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  1. 10-08-2008, 04:48 AM #1
    Bazmcc
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    Random freezing of the car PC.

    Hello
    I need a little help. My car PC runs perfectly well most of the time but for some reason just freezes from time to time and I need to turn it off and on again to get it working again. This seems to happen quite randomly and usually after the PC has been working fine for 30 - 40 minutes +.

    I was wondering how I could try to track down the fault. Is there any way I could narrow down what it could be. I don't think my system can see the case and cpu temps? or maybe it can.

    The computer freezes, music stops, touch screen stops responding, ctrl alt del doesn't work, but compiter continues to run and get power, it does not reset either. The screen is warm to touch but this can't be the issue? can it?

    Any help would be great and my pc is excellent otherwise and everything is working well.

    Here's my spec.
    Motherboard/CPU: Via Epia MII 12000
    RAM: 1Gb
    PSU: M2-ATX
    HDD: Western Digital 120Gb IDE 2.5"
    Screen: Xenarc 7" Touchscreen
    OS: Windows XP Pro
    FE: Tried a few and the error persists so it's not the front end software causeing the problem.
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  2. 10-08-2008, 08:35 AM #2
    BlackStealth
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    Overheating causes computers to freeze, so I'd investigate if that's a possibility.
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  3. 10-08-2008, 08:39 AM #3
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    I am intending to take the lid off the case and try running it without it for a while.
    I'm also going to relocate the HDD from the case to the inside lid of the bootbuild.
    Baz
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  4. 10-08-2008, 09:22 AM #4
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    another possibility is the hard drive is dying, mine does this about every year (winter in calgary is very cold). Replace the hard drive and i'm running again.
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  5. 10-08-2008, 09:27 AM #5
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    Sounds like a good plan. My HDD did throw a hissy fit a while ago and I reformatted got it partitiioned and up and running again. It's still under warranty I think as well.
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  6. 10-08-2008, 09:47 AM #6
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    From the symptoms you describe I'd look in to the cooling of the CPU first. I see this problem on a daily basis. With the processors in Laptops these days and inadequate cooling the machines will just freeze. It probably wouldn't hurt to run a chkdsk on the drive (not a scandisk, i.e. 'chkdsk /r /f /x' from a cmd prompt)... Also it's not a bad idea to do a good drive re-conditioning every so often too. I highly recommend a the program 'Spinrite' from www.grc.com for drive recovery and reconditioning.
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  7. 10-09-2008, 06:19 AM #7
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    Get one of these mate. I have one and it's brilliant!

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MESE:IT&ih=007

    I am the seller by the way but I do use the same one in my build and if you ever been to west yorkshire, you'll know how **** our roads are, pot holes, speed humps, cobbles, the hard drive has never skipped a beat, yet I mount it horizontally!
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