(Computer Issue) Random horrific lockups.

[Nephtys]

Still having issues. The compy's now sometimes going total sudden blackscreen with no more sound, that only a reboot can help.

At other times, it seems stuck on the BIOS 'loading!' page until reboot or even physically struck once or twice. What is this? Potential Northbridge failure?

[dragon]

Have you checked for errors in the event logs. If not you could try and create a custom view so that criticals and errors for all logs are tracked. That way you don't have to dig through tons of logs entries looking for errors.

[Nephtys]

After extensive work, I think it was an issue with (bizzarely enough) my wireless network card. I removed it, and suspected it's driver was causing some kind of problem. I think it may have solved the problem now...

[Uraniun235]

I once had a video card that was defective. When it crashed it took the system down hard enough that hitting the reset button wouldn't boot the system, it had to be powered off and back on again. I think I was able to pin it on the video card by getting it to happen with Furmark.

[phongn]

After extensive work, I think it was an issue with (bizzarely enough) my wireless network card. I removed it, and suspected it's driver was causing some kind of problem. I think it may have solved the problem now...

Many WLAN drivers stink, unfortunately. I wish Intel would produce desktop WLAN cards without resorting to running a miniPCI/PCI or miniPCIe/PCIe bridge.