Random freezing ?

[Coaxialgamer]

Hello,

 

So I'm trying to repair my grandparent's old pc.

 

It's a compaq from hp

 

Specs:

 

athlon 64 x2 4000+ 2.1ghz

2Gb ddr2 800

m2n68 la motherboard

250gb 7200.10 seagate hdd

unknown oem psu (recently replaced)

 

nvidia gefore 6150Se nforce 430

 

So the computer keeps freezing at random ( force shutdown required) , .The  current tak usualy freezes and stops responding, then the mouse stops moving.

 

I recently changed the thermal paste on the cpu and gpu , which seemed to make the pc freeze less often , but the effects are not lasting.

 

I checked the hdd for bad sectors and ran memtest86 , but no errors where detected.

 

I stress tested the cpu and gpu , but it ran properly for some time ( while it ran ==10 minutes).

 

Doe anyone know what could be causing the freezing?

 

EDIT :

 

It runs windows vista 32bit (i know...)

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Hello,

So I'm trying to repair my grandparent's old pc.

It's a compaq from hp

Specs:

athlon 64 x2 4000+ 2.1ghz

2Gb ddr2 800

m2n68 la motherboard

250gb 7200.10 seagate hdd

unknown oem psu (recently replaced)

nvidia gefore 6150Se nforce 430

So the computer keeps freezing at random ( force shutdown required) , .The current tak usualy freezes and stops responding, then the mouse stops moving.

I recently changed the thermal paste on the cpu and gpu , which seemed to make the pc freeze less often , but the effects are not lasting.

I checked the hdd for bad sectors and ran memtest86 , but no errors where detected.

I stress tested the cpu and gpu , but it ran properly for some time ( while it ran ==10 minutes).

Doe anyone know what could be causing the freezing?

If your overclocking it probably means your not getting enough volts to the CPU (that's what mine did) but you probably aren't...

[PlayStation 2]

Just the OS install is shit

[R3DOPS]

Sooooo many things can cause freezing. Look inside the thing. Is there any bad capacitors on the motherboard?

 

they will look like this.

 

[Renegade7369]

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RAM would be my next guess. If your running DDR2 at 800MHz, some websites would have a hard time running on that amount of RAM, especailly if its littered with ADs.

[Coaxialgamer]

 

If your overclocking it probably means your not getting enough volts to the CPU (that's what mine did) but you probably aren't...

 

Everything is running at stock.

[Coaxialgamer]

RAM would be my next guess. If your running DDR2 at 800MHz, some websites would have a hard time running on that amount of RAM, especailly if its littered with ADs.

But would it cause freezing ? I'm pretty sure it would just make the pc use the paging file on the hard drive ?

[Renegade7369]

But would it cause freezing ? I'm pretty sure it would just make the pc use the paging file on the hard drive ?

If the RAM isn't fast enough it could. As far as amount of RAM, yes it would just go to the page file, but if the RAM's speed is too low for modern websites then it would just freeze up because it can't handle everything happening at once.

[Coaxialgamer]

Sooooo many things can cause freezing. Look inside the thing. Is there any bad capacitors on the motherboard?

 

they will look like this.

 

No bad capacitors on the motherboard.

I just checked.

[Coaxialgamer]

If the RAM isn't fast enough it could. As far as amount of RAM, yes it would just go to the page file, but if the RAM's speed is too low for modern websites then it would just freeze up because it can't handle everything happening at once.

It doesn't only happen on websites though.

[LabRat]

not one of these boards with hybrid graphics is it? if so disable it in the bios.

 

make sure the onboard graphics is disabled or at least on "auto" if running a discreet card.

 

the HD.......... do an online anti virus scan.

 

defragg and clean up HD

 

 

run malwarebytes.

 

uninstall or disable any programs not needed or constantly running.

 

stop auto updates on everything ( windows updates included. )

[Coaxialgamer]

not one of these boards with hybrid graphics is it? if so disable it in the bios.

 

make sure the onboard graphics is disabled or at least on "auto" if running a discreet card.

 

the HD.......... do an online anti virus scan.

 

defragg and clean up HD

 

 

run malwarebytes.

 

uninstall or disable any programs not needed or constantly running.

 

stop auto updates on everything ( windows updates included. )

I ran scans for malware etc.

 

I did defrag the hdd.

 

And the nforce gpu is considered as integrated ( on the motherboard) , the pc has no dedicated gpu.

[LabRat]

old machines lack updated motherboard drivers and other crap. get a program called slimdrivers and run it. it'll find a bunch of stuff that may help your dinosaur.