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very little HDD space will cause the system slow performance and some issue in booting as well.

Besides dedicated video card, try get more space avaailble on the HDD.
Some game need more HDD space for temp folder storage when the game starts.
So some game may cause slower system performance, some won't when the HDD spce is very low.

Hope this helps!
Bill

Seems a lot of steps have been done.
Have the CPU been reseated yet?

When using RAM, just use 1 working RAM to test.

Hope this helps!
Bill
Tech Manager

disable Avast or try reinstall the latest video card driver may help.

Cheers!
Bill
Tech Manager

when i turn my computer on the power button flashes red and turns itself off please help my daughter needs computer for school work i asked pc world on phone they said sounds like motherboard and expensive job i cant afford to pay alot

No idea what computer you have, desktop or laptop PC?

Try reset the computer by doing the following:

Unplug the power cord to the desktop PC (and remove the battery as well if the PC is a laptop) and pressing the power button over 20 seconds do not let go.

This will discharge and reset the computer.

Hope this helps!
Bill
Tech Manager

Try clear the CMOs on the mainboard using the jumper or removing the battery.

Use the original heatsink that comes with CPU and see if that works!
Hope this helps!
Bill

Just try use 1 256mb RAM on different RAM slot.

Then use the other RAM again the same way, when you reach the system no boot, the RAM connecting to the system is faulty, if certain RAM slot caused no boot on both RAM, that slot maybe faulty.
This is not a software issue, you may need to swap a piece of 512mb RAM on the working slot(if you really need to have that much RAM on your system) or get the faulty RAM slot fix then.

Hope this helps!
Bill

Adding 1gb RAM and 500GB HDD genrerally may not speed up the system much.

Hugh RAM only shows the diffrent when you run a huge game application or database software, otherwise, 1 extra GB not making too much differnce is normall.

Also, after add the RAM, make sure updated the correct paging file as well.

If you have total 2gb RAM on the system, the paging file should be 3gb size, 2 x1.5.

To set the page file:
right click My Computer - Properties - Advanced - setting (in Performance section) - advanced - change - C: - custom size (3gb)max - set - ok to exit.
Remember to write down the previous page file size so you can switch back if drive C ran out of space in some cases.

Hope this helps!
Bill

Hi sgamble,

"video card overheating"

Yes, this may be a issue as well.

Check the fan if there is any on the video card.(some may not have the fan design)

If the slower fan with dust surrounding it, the video card may heated up and freezes on the graphic demanding application.

Try clean the video card fan with a brush.

I am afraid if this is the overheated video card causing the freeze, cleaning or replacing the fan will not correct the problem, use to have a PC with overheated video card with stuck non spinning fan, do works on regular desktop bu no games, I have to replace the other new video card, hope the video card has not been damaged yet.

I would use the other known good HDD to test the system.

Or simply remove the jumper on your HDD to let the system recapture the HDD again.

Before we do have the freezed PC replacing the HDD works.
Now, before using the other HDD, simply remove the existing HDD jumper to let the system to recapture the original HDD again, if it works, you save a lot of time.

As you know, freezing PC comes with many factors, so we can start with the least costly step first. and you have already done the software part, now let's get going to the HDD part.

Good luck!
Bill

Seems you have done a lot of software part to troubleshoot. If reinstalling the windows still causing the problem, I wonder if you have installed the latest chipset driver for your mainboard and reboot.

The system temperature seems a bit higher, check all the fans and maybe add a case fan to help cooling the system to make it more stable.

Hope this helps!
Bill

Try Last know Good configuration option.

After pressed the power button to power on the PC, press the "F8" key and there will be a boot manual. select from the Last known good configuration" and hit enter.

After boot to desktop, do the same games and the apps you have been doing and see if system freeze or not.

If the problem persists, reboot and do the same "f8" to get to the boot manual and select safe mode this time.

You can also use other known good HDD to see if the system works.

Hope this helps!
Bill