Weird freezing problem

[Thejuggla112]

Built this computer myself, it is M2N-E Motherboard, AMD X2 3800 CPU, 320Gig Hard drive, 7900 evga geforce, 2X1gig Crosair ram PC2-5300. Power supply is 600W named brand.

Some history of my computer:
First problem was the power supply that came with the case, this was a long time ago, It was smelling like it was burning so I asked the place where I bought my parts and said I had to buy a new one, because the graphics card was using too much power burning it out since it was a no name brand.

Now the problem I'm having now make little to no sense to me since it has been working fine for several months;
One morning I wake up around 9, I see my computer clock is like 7 hours behind, then as soon as I open a program it freezes and starts slowing down or freezing again every few seconds, the sound from the speakers also get stuck like when your lagging during a game or something. When I shut it down and start it back up it refuses to start up, screen doesn't even load, just simply runs for about 3 second and shuts itself down. So eventually I find for some reason if I unplug something inside then plug it back in after attempting to start up it will start up. So when I'm using it, it freezes/slows down like every few second.

I decide to take it in. They look at it for no charge and said it was the ram because it was running at a lower voltage then it was needed. After I get the new ram install it, it still does the slow down thing. I took it back and they did stress tests, again for free, on it and said all the hardware was fine, it was my hard drive (Made sense because I used about 80% of it) and said too many programs were installed with windows probably making it run slow/freeze like it was.
So I reinstalled windows completely, meaning nothing installed along with it, it has worked for the last 4 days and today it is doing the same thing over. I dunno what it is causing this.

[Alaron]

Welcome to PCMech.

What exact power supply are you using now?

[Thejuggla112]

OCZ Technology 600W, it was about 3 weeks after I bought it, running 24/7, before I had these problems.

[Cricket]

Test the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic utility.

Are all the heatsinks free of dust? Inside of the computer clean?

Cricket

[Thejuggla112]

It said it passed the test.

[chuck4456]

Replace the CMOS battery.

[Thejuggla112]

Is that the battery in the MB? Are they all the same? If not how would I find out what mine is? It's weird after running the test it seems to work fine atm.

[Thejuggla112]

up

[doubledragon5]

The cmos battery is just a watch battery.. Take it out and go to a local Wal-mart or Best-buy. You should be able to pick one up....

[Thejuggla112]

Think this is the problem, or would it be something else?
Also my Ram Question:
The ram(OCZ PC2-6400) that was supposedly making my computer freeze needs 2.0V while my motherboard (ASUS M2N-E) only gives 1.95V. According to my AI booster it can go up to 2.5V. Now would it be safe to run this Ram?

[doubledragon5]

You might want to try, but I don't know if a 1/2volt increase will make that much of a difference.. What exact model of OCZ do you have? The one I found at new egg the model would reguire 2.1 volts...

[Thejuggla112]

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...Z%20Technology

Says 2.0v, I've been running it for a while with no problems but the guy there said it was causing my motherboard to be unstable. So now I'm using ram that is like twice as slow.

[doubledragon5]

If that board is the same as I checked at ASUS the OCZ RAM is not supported by ASUS.. Some boards are very picky on the type of ram you install.. So that might of been the big issue you were having... Here is the link to the board you have listed.. Click on the qvl download and it will have listed which brand of ram your board supports.. Hope this helps...