computer lockup

[Libster]

everytime i try to game with my new pc i keep gteen a lockup issue it may take a min or it could take a half hour.. sometimes u can get in and play a lil and other times not at all... just bought htis pc from my girlfriends sisters boyfriend , thought i was stealen it till i found out it seems i got the shaft instead.. i play Americas Army andnow COD4 . well i say that like im actually playen it when in reality its still wishfull thinkn..cuz of these lockup issues, ive tryed reloading windows xp 32 bit,vista 64 bit .i hav a dfi lanparty ut nf4 sli-dr mobo, xfx 8800 gts 320 ddr3 pciX, 2 gig hyperX ddr ram 250gig wd sata 7200 rpm hd, 550 rosewell PS.. AMD x2 64 4400 939.. ive also tryed useing my 80 gig wd ide hd actually a cpl of em. with a cpl different OS's still same problemo...ive also tryed the most updated drivers and the older ones from my mobo cd .any idea from the gurus of the forums?

[martini161]

it sounds to me like your psu cant handle it. is anything overclocked?

[Methious]

Power supply or memory would be my guess, download UBCD and run Memtest86 from the cd drive, while your in UBCD run the CPU tests and HD tests. I'd run each test about an hour. See if you get any errors there.

[smack323]

550 rosewell PS -from reviews i have read this isnt a very good power supply. If I was a betting man, I would say this is your problem.

[Libster]

ok o far ive tryed the mem ,cpu,and hd test and it past i tryed a different ps which was a 600 watt but it didnt hav a pci exp plug so i bought a pigtail http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?c ... &sku=35522 so i could use this ps for a test.. im not overclecken anything either.. this is very puzzeling to me.. i can sometimes run my vid card stress test and sometimes i cant , and somtimes i can game and sometimes i cant. if i run the vid card stress test and it dont work my pc locks up with no mouse control and i cant get the pc to comeback unless i hardboot it.and the same when im gameing just as im about to finish loading into a server sometimes (most of the time) it will lock up just as im about to actually join in.. almost ready t take the pc out for some target practiceing!!!

[Libster]

yes i to did some research and yes i no my rosewill ps would make a better boat anchor then power supply for any pc..lol ty for all the ideas so far guys very appreciated..anyone wanna got to the target range with me ? lol

[Libster]

well people its been a lil while and i do appreciate all the suggestions, however it seems my problem was a lil bit of a combo. for one i had a messed up harddrive actually several lol. i also had some issues in my bios,which my a+ certified techy friend coldnt figure out nor anyone of my other buddies,BUT i sat back one afternoon for about an hour and went in the bios and checged a few things and bang im now gameing once again.. ty again for the suggestions all of which were very helpful in helpn me diagnose my pc woes..

[DMB2000uk]

Glad everything is now sorted for you.

Dan