Hi Guys,
I could really do with some help!
I recently spent a lot of money building a gamin PC but have been having major issues. I wonder if some f you could have a look at my spec and see if I am doing anything wrong?
I've got the following components -
Abit AN8-32X Mobo,
AMD FX-60 CPU -Zalman CNPS9500 cooler
2GB Crosair TwinX PC4000 RAM (2X 1GB Matched pair)
2 x 300GB Maxtor Dimondmax III (SATA II)
XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 XXX
Creative X-FI Gamer
KWorld DVB-T 100 Digital HDTV Tuner
Sony Dual Layer DVD-RW
900W quiet PSU
Coolermaster Wavemaster case
Logitech DiNovo Media Desktop
Logitech Z-5500 Speakers
17" Iiyama monitor (for desktop)
30" Dell 3007WFP (for wall)
Epson R800 Printer
I've built a few PC's in the past and it has been fairly straight forward. This however has not!
I have configured the CPU and memory at mobo default rather than try to get the memory running at DDR500 speed. I have one of the 300GB HDD as the primary drive with the second being split into 3 partitions. 1 x Drive C: page file (5GB), 1 x Back-Up image of Drive C, 1 x Downloads.
I have downloaded all the latest drivers for the graphics, sound, mobo and Kworld TV card, I have also downloaded all of the MS updates for Media Center 2005.
The problems I have been seeing range from Windows locking up - it stalls but I can still move the mouse cursor. Sometimes pressing ctrl+alt+del resolves this but other times I have to press reset.
Other issues are Media Center picking up 67 freeview channels (after a long scanning period) but some do not play properly (for example FTN or TMF, I can hear broken music in the background but the picture is black) This is only a recent issue as I have had all the channels working fine previously.
Also the whole PC seems slow. For the price of the machine I would have expected something special but I have been really unimpressed.
I initially thought it may be a heat problem, but the CPU temps hardly ever go over 40 C.
Any help would be appreciated .
Kind Regards,
James