Computer locking up and not sure why



I just put together a new PC. It is in an Antec P180 case and has a
ASUS SLI-Premium motherboard. As well, I have a 550W Antec Power
Supply, BFG 7800gt video card, and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 CPU.

My problem, it locks up from time to time. I"ve had it together for a
week and twice during that time it locked up. The first a couple days
after putting it together. Then last night it locked up again.

Once when I put a PC together I had frequent lockups, about every 4-5
hours and it turned out I found out the CPU was running around 130-135
degrees so I know that's the problem. This time with all the fans in
the case plus a Thermaltake Big Typhoon fan I can't see it doing that.
I did put the white paste on the CPU.

Anyway, I used ASUS Probe to check temperatures. It said the CPU is
running at 36/96 degrees. It said the motherboard is at 39/102 and
the CPU Fan is running at 1506RPM, the Chassis Fan at 1074RPM. These
temperatures seem fine, is that true? These are of cousre under no
load and I Have not ran the PC under a heavy load yet.

I am thinking as well it could be a driver issue. The first couple
days the PC was new and not much was installed and last night I
installed a lot of drivers. Anyway, any idea what could be causing
htis and most of all, are those temperatures okay? Thanks.
.



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