you find it. if hardware do the same.

"Kenton Flaig" wrote:

I've had many problems getting my IC7-G 3 MHz P4 Windows XP Pro system running smoothly.

I've had system freezes since I powered it up the first time. By "freeze" I mean that the cursor freezes and only rebooting fixes it.

Replacing a bad video card and uninstalling Sygates Personal Firewall Pro has greatly reduced the frequency but they still occur every day or so.

I daytrade with this computer so these freezes have the potential for costing me many hundreds of dollars.

Someone suggested that Norton Systemworks my help me find the problem so I have ordered that.

What else should I try?
...

Kenton Flaig · Oct 23, 2003

I checked the events log and nothing recent was in it.

I am not overclocking it when this happens.

I have a Thermaltake 480W powersupply. How would I tell that it is bad?

I had a Matrox G450 AGP card that I replaced. The frequency of this locking up thing seemed to decrease after I did that.

TomG · Oct 23, 2003

I would get a copy of Memtest and create the boot disk and then test the ram. not that your ram is bad, mind you, but this board and it's sister boards based on the 875 and 865 chipsets are very particular about the ram. many have had success by raising the ram voltage to 2.7 or 2.8 volts from the standard voltage and by playing with the memory timings manually as opposed to leaving the timings set to "By SPD". also, do not attempt to set the PAT/GAT (Performance Acceleration) to anything other than Auto until you are certain that you have the system stable in all other regards. most folks report that they cannot employ any other setting from Auto on PAT/GAT.

if memtest passes without declaring any errors, then the instability is most likely somewhere else. you could always raise the ram voltage to 2.7 and set the ram timings to the highest numbers available in the manual settings which will give the ram the most latitude and see if the system gets more stable and then, assuming it does, try tightening the ram timings little by little from there.

I carry Memtest on my ftp server at the address below under /utilities or you can find it on the web.

TomG · Oct 23, 2003

your power supply is not likely the cause of this issue, personal opinion.

John Lewis · Oct 31, 2003

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:02:33 GMT, "Kenton Flaig"
wrote:

I've had many problems getting my IC7-G 3 MHz P4 Windows XP Pro system running smoothly.

I've had system freezes since I powered it up the first time. By "freeze" I mean that the cursor freezes and only rebooting fixes it.

Replacing a bad video card and uninstalling Sygates Personal Firewall Pro has greatly reduced the frequency but they still occur every day or so.

I daytrade with this computer so these freezes have the potential for costing me many hundreds of dollars.

Daytrading can cost you >>hundreds of dollars.................... But everybody to his (her) own poison...........

John Lewis

Someone suggested that Norton Systemworks my help me find the problem so I have ordered that.

What else should I try?

Kenton