Serious crashing problems

[transatlant1c]

Hi guys, if this isn't the right place to post let me know, but I have a serious technical problem.

Just recently (in the past couple of days) my computer has started crashing. I don't even have to be doing anything CPU heavy, such as it just idleing on the desktop, and it will hang. I am forced to press the reset button as I cannot access the task manager. This is becoming a real problem and I'd like any help I can get. Maybe someone could tell me where to find an error log for windows and how I could interpret it? Just an idea. Thanks (hopefully) in advance :)

[squilliam]

1) Give us your specs.
2) In order to view the Windows event log.
Start>Run>Run "eventvwr"
That will give you a detailed log of your PC.
Let us know what it says.

[[XC] Hicks121]

Have you cleaned out the case, does it have dust bunnies in it, the HS clogged up?

[transatlant1c]

Hicks121;2956013']Have you cleaned out the case, does it have dust bunnies in it, the HS clogged up?

The case and internals are about 3 months old.. :( I checked in there last time and theres not much dust at all, if any i cleaned it all out.


1) Give us your specs.
2) In order to view the Windows event log.
Start>Run>Run "eventvwr"
That will give you a detailed log of your PC.
Let us know what it says.

Ok, specs:

CPU: Intel 2 Quad (Q6600) @ 2.4ghz
MOBO: Asus Striker 2
RAM: OCZ DDR2, 1066mhz, 5-5-5-15, 2gb
SCREEN: Acer P223WB 22" Widescreen
CASE: Antec P182 Performance One
DVD: Asus 18x DVD+-RW, 14xDVD-RAM, 32xCDRW, IDE, LightScribe
PSU: Thermaltake 750W Toughpower
HDD (Main): Western Digital Raptor, 74gb, SATA 150, 16mb Cache, 10,000RPM
HDD (Secondary): Western Digital 500gb, 7200rpm, 16mb SATAII/300, NCQ
GFX: XFX GeForce 8800GTS 512, GDDR3, PCIe 2.0, Dual DVI, TV Out
COOLER: Thermaltake(?) Big Typhoon
INPUT: G15 + G9
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

I thought I would put as much information in as I could, so hopefully you can come up with something.. :)

[xytrius]

Well, for most techs, the general rule is to first test run quick tests on hardware.

I would suggest running tests on your RAM, board, video and HDD using UBCD. After this, you can check your s/w.

[transatlant1c]

Well, for most techs, the general rule is to first test run quick tests on hardware.

I would suggest running tests on your RAM, board, video and HDD using UBCD. After this, you can check your s/w.

I had a bit of a think and I realised that I didn't have any of these problems before Vista SP1.. So when I get a chance I'm going to backup my PC, and uninstall SP1. Hopefully that will work. If that doesn't I'll reformat and take note of when it starts again, so I can remove the problem ;)