Odd system instability

[Heinrich]

DFI Ultra-SLI board w/2 6800GTs in SLI mode.

I can game for HOURS. Literally...switch games, no problem.

But as SOON as I stop gaming for a few hours, and hit the internet, if I then go into a game, I freeze pretty quickly and have to hit the reset switch.

You would think that temps would not be the culprit, as WoW or SWG or CoH or Ghost Recon in full SLI glory would make a system hotter than using the web.

This suystem is very stripped down - no antivirus or firewall running, no Office...I've checked msconfig and the list is very small...

Any ideas?

 

[wpshooter]

What operating system ? When you say no firewall, does that include the O/S firewall ? Why would you run without firewall ?

Why no anti-virus ?

Have you checked for spyware ?

 

[Heinrich]

XP Pro. I just reinstalled Windows 3 days ago. I go here, CNN, gmail, yahoo mail...and a few other well known sites. I don't do research on this PC, I do play games....if I experiment I turn to my well-protected laptop.

I agree though maybe I will do a scan.

 

[EvlD99]

Just to be sure you should verify that your RAM is running error free in memtest86+. I like to run it overnight. 8 hours of testing should be sufficient.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: Heinrich

XP Pro. I just reinstalled Windows 3 days ago. I go here, CNN, gmail, yahoo mail...and a few other well known sites. I don't do research on this PC, I do play games....if I experiment I turn to my well-protected laptop.

I agree though maybe I will do a scan.

Go to Symantec website and do a free complete virus scan of the system. It takes quite a while to do this but it will let you know if you are virus free. Then download and run the latest version of Adaware form Lavasoft, if you do not already have it.

Edit: Make sure you do not scan for & remove, Negligible items, when using Adaware. Can possibly mess your application functioning up.

 

[Heinrich]

no viruses. no spyware at all.

I can sit in one session and go in and out of games and browse the 'net as much as I want.

However, I just let the PC sit to finish an episode of STargate. Then 1 episode of real world. And I went to wee wee and put up the dishes (can you say TMI?) Anyway, I come back, and the PC has logged off , and I'm on the login screen. I hit Heinrich, log in. I hit CNN.COM and read a story or two. I exit. I hit World of Warcraft. Instant freeze to black screen.

This is nutso

 

[DavidoFoo]

Originally posted by: EvlD99
Just to be sure you should verify that your RAM is running error free in memtest86+. I like to run it overnight. 8 hours of testing should be sufficient.

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