PC Aggravation - Not sure of the cause

TheShape · Mar 29, 2007

Here is the deal, I will try to explain it the best I can.

I formatted my HD a few months back trying to alleviate this problem. But the problem is back.

After my mcahine is on for a little while (hour or 2) the lower half of my screen becomes inactive. If I have a few windows open and they show in the taskbar, after I close them out, they are still there. If I mouse over any portion of the taskbar including the start button, I get the hourglass. I have checked all processes running, ran a spysweeper sheck, antivirus check, found no problems. After a few minutes, all of the clicking I have done happens at once so all the windows maximize, then minimize and then becomes inactive again. If I do ctrl alt del, I can manually close them out, but the pc freezes forcing me to reboot. After reboot, everything is good. For a while that is.

I have replaced almost every part excluding the CPU, Mobo, and PSU. The ram is cheap off brand, but I dont think it is the culprit. I am out of ideas. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Athlon XP 2100
Windows XP Pro SP2
768 MB ram
80 GB WD HD
ATI X850 Pro
350w PSU

TheShape :banghead:

savillm · Mar 29, 2007

i would say gfx card

keakar · Mar 29, 2007

grafics card wouldnt interfere with operating system just the picture.

my guess would be a cpu overheating issue since it takes warm up time to go skitzo.

i think the next step is check the fins of the cpu cooler for dust and try leaving side off of computer so you can see if the cpu fan slows down indicating bearings failure.

Pinchy · Mar 29, 2007

Its the things you havent checked - CPU or PSU.

CPU may be dying (or as above mentioned) overheating, and/or the PSU may be dying

Namslas90 · Mar 29, 2007

Sounds like CPU or RAM after compy has run for an hour download and run this test

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/117/RightMark_Memory_Analyzer_3.72.html

Or any other Ram test you can find/have.

TheShape · Apr 4, 2007

Thanks for the advice. It has been giving me crap for a long time now, random reboots, and such. It is just time for a new build.

Solaris17 · Apr 4, 2007

id say heat from the cpu

System Name	The 831
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 with X2O Delta CPU Waterblock
Motherboard	ASUS P5N-E SLI
Cooling	8 x 120mm fans and X2O Delta CPU Waterblock X2O 400 12V Pump/Reservoir 240mm Radiator 10/8mm Tubing
Memory	OCZ SLI Ready 4Gb PC2-6400 DDR2-800 5-4-4-15 (2x2GB)
Video Card(s)	BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB
Storage	Western Digital 160GB SATA and a Western Digital 250GB SATA
Display(s)	22" ViewSonic Widescreen LCD
Case	COOLERMASTER STACKER 831
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE
Power Supply	OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2
Software	WINDOWS XP HOME SP3

Processor	Intel Core i7-4790 Haswell Quad-Core 3.6GHz LGA 1150 84W
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-H87-D3H LGA 1150 Intel H87 HDMI
Cooling	CPU - Cooler Master Hyper T4 / Case - cooler master 120mm rear case fan (Air cooling)
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Video Card(s)	GTX1060 6GB
Storage	Samsung 512 GB 840 PRO SSD Main Drive and Samsung 512 GB 840 EVO SSD Backup Drive
Display(s)	ASUS 23" LED Monitor
Case	COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 (silver & black)
Audio Device(s)	(onboard audio) Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	CORSAIR SU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Software	Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit Edition

System Name	UltraPC
Processor	E8500 Core 2 Duo, 1333Mhz FSB, 3.16Ghz @ 4.5GHz (got into Windows @ 4.75GHz)
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-e
Cooling	CPU Cooler - TT V14 Pro, 2x120mm CM Blue LED fans, 1x90mm CM Blue LED fan
Memory	G.Skill Pi 4GB (2x2GB) Dual Channel DDR2 PC8000 (1000MHz), 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD4850 512mb with ASUS EAH4850 BIOS
Storage	2x 500GB Seagate 7200.12 Raid 0
Display(s)	Acer AL1912, 19" LCD screen
Case	Thermaltake Soprano Black ATX case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 7.1, Speakers - 5 + Sub + Monitor speakers
Power Supply	Thermaltake 850W Toughpower Cable Management - Quad (2x18A and 2x30A) 12V rails
Software	Win 7 Pro x64, MSN, CS:Source, etc etc

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

PC Aggravation - Not sure of the cause

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