Hi,
I have a Matsonic 8308EP mobo with an AthlonXP 1500+ processor, and it freezes randomly.
I had some bad capacitors on the mobo. I've changed all of that type (2200uF). There are some others on the mobo, but they are of different type and don't seem to be damaged. Now, my computer freezes randomly, wheather it is in the process of booting, or afterwards -- it never fails to freeze.
Also, it happens that sometimes my computer would not boot at all. I turn it on and it would not start: the screen remains blank. I can not get it out of this state no matter how many times I restart it and no matter what I do, except one thing: take off the heatsink from the processor, turn it on, let it automatically shut off because overheating, put back the heatsink on the processor, and next time i restart, it WORKS!!! -- of course, temporarly: it boots (or at least tries to) and sooner or later will freeze again.
Can anyone help please ?
Thanks a bunch!
I have a Matsonic 8308EP mobo with an AthlonXP 1500+ processor, and it freezes randomly.
I had some bad capacitors on the mobo. I've changed all of that type (2200uF). There are some others on the mobo, but they are of different type and don't seem to be damaged. Now, my computer freezes randomly, wheather it is in the process of booting, or afterwards -- it never fails to freeze.
Also, it happens that sometimes my computer would not boot at all. I turn it on and it would not start: the screen remains blank. I can not get it out of this state no matter how many times I restart it and no matter what I do, except one thing: take off the heatsink from the processor, turn it on, let it automatically shut off because overheating, put back the heatsink on the processor, and next time i restart, it WORKS!!! -- of course, temporarly: it boots (or at least tries to) and sooner or later will freeze again.
Can anyone help please ?
Thanks a bunch!