Over the course of the past week, my computer has been randomly rebooting and freezing during times of high memory usage. Specifically, more so when Photoshop CS and either Winamp or Windows Media Player is in use, though it has been known to do the same when Photoshop, AIM and Yahoo are using together.
The blue screen errors include the following:
INVALID_AFFINITY_SET (only displayed once)
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (most common)
Now, I've tested the 1.5GB's of DDR Memory in the machine and all seems well enough. When booting, 1.5GB's is shown as being active, when checking the computer the same amount shows. Even within the BIOS, 1.5GB's is show as the active amount of memory.
I've checked the page file and increased it to 3x that of the memory I have as it was set only to double, though this has not helped in the slightest bit. I have also worked with the GPU, which is a GeForce card. I am aware of the issues nVidia's Drivers' have with Windows XP SP2, however, when doing a Windows Update, Microsoft does not install their own drives for it and without them, my screen jumps when working. The GPU also reports the correct amount of memory, which is 256MB's.
As for heating, I do not believe it to be a heating issue. I rotate 7 fans across the machine. A Tornado fan blowing between 5.5k and 6.5k RPM's is set to the CPU/Heatsink which keeps it below 90 degrees at all times. To the left of the CPU, there are 2 additional fans, one of which blows air to the CPU Fan and another which blows air to the top of the GPU. Both of these fans pull air from beside a vent blowing 60 degree air into them. There is another dan set behind the hard drives to further cool them, one below the hard drives to further cool the GPU and Wi-Fi card and then 2 fans at the top to blow air out of the machine. Overall, the system tempreture inside the machine is normally the same degree as the CPU itself.
Additionally, there are 3 fans hitting the PSU, 2 blowing air out and 1 bringing air in, the two blowing air out hit the fans at the top and force the heated air through the top of the machine. So, if there's a heating issue, somethings wrong here .
My primary question, with the above given, is there a way to test the L2 cache of a CPU and further test the GPU and CPU? I've ran out of options. The motherboard has had the bios updated 4 times, 3 by hand and 1 through the motherboard makers own update flash program.
I need to find out why this is happening as it's getting inbetween my working and pretty much everything has been tested.
The blue screen errors include the following:
INVALID_AFFINITY_SET (only displayed once)
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (most common)
Now, I've tested the 1.5GB's of DDR Memory in the machine and all seems well enough. When booting, 1.5GB's is shown as being active, when checking the computer the same amount shows. Even within the BIOS, 1.5GB's is show as the active amount of memory.
I've checked the page file and increased it to 3x that of the memory I have as it was set only to double, though this has not helped in the slightest bit. I have also worked with the GPU, which is a GeForce card. I am aware of the issues nVidia's Drivers' have with Windows XP SP2, however, when doing a Windows Update, Microsoft does not install their own drives for it and without them, my screen jumps when working. The GPU also reports the correct amount of memory, which is 256MB's.
As for heating, I do not believe it to be a heating issue. I rotate 7 fans across the machine. A Tornado fan blowing between 5.5k and 6.5k RPM's is set to the CPU/Heatsink which keeps it below 90 degrees at all times. To the left of the CPU, there are 2 additional fans, one of which blows air to the CPU Fan and another which blows air to the top of the GPU. Both of these fans pull air from beside a vent blowing 60 degree air into them. There is another dan set behind the hard drives to further cool them, one below the hard drives to further cool the GPU and Wi-Fi card and then 2 fans at the top to blow air out of the machine. Overall, the system tempreture inside the machine is normally the same degree as the CPU itself.
Additionally, there are 3 fans hitting the PSU, 2 blowing air out and 1 bringing air in, the two blowing air out hit the fans at the top and force the heated air through the top of the machine. So, if there's a heating issue, somethings wrong here .
My primary question, with the above given, is there a way to test the L2 cache of a CPU and further test the GPU and CPU? I've ran out of options. The motherboard has had the bios updated 4 times, 3 by hand and 1 through the motherboard makers own update flash program.
I need to find out why this is happening as it's getting inbetween my working and pretty much everything has been tested.
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