Hi all,
In the last couple of days my PC [Soltek motherboard, P4 3.03GHz, 2GB RAM] has started freezing, won't reboot unless powered off for over half an hour or so.
I'll include as much detail as poss, please let me know which bits are irrelevant and which bits I've missed out!
- will sometimes get all the way into Windows before freezing, sometimes won't get past POST or freezes in BIOS so not a Windows issue [presumably]
- doesn't operate longer than 10 minutes max before freezing
- will not reboot immediately after failing, code 'FF' on motherboard LED
- suspected overheating but observed CPU temp in Advanced Settings in BIOS and didn't exceed 48 deg (before it locked!)
- not memory as swapped it all out and rebooted with exact same symptoms
- I made no hardware or software changes at all before the problem started
Any guidance please? Duff motherboard? Please let me know before I start taking it to bits [something I've never done before and not keen to learn yet
]
Thanks in advance