thomas49th
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Hi, here is the situation
My pc:
2.66 GHz Q6700
6GB DDRII ram
ASUS 8800GT TOP 512mb
Penryn1600SLI-110dB
As soon as windows (7) is loaded the pc will reguarly momentairly freeze, that is sound slurs, cursor freezes, all video stops. It has been doing this for a couple of weeks, but not as soon as it loaded windows - rather after a few hours use of the pc the slurring/freezing would start. Now it happens as soon as I boot into windows!!
Something similar used to happen on with the same motherboard when I had my p4 3.4GHz in. I would be using the pc fine then it would start freezing and eventually totally crash (and thus require a reboot to fix). I fixed this by applying new coolant to the CPU ~ 5 months. I was on a stock cooler back then. Naturally this led me to believe it was a heat exhaust problem
So with my 5/6 months old Q6700 it started happening. Strange I thought, because it was a new CPU, with a artic cooler 7 Pro. So today I applied some new (expensive - £5 a tube!)artic coolant. This had an adverse effect. Now the pc freezes from going straight into windows, rather than waiting a while. I've tried reapply different amounts of coolant to no avail.
Also it's not windows/drivers because if I start the windows 7 installtion (boot from CD in bios), when I move the mouse I can see it momentiarly freezing, meaning a hardware issue.
Does anybody have any suggestions? I'm going to investigate the north and southbridge now. This is my main pc I do everything on and I need it working pronto... and it's expensive to replace. It's driving me nuts!!
Thanks
My pc:
2.66 GHz Q6700
6GB DDRII ram
ASUS 8800GT TOP 512mb
Penryn1600SLI-110dB
As soon as windows (7) is loaded the pc will reguarly momentairly freeze, that is sound slurs, cursor freezes, all video stops. It has been doing this for a couple of weeks, but not as soon as it loaded windows - rather after a few hours use of the pc the slurring/freezing would start. Now it happens as soon as I boot into windows!!
Something similar used to happen on with the same motherboard when I had my p4 3.4GHz in. I would be using the pc fine then it would start freezing and eventually totally crash (and thus require a reboot to fix). I fixed this by applying new coolant to the CPU ~ 5 months. I was on a stock cooler back then. Naturally this led me to believe it was a heat exhaust problem
So with my 5/6 months old Q6700 it started happening. Strange I thought, because it was a new CPU, with a artic cooler 7 Pro. So today I applied some new (expensive - £5 a tube!)artic coolant. This had an adverse effect. Now the pc freezes from going straight into windows, rather than waiting a while. I've tried reapply different amounts of coolant to no avail.
Also it's not windows/drivers because if I start the windows 7 installtion (boot from CD in bios), when I move the mouse I can see it momentiarly freezing, meaning a hardware issue.
Does anybody have any suggestions? I'm going to investigate the north and southbridge now. This is my main pc I do everything on and I need it working pronto... and it's expensive to replace. It's driving me nuts!!
Thanks