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Computer completely freezes up
Hey everyone! I am having some major troubles with this computer here. It seems like more and more often it is completely freezing up to the point where I cant move the mouse, there is no sounds, and I have to hold the power button to turn it off. It usually happens during games (some of them include Americas Army, BF2 Demo, and SC:CT).
At first I thought it was overheating, but now I am not so sure. I posted here about the overheating:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=183972&view=by_date_ascending&page=4
I mentioned that Dell replaced 2 of my fans, and that the thermal tests gave these errors:
thermal failure: record 00 log 40
fan failure: record 80 log 80
Also, running i8kfanGUI, it is unable to read the RPM of the second fan. I dont know if it is overheating that is the problem now though, because when it just crashed with the BF2 demo, the fans didnt seem to be running all that high. Could it be a video card problem?
This is really bothering me as one of the main reasons I bought this model was so that I would be able to play games on it, and now it seems I am spending more time fixing it than playing games on it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Jonathan
At first I thought it was overheating, but now I am not so sure. I posted here about the overheating:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=183972&view=by_date_ascending&page=4
I mentioned that Dell replaced 2 of my fans, and that the thermal tests gave these errors:
thermal failure: record 00 log 40
fan failure: record 80 log 80
Also, running i8kfanGUI, it is unable to read the RPM of the second fan. I dont know if it is overheating that is the problem now though, because when it just crashed with the BF2 demo, the fans didnt seem to be running all that high. Could it be a video card problem?
This is really bothering me as one of the main reasons I bought this model was so that I would be able to play games on it, and now it seems I am spending more time fixing it than playing games on it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Jonathan
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Posted June 11th, 2005 17:00
Processor
Manufacturer Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Clock Speed 3GHz
Manufacturer Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Clock Speed 3GHz
Memory
Available Memory 39.65 %
Page File Size 1536.6Mb
Available Page File 64.76 %
Virtual Memory 2047.8Mb
Available Virtual Memory 98.02 %
Memory Slot 1 [DIMM_A] 256Mb
Memory Slot 2 [DIMM_B] 256Mb
Network Card
Adapters Dell Wireless WLAN 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Storage
Drive Type Drive Size Total Available Space Used Space
C: NTFS 55.83Gb 25.59Gb 30.24Gb
Type Description
DVD/CD-ROM Drives _NEC DVD+RW ND-6100A
Disk Drives HTS548060M9AT00 55.89Gb
Display Adapters ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 128Mb
IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel
Keyboards Easy Internet Keyboard
Mice and Other Pointing Devices HID-compliant Cordless Mouse
Alps Touch Pad
Monitors Default Monitor - (Standard monitor types)
Sound Devices SigmaTel C-Major Audio
USB Controllers Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D7
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Thanks again!