Howdy,
Windows XP student edition upgrade ... whatever
I'm running a Celeron 2.7GHz processor
Radeon 9250 excalibur graphics card
DDR 512 ram (x2), so a GIG.
Gigabyte mother board
Cyclone Power supply 400W
Vibra 128 soundcard
(if more info is needed please ask )
My computer has recently started freezing unexpectedly and the first occurances were whilst playing the only game i play, Counter Strike: Source. I thought it was just some random problem so i restarted and the computer froze when it got to the little 'windows is loading' stage with the moving bar. I freaked out and turned it off, and came back about 10 minutes later and the computer started up again fine.
I decided to test it a little running simple MSN and windows media player (WMP), and it works fine, no problems. I turned MSN and WMP off and logged into a server on CS: S, and about 4 minutes into the game the computer freezes, the screen blackens (sometimes retains the last image on screen) and the speakers output a continuous beeping sound, which can be ceased by turning speakers off.
Now, it's really scaring me because i'm on holidays and i've still got another week of nothing to do! CS is my last resort for boredem after my work, and it's a cheap way for someone my age to amuse themselves!
If you've ever encountered this before, please help me..
Thankyou.
P.S. This problem ALSO occured on my previous machine, i replaced mother board, RAM, Processor with identical specs (possibly different model, purchased within 18 months of eachother) Graphics card, and the only remaining hardware are the 2 40 GIG harddrives, one of which (the one with windows OS) was completely formatted, and the other with my music and games was left, because i didn't expect it to have a problem, and let's face it.. who wants to rip all their CD's back onto their computer. The Power Supply was also not changed, and neither was the Box.
Windows XP student edition upgrade ... whatever
I'm running a Celeron 2.7GHz processor
Radeon 9250 excalibur graphics card
DDR 512 ram (x2), so a GIG.
Gigabyte mother board
Cyclone Power supply 400W
Vibra 128 soundcard
(if more info is needed please ask )
My computer has recently started freezing unexpectedly and the first occurances were whilst playing the only game i play, Counter Strike: Source. I thought it was just some random problem so i restarted and the computer froze when it got to the little 'windows is loading' stage with the moving bar. I freaked out and turned it off, and came back about 10 minutes later and the computer started up again fine.
I decided to test it a little running simple MSN and windows media player (WMP), and it works fine, no problems. I turned MSN and WMP off and logged into a server on CS: S, and about 4 minutes into the game the computer freezes, the screen blackens (sometimes retains the last image on screen) and the speakers output a continuous beeping sound, which can be ceased by turning speakers off.
Now, it's really scaring me because i'm on holidays and i've still got another week of nothing to do! CS is my last resort for boredem after my work, and it's a cheap way for someone my age to amuse themselves!
If you've ever encountered this before, please help me..
Thankyou.
P.S. This problem ALSO occured on my previous machine, i replaced mother board, RAM, Processor with identical specs (possibly different model, purchased within 18 months of eachother) Graphics card, and the only remaining hardware are the 2 40 GIG harddrives, one of which (the one with windows OS) was completely formatted, and the other with my music and games was left, because i didn't expect it to have a problem, and let's face it.. who wants to rip all their CD's back onto their computer. The Power Supply was also not changed, and neither was the Box.