Hey everybody,

The past few weeks I have notice my computer doesn't respond, lags, then computer crashes which I will have to restart my computer. This is when I was using Windows 2000 Pro. So the next day I installed Windows XP PRO SP1, when I finished installing everything this still happens when I visit the web (FIREFOX AND IE), look at videos on or on the computer (youtube, google video, "MY OWN VIDEOS ON MY COMPUTER", and etc...) So from my perspective I think its either my video card which is a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 or my 512MB RAM. People from other forums told me its my video card but I want to make sure if its really my video card, ram, or both! Btw, I know for sure no ad-awares, spywares, malaware, virus, trojans, and etc...

MY SPECS:

Intel P4 2.4GHZ
512MB RAM
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 (Driver Version – 7.1.8.9)
Intel ECS PT800CE-A
Maxtor 114GB
Windows XP Pro SP1

*EDIT - also when I just visited hardforum.com, went to my thread, tried to scroll down, then mouse freezes, doesnt respond, then I have to restart my computer ONCE again.

Also, I just took the memtest86...it took very long!!! IT took about 1:13:46...and it still not done yet so I just quitted and I got


this

PASS: 5
ERRORS:
ECC ERRS:

Yep..how long was it suppose to be?

My temps are also fine from my perspective:
TEMP1:33C
TEMP2:29C
TEMP3:23C
HD0:41C
TEMP1:40C

I don't see anything wrong!?

Thanks.

40 views and no help? please

btw, here's a picture of my eventviewer if there's any help: PICTURE01

I'm not sure what to tell you about your crashing problem but I do know about memtest86.

Memtest86 doesn't end by itself. As you will notice it passes all the tests 5 times and was in the middle of the 6th when you quit. Some guys run that program all night when they are overclocking to make sure that their system will be stable. There is nothing wrong with it running for an 1:13. That is around 20min. per cycle of tests which sounds about right from from what I remember about using the program.

so is there anything wrong with my ram?

I did just have one thought. Check to make sure that you GPU heatsink isn't full of dust and if it has a fan, make sure that the fan spins easily. It could be that your video card is overheating.

I don't think that is the problem. But I'll check anyway! Thx for the advice...anymore please?

I don't think so. The attached image is similar to what your screen would look like if there are errors.

I don't think so. The attached image is similar to what your screen would look like if there are errors.



It looks exactly the same minus the errors and failing address and etc...so does taht mean ok? or not?

Sounds like your hard drive may be dieing.

Sounds like your hard drive may be dieing.

honestly to tell you...right now from what I heard from other forums I really think it's either my harddrive or PSU. I don't think it's my video or ram right now...but I need more quotes from other people. So thanks for all the help so far, but more help would be apprecaited. Thanks

Well bouth of the suck but your video card is realy a pain in the as ,so you should change it

If you don't have any error reported, and you ran if for over an hour, it is pretty safe to say that your ram is fine.

So how much would it cost for a harddrive, 512mb or 1GB ram, and a graphics card! I don't need anything HIGH RANGE...but don't suck, work for a long time, and cheap. Thanks.

Adding RAM might well improve the performance of your system, but it sounds like your real issue is stability.
Your video card is old enough that many years' worth of power glitches, heat (including thermal cycling), and dust may have finally caught up to it as they ultimately do to virtually all electronics.
By today's standards, it's a low-end card. If it is all you need (e.g. no gaming), then you can replace it with something not much better for <$50. Your mobo has an AGP slot on it. If you think you might want to do some light gaming, you can get a GeForce 6600 for under $100 that will make chum out of your old card.
Make sure all of your fans are running. Replace any that aren't, hoping the heat didn't already kill something. If your PSU fan isn't running, plan on replacing the PSU.
If you do decide to add RAM too, you've only got two slots, so make sure they aren't both in use before buying RAM so you know what to get.

to jtt283 - so how would I know if my PSU is dieing on me or not?

So jtt283, Which harddrive, ram, and maybe a PSU if I really need to?