computer freezes

[mickbat16511]

I just replaced my hard drive with a new one and had every thing running fine ,one week later everything starts to freeze. So I reformatted hard drive and tried to reload operating system and the computer wont keep running long enough (keeps freezing)to load the complete O.S.. I tried exchanging the power supply with a new one but still the same problem. please help with any solutions.

Thanks,
Coachbart

 

[gpalmer711]

It's hard to pin the problem down when the system is just freezing. However if your PC was running fine before hand then I would have to say it is more than likely your new hard drive. Can you take it back to the shop and exchange it?

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[linney]

The drive manufacturer should have free diagnostic programs on their site that you can use to confirm a drive problem.

It might be a good idea to check out your RAM too with one of these diagnostic programs.

http://www.memtest86.com/

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

 

[mickbat16511]

I was getting the blue screen of death before I changed the hard drive. And the freezeing problem started then.

 

[gpalmer711]

In that case it sounds like a ram problem. Check out the links that linney provided.

However as you can not even install windows It is not going to help too much. Do you have some spare RAM you can try? IF not do you have any friends who would be willing to lend you some.

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[linney]

The Ram checking programs (and drive diagnostics) are used as a self bootable floppy disk and do not need an operating system to run. You will need a working operating system to download and setup the floppy disk.

 

[mickbat16511]

before I changed the O.S. the ram showed up at start up screen.