• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Computer randomly hangs

Interesting, the video card issue. FWLIW, I've run various ATIs for years w/o any woes.

In the meantime, hit http://www.memtest.org/ and make yourself a bootable CD. Run the program overnight. If it throws any errors, try pulling the memory modules and re-seating them. (Along similar lines, it's just possible that pulling the video card cleaned a slightly flaky contact, solving your problem. Re-seating any and all expansion cards and power/IO cables is one of the first things to try when chasing random glitches.)

Ya might also run one of several 'stress test' programs overclockers use to certify a system's stability. One of the more popular is http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/385/Orthos_Stress_Prime_2004.html

Between these two programs, you should catch any CPU/cooling/motherboard/memory issues. Clearly, they won't do a thing for video, HD, CD, etc. problems.

If the 4850 needs a home.... ;)

Good luck
 
Well, I returned the 4850, and I am pleased with my new video card. Game runs good, and no more freezing after boot up. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, it seems my issue has been solved.
 
In case anyone is reading this reply in the future, I had similar issues with my old desktop. Everything seemed good and then the computer would freeze for no apparent reason. I tried reconnecting everything, reseating the processor and memory, and swapping the power supply - no change. Eventually I switched the memory to another slot and the problem fixed itself. Go figure. RST
 
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