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Post #1
My computer randomly freezes completey with no error messages, sometimes within a few minutes of booting other times its fine for a couple days. Since this starting happening there had been no changes to software or hardware. It will freeze in all apps, while browsing internet, gaming or just on desktop. So far I have scanned for viruses using NOD32, and trendmicros housecall. Run adaware pro, and spybot search and destroy. Run my registry cleaner, cleaned all temp files, and defragged. Updates BIOS, Catalyst drivers and disabled active desktop. When the CPU freezes so does the clock and there are no events in the event logs to correspond to the time that it freezes or even near the time. My CPU, vid card, and mobo temps are all fine. All fans are running fine. I have also run SCANNOW /SFC on my windows installation. And all windows updates are installed. I can't think of anything else apart from replacing memory or PSU and hoping for the best. Any other suggestions would be much appreciated. Here are my specs Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:54:38 PM, on 8/18/2005 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) AMD 64 3500+ ATI Sapphire x800pro 256 pci-e asus a8n sli deluxe 1 gig corsair value select (512 * 2 matched) Antec Sonata case with 350W PSU this system is about 6 months old and there have been no hardware or software changes recently besides what ive done trying to fix the problem..
Post #2 last edited
You need one more of these

Antec Sonata case with 350W PSU


Dont know if thats the cause of freezing up but thats an awfully small power supply for what your trying to run
Post #3
maybe but my rails are all stable and im only running 1 HDD, and 1 disk drive… i know of people with the same PSU drawing much more power… and it has treated me fine for almost a year the antec power supplies are somewhat underrated… do you know of any programs to test pSU's thanks for the response
Post #4
Naw.. Dont know of any that test p/s.. really not much you can do in that area except make sure the fan is clean and working and/or get you a voltmeter and check the pinouts. Just out of curiosity.. what all you got in your system tray..? And have you "taken control" of your services?
Post #5
Scan saved at 2:05:11 AM, on 8/19/2005 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\Program Files\AMD\Cool'n'Quiet\GemServ.exe C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32krn.exe C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcIp.exe C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcLog.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\tcpsvcs.exe C:\WINNT\System32\snmp.exe C:\WINNT\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE C:\WINNT\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe C:\Program Files\AdsGone\adsgone.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\CLI.exe C:\Program Files\SiSoftware Sandra Lite\RpcSandraSrv.exe C:\WINNT\System32\SCardSvr.exe C:\Program Files\ASUS\Probe\ASUSPROB.EXE C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINNT\Desktop\Utilities\HijackThis.exe ive got asus probe running right now to watch for voltage fluctuations but mbm, sandra, and bios all show good voltages for psu im going to leave probe at forefront so on lockup i should hopefully notice any voltage changes
Post #7
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 2:09:58 PM, on 8/20/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Program Files\AMD\Cool'n'Quiet\GemServ.exe
C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32krn.exe
C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcIp.exe
C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcLog.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\tcpsvcs.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\snmp.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINNT\SOUNDMAN.EXE
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe
C:\Program Files\AdsGone\adsgone.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\CLI.exe
C:\Program Files\ASUS\Probe\ASUSPROB.EXE
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\MMACEPrev.exe
C:\Program Files\Azureus\Azureus.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\javaw.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINNT\Desktop\Utilities\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.ca/
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak = http://www.google.ca/
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by TELUS Internet Service
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Logitech Utility] Logi_MwX.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nod32kui] "C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe" /WAITSERVICE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATICCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe" runtime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Bandwidth Monitor Pro] "C:\Program Files\Bandwidth Monitor Pro\Bandwidth Monitor Pro.exe" /minimized
O4 - Global Startup: AdsGone 2005.lnk = C:\Program Files\AdsGone\adsgone.exe
O4 - Global Startup: ATI CATALYST System Tray.lnk = C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\CLI.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\npjpi150_03.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\npjpi150_03.dll
O9 - Extra button: ATI TV - {44226DFF-747E-4edc-B30C-78752E50CD0C} - C:\Program Files\ATI Multimedia\tv\EXPLBAR.DLL (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: ICQ Lite - {B863453A-26C3-4e1f-A54D-A2CD196348E9} - C:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ICQ Lite - {B863453A-26C3-4e1f-A54D-A2CD196348E9} - C:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {14B87622-7E19-4EA8-93B3-97215F77A6BC} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Messe…nt.cab31267.cab
O16 - DPF: {38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D} - http://activex.microsoft.com/objects/ocget.dll
O16 - DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} (MSN Photo Upload Tool) - http://by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com/resources/MsnPUpld.cab
O16 - DPF: {61ECE47E-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} - http://www.viavga.com/gm/web/setup.exe
O16 - DPF: {8E0D4DE5-3180-4024-A327-4DFAD1796A8D} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Messe…nt.cab31267.cab
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/MsnMesse…pDownloader.cab
O16 - DPF: {B8BE5E93-A60C-4D26-A2DC-220313175592} (ZoneIntro Class) - http://zone.msn.com/binFramework/v10/ZIntro.cab34246.cab
O16 - DPF: {E5D419D6-A846-4514-9FAD-97E826C84822} - http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/heartbeat.cab
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: Forceware Web Interface (ForcewareWebInterface) - Unknown owner - C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\Apache Group\Apache2\bin\apache.exe" -k runservice (file missing)
O23 - Service: AMD PowerNow! ™ Technology Service (GemServ) - Advanced Micro Devices - C:\Program Files\AMD\Cool'n'Quiet\GemServ.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: Net MD Simple Burner Service (NetMDSB) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\Net MD Simple Burner\NetMDSB.exe
O23 - Service: NOD32 Kernel Service (NOD32krn) - Eset - C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32krn.exe
O23 - Service: ForceWare IP service (nSvcIp) - Unknown owner - C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcIp.exe
O23 - Service: ForceWare user log service (nSvcLog) - Unknown owner - C:\NVIDIA\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcLog.exe
O23 - Service: Sandra Data Service (SandraDataSrv) - SiSoftware - C:\Program Files\SiSoftware Sandra Lite\RpcDataSrv.exe
O23 - Service: Sandra Service (SandraTheSrv) - SiSoftware - C:\Program Files\SiSoftware Sandra Lite\RpcSandraSrv.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINNT\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe

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