Re: System Hang

Tommy wrote:

> I just upgraded almost everything in my PC and every since I did my system
> will hang for no particular reason, or time period. I will post my specs
> and hope someone may have an answer.
>
> Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
> Intel Pentium D 3.2 Dual Core cpu
> Nvidia Nforce 790I Ultra SLI motherboard
> EVGA Geforce 9800 GX2 Video
> Creative X-FI Xtreme Fatality Sound
> 4 GB (2x2048) OCZ 1800 mhz DDr3 memory
> Water cooled
> Basic DVD rw
> Sata Hard Drive.
>
> Everything is brand new except for the cpu, dvd, and hard drive.
>
> Thank you all for your help

Look in Event Viewer and use Vista's built-in troubleshooting tools to
search for clues. On the software side, make sure you have the latest Vista
drivers for all your hardware. On the hardware side, test the hard drive
and the RAM. Also check your cooling. I understand that you have
water-cooling, but hard lockups like you describe are often caused by
overheating.

Built-in Diagnostics -
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...agnostics.mspx
Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor (TechNet) -
http://tinyurl.com/2mlbws
Event Viewer How To (TechNet) - http://tinyurl.com/2jejzc

to see if Vista itself detects a problem:

Control Panel
System and Maintenance
Performance information and tools
Advanced tools in left pane

Start > All Programs > Maintenance > Problem Reports and Solutions > View
Problem History

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot

Malke
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