Scan disk problem

[tenbobmillionaire]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but anyway..a mate of mine has a reasonably new pc spec as follows:

AMD 2000+XP Athlon processor
MSI KT 333 Ultra motherboard
ATX 300watt power supply
256Mb DDR 2100 RAM
80Gb disk 7200
G-Force 4 MX 4400 graphics

He's had problems with the pc locking up and reboooting itself after approx 30 mins use especially with graphic intensive games - blue screens appearing sometimes if you dont leave it switched off long enough before powering up again. Now he's getting blue screen errors when running thorough scan disk (works ok standard scan). This is all the info I have at the minute.
Anyone seen anything like this before? If you need anymore info let me know and I'll find out.
Thanks in advance
Mick

 

[Guest_imported]

1) Check that the CPU is not overheating (Have you got PC Alert loaded (comes on the driver CD)) This will moinitor the CPU temperature, Fan speeds, and voltage.
If CPU is overheating a better cooler will be required.

2) Could be that the power supply is not upto handling the required output.

 

[RICHINMINN]

Two things with this system stand out:

The system's motherboard is designed to use DDR333 memory, but the memory he has is only DDR266. (DDR266 memory is PC2100, while DDR333 needs to be PC2700.) He has the option to: 1) set the memory access speed down to match the memory he has, or 2) get memory that is rated as PC2700.

Using memory that is slower that the system needs will often work for extended periods of time (depending on hard the system is being "pushed&quot, and then suddenly crash the system (or lock it up) with no apparent cause.

Another thing: I never use a power supply less than 350 watts with either an Athlon XP or an Intel P4. And I learned this the hard way: building an Athlon XP system that was "flaky", but which settled down rock-solid when the power supply was increased to 350 watts. (Yes, I tried other brand 300-watt power supplies before stepping up to the 350-watter.)

Rich (in Minn.)