I was just about to try some of your suggestions and it looks like the cause
of my freezing might have been overheating. I opened my PC and noticed that
the CPU heatsink was covered with dust. I removed it to take outside and
clean off. When I went to put it back in I accidentally broke off one of the
clips on the heatsink.
I went out and bought a ThermalTake Orb 2 heatsink and it seems to work
flawlessly now. Come to think of it - in addition to the dust covering my
heatsink, it was quite hot the other day, and my CPU was pushing 62C. Right
now it's barely hitting 36C. - I bet the old heatsink would have been fine if
it wasn't for the dust. It's strange though since I was using XP the same
night, playing UT3 and such with no issues, maybe Vista is just more
sensitive to temperature issues.
Thank you for your suggestions though, it's good that someone was willing to
help me. If I encounter any more similar problems I will keep your advice in
mind.
"Danep" wrote: