Computer Freezing / Locking up

animestan

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Hello, i've been having a re-occuring problem with my pc. This error has only occured during gaming. Visual indication would be the screen freezing on a specific frame. Sound would indiciate a reptition/loop of the last half second of noise produced by the game. And for my pc case, i have a led that connects to the HDD that blinks to show HDD activity. When the freezing first starts, it would blink in a constant cycle, then a few moments later, the light would turn off, My screen would still be frozen, and the sound would not loop anymore, but only play the last sound genereated by the game.

Things I've done to try to troubleshoot;
1. Chckdsk (Using regular chkdsk in run will check to about 2nd or 3rd step, then it says errors found cannot run in read only mode.
2. chkdsk /f
3. Ran SEAGATE diag tools. Tests run: SMART check, Short drive self test, short generic test. All tests came back as PASSED
4. Right click My Pc -> Manage -> Disk Management -> Right-Click C drive -> Properties -> Error Checking -> Check Now. The test would not start till i rebooted (and i did so) I waited for the 5 step test to finish, and my regular boot up screen proceeded and i logged in.
*I've updated graphic card drivers, HDD firmware
PC SPECS:
Quad core Q9450
Seagate 500gb
bfg gts250
kingston 4gb ram
coolmaster 600W
Asus P5Q-E
Win Xp

Stats while play Red Faction Guerilla in windowed-widescreen
according to speedfan:
GPU: 59 C
System: 29 C
CPU: 47C
AUX: 30C
Temp: 59C
HDD: 27C
Core 0: 54C
Core 1: 51C
Core 2: 50 C
Core 3: 58 C
Core: 59 C


At idle:
GPU: 39 C
System: 29 C
CPU: 35C
AUX: 30C
Temp: 39C
HDD: 27C
Core 0: 43C
Core 1: 42C
Core 2: 39 C
Core 3: 44 C
Core: 38C

*I've tried to check for errors in event viewer, but nothing poitns to a freeze or shutdown


Any solutions?
Thanks
 
Quick Update. I now have temp readings for the game I usually crash in
Left 4 Dead
Temps according to speed fan

Gpu: 64C
System: 28C
Cpu: 51C
Aux: 30C
Temp: 64C
HD0: 27C
Core0: 58C
Core1: 54C
Core2: 54C
Core3: 57C
Core: 61C
 
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