Hanging Problem!!

[club_pranay]

Hi Frnz.. guess what? Bad news!!
forst of all, my sys...
P4 1.8GHz with
Kobian 865GV mobo
+ 256 mb ddr
+ 40GB PATA with win 98
+ 40GB SATA with Windown Xp

now the problem is.. my PC hangs quite often, not just hangs.. the screen looks like this

and this

and the momment it hangs, the spks give out a .5 sec hiss(distortion) sound

i have checked RAM, HDD's for any error but they r fine..
and yes while playing NFSU2 i got this error..

what could possiably be wrong? i think the video adapter on my mobo is gone!! please help!!

[navjotjsingh]

reinstall your graphics adapter drivers from the cd. You graphic drivers have been corrupted.

ITS A STRONG POSIBILITY THAT UR CARD IS CORRUPTED TOO....SO FIRST INSTALL LATEST DRIVERS....THEN RUN MEMTEST86 FOR BAD RAM COZ SOMETIMES ITS ALSO A PROBLEM OF BAD RAM THEN CHECK UR DISPLAY CARD .

[anomit]

I have something else to say. It seems more like a physical problem than one with the software. I am so confident because it had happened to me. The earthing system in my house was faulty and i did not use a UPS or something like a voltage stabilizer. But after repairing the earthing system and using the UPS, this problem disappeared. So maybe you can check for these problems.

[expertno.1]

the problem is a bad garphics card or ur outdated drivers

contact ur vendor

overheating may also be the problem to hanging

check ur cpu temp with speedfan provide in this digit dvd

Uninstall Drivers of your Video Adapter.
Open the cabinet and remove the card.
Clean his contacts with a help of dry cloth.
Remove the dust on your motherboard with the help of blower or paint brush.
Also remove the ram and clean his contacts.
Check the both cabinet and cpu fans for their speed.
Then fit all the things on their place and close the cabinet.
Install the latest drivers available on the adapter's website.
If all the above failed to help you then your video adapter or motherboard is must be malfunctioning - Contact your vendor.
If this works you plz do tell me.

[club_pranay]

the speedfan sensors showing...
Fan1: 0RPM
Fan2: 0RPM
Fan3: 4327RPM

Temp1: 37C
Tamp2:23C
Temp3:54C
HD0:39C
HD1:30C

VCOREA: 1.49V
VCOREB: 1.56V
+3.3V: 3.34V
+5V: 5.16V
+12: 11.73
-12V: 1.13V
-5V: 2.09
+5VSB: 5.56V
VBAT: 0.00V

DIMM INFO..
Scanning SMBus at $0400...
Decoding DIMM #0
Memory type is DDR
Module Rows : 1
Levels : 2.5V
Parity : NO PARITY
Refresh Rate : 7.8us
Total Size : 128MB
Decoding DIMM #1
Memory type is DDR
Module Rows : 1
Levels : 2.5V
Parity : NO PARITY
Refresh Rate : 15.62us
Total Size : 128MB

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readings from CMOS setup page
Vcore: 1.500V
Vddq: 1.596V
Vcc5V: 5.202V
SB3V: 3.387V
System Fan Speed: 0RPM
CPU Fan Speed: 4687 RPM
Power Fan Speed: ORPM
System Temperature: 37deg C
CPU Temperature: 42deg C

Downloaded latest graphics drivers and installed!!

It's wait and watch.
also.. this problem is not always there.. i mean, it can hang for more than 5 or 6 times in 15 mins..and my pc can run for hours also.

[club_pranay]

yesterday i got fedup with this problem and opened up the cabinet
when i removed the heatsink i found that the white heatsink compound i applied months back, had turned dry and absolute black!!
i cleaned it and applied the compound again and turned on my computer.. and it's been 2 days and the computer is working fine.. lets see if this thing continue to work like this...

i have to reinstall Xp and 98
Xp is running but has become very slow, due to corrupted files and 98 is just failing to boot!!

but it's still better than getting a new processor or mobo(as i feared)

[pirates1323]

hehehe...looks like its the dead of ur video card.... reinstalling the drivers will not solve the probb.....

It's time to upgrade dude

[club_pranay]

problem solved!!!
no more hangs!!!!!
i think the processor was misbehaving due to heat (i saw burnt heatsink compound on my cpu)
thanx, navjotjsingh, dinesh_singh, anomit, expertno.1, vishal_bhatia87 and pirates1323.