update motherboard drivers??

[jahill]

im considering updating my drivers for my motherboard but not sure if this is the wisest thing to do. Ive had a few blue screen problems but seemed to ahve found the source of those and fixed them. Having issues though with the computer freezing if its left on for a while, cant reactivate anything and it just sits there idle. i have a Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2, is it to dangerous updating the drivers or does it sound like another problem.

[cpugeniusmv]

go for it :) make sure system restore is enabled first though, it can save your butt if something does go wrong :)

[Omyn]

Your going to have to elaborate on your system.

Is it a custom built computer or one bought from a store?

Give us all the specifications of it.
Processor & Speed
Power supply
How many hard drives
Operating system
CD drives or Burners
PCI cards
Fans
How many ram sticks, and individual specifications of memory
Programs installed

Updating the drivers for the motherboard is not dangerous, but what I think you are trying to talk about is updating the system BIOS which can be dangerous if you dont know what you are doing.

Problem could be caused my many things, so tell us and Ill try to help you out to the best of my knowledge.

[jahill]

Updating the drivers for the motherboard is not dangerous, but what I think you are trying to talk about is updating the system BIOS which can be dangerous if you dont know what you are doing.

Problem could be caused my many things, so tell us and Ill try to help you out to the best of my knowledge.[/quote]

Its custom built, heres the specs.

1 x LiteON 16X DVD Reader
- Connection Cable: Not Included
1 x Princo DVD-R 4.7Gb (4x speed) 25 pack
1 x ATX Midi Case H622 (400W)
1 x Pioneer DVR-107 DVD Re-Writer 8x (Beige)
1 x Intel Pentium 4 3.0E GHz Boxed (Prescott 0.09u 1Mb Cache)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 120Gb 7200 8Mb cache SATA Hard Disk
- Serial ATA Power Cable: Not Supplied
1 x Microsoft Cordless Kbd+Optical Mouse Pack
1 x Benq 17" LCD 767v2 Purple
1 x Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2
1 x 1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive
- Colour: White
1 x Leadtek Winfast A360 TDH 256Mb FX5700 VIVO
1 x Generic 512Mb PC3200 DDR Ram

I really dont want to update the bios though, i know thats fraught with danger. It only seems to freeze if its left unattaneded for a long time. yes i could turn it off buts its a problem id rather fix especiually if im downloading large files and it freezes.

[nukehella]

What program are you using for downloading?

[jahill]

nohting when it was frozen last night....it wasnt even connected to the net.....

[mistah1978]

looks like a prescott bug to me. freezes when left idle. should have read more reviews before jumping to that processor. so far Athlon64 3800+ is the speed leader right now. and runs cooler too than prescotts. It has cool & quite technology, built in anti virus, 64 bit, so many adavantages and a very competitive price. well the intel ads got you =). yeah they are good in that, they spent $millions just for ads. they're very rich.

[jahill]

yeah but whats the fix, i just bought it so im not keen on shelling out more cash....

[Omyn]

Alright, could be a few possible things...

Defective RAM
Power Supply
Processor overheating
Operating System

Try to find someone who has the same type of RAM you have and swap them out to see if that fixes the problem, try putting the RAM in different slots also.

Check the power supply, put in one of equal or more strength to see if that fixes your problem, sometimes defective power supplies can cause computers to have trouble booting, automatically restart, or freeze after a while.

Check the processor temperature, go into your BIOS (delete button before windows loads in most cases) and find a menu that labels your temperature readouts for your CPU and system. Should be along the lines of PC Health, PC Status, or possibly something not even like it, remember when you are done not to save changes to the BIOS it will ask you when you exit. Intel processors can reach a maximum of 185 degrees before they become a puddle on the inside of your computer :] Also if it is very close to that temperature I would recomment a heatsink from ThermalTake or CoolerMaster (copper heatsinks only), also use Arctic Silver thermal grease for best cooling.

Have you tried reinstalling windows, maybe its just a corrupt installation or something.

Also in the near future I would recommend buying at least a 450 Watt power supply, make sure its a nice and heavy one for better quality.

[Squid_Ling]

i entirely agree with Omyn i couldnt have said it better myself. Check the ram using Memtest86...copy it to a floppy, then boot with the floppy in the drive. It will check the RAM for errors. beware though, may take a long time. set it to run overnight when your not using it. I dont have a link handy but you can google it for sure. I have encountered all of these problems and each one should be looked into with a fair bit of research.

[wonderboy2005]

Originally Posted by cpugeniusmv

go for it :) make sure system restore is enabled first though, it can save your butt if something does go wrong :)

There's always safe mode & safe mode with networking to get him out of any jam he might get himself into, and I'd personally rather do that than mess around with sys restore in the event of a problem.

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally Posted by wonderboy2005

There's always safe mode & safe mode with networking to get him out of any jam he might get himself into, and I'd personally rather do that than mess around with sys restore in the event of a problem.

same here, but i can't say that system restore has never saved me before :)

it has. twice.