Hey...It's cool now with a fan right next to it (36C) but it still froze once until now. But again, the computer has been on for about an hour only. Anyway, here's the SMART status.. I didn't know what is wanted and unwanted, so I'm pasting everything that i get under "report"...
Western digitals diagnostic is happening as we speak. so i would be able to put up a screen shot when i get back home.
Also, I have 2 temperature monitoring program. One shows a temp of 41 and the other software shows 50C. Why such a variance?? The hard drive was too hot, could it be for that...
So what's the minimum watts PSU I should have?
I'm running an AthlonXP2200+, 2 hard drives (250GB & 150GB), an audigy soundblaster card, GeForce 5200 video card, 768MB Ram.
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Here's a screen shot. I quickly went home and ran the program. Since I downloaded the trial version, it didn't check everything on the hard drive. Do you want me to post anything else that might help you figure out what's wrong?
I don't know what triggered this. My computer seemed just fine for the past 2-3 years. And a few weeks ago, it just froze. I thought this was a normal freeze but then it kept happening. Atleast 3-4 times every day. After restarting, it could run for 5 mins before it freezes again or even 5...
My Power supply is 600W and it's fairly new (purchased ~ 4 months ago). My hard drive is also fairly new (~6 months).
Shuttle AK32E Socket A Motherboard w/ XP 2200+ (MBM-AK32E-2200)
768MB SD-RAM
250GB HD
600W Power Supply
eVGA nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Chipset 128MB DDR AGP 8X w/ CRT & TV-Out...
My computer freezes repeatedly and not at anyspecific time. I have re-installed windows, all my drivers are up-to-date, I bought a new CPU fan since previously the CPU temp was 60C (pretty high), I ran memtest and that gave me NO errors. I've run virus scans and haven't found anything yet. I...