NF7-S V2.0 hang problem in windows XP

[Bp_968]

After about 2-3 hours of sitting idle, when I return to my system and attempt to load something new it will "hang" for 1-2 minutes before it loads the program (IE, explorer, outlook, etc). It will continue to do this until I reboot the system. It also becomes unstable, so even if you were patient enough for the 1-2 min hangs you often are forced to hard boot it anyway. I've run this exact set of components on my older gigabyte board and a newer gigabyte board with no problems. I've flashed the Abit to the latest BIOS, updated my drivers, and formated and reinstalled XP twice. All with no effect. I have also tried different RAM chips in the off chance it didn't like my RAM.

any suggestions other than RMA?

Ben

 

[Skid]

Try turning off the power-saving options in display
properties/screensaver/power. Turn off hard disks: Never. System standby:
Never. Uncheck enable hibernation. Check the bios to see if you have any similar options enabled there.

If none of that helps, it may be a memory leak from a screensaver or an app running in the background. Try turning them all off. If that eliminates the problem you can try them one at a time to see which one is the culprit.

"Bp_968" wrote:

After about 2-3 hours of sitting idle, when I return to my system and attempt to load something new it will "hang" for 1-2 minutes before it loads the program (IE, explorer, outlook, etc). It will continue to do this until I reboot the system. It also becomes unstable, so even if you were patient enough for the 1-2 min hangs you often are forced to hard boot it anyway. I've run this exact set of components on my older gigabyte board and a newer gigabyte board with no problems. I've flashed the Abit to the latest BIOS, updated my drivers, and formated and reinstalled XP twice. All with no effect. I have also tried different RAM chips in the off chance it didn't like my RAM.

any suggestions other than RMA?
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[dr_hardware]

"Bp_968" wrote:

After about 2-3 hours of sitting idle, when I return to my system and attempt to load something new it will "hang" for 1-2 minutes before it loads the program (IE, explorer, outlook, etc). It will continue to do this until I reboot the system. It also becomes unstable, so even if you were patient enough for the 1-2 min hangs you often are forced to hard boot it anyway. I've run this exact set of components on my older gigabyte board and a newer gigabyte board with no problems. I've flashed the Abit to the latest BIOS, updated my drivers, and formated and reinstalled XP twice. All with no effect. I have also tried different RAM chips in the off chance it didn't like my RAM.

any suggestions other than RMA?
...

What size PSU do you have? Is the 4 pin +12v P4 connector plugged in to the MB? It doesn't sound like a MB problem, per se.