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Does it ever lock up just sitting there powered up? (with standby disabled)

Have you tweaked any settings or changed any of the hardware?

You might want to run a <a href="http://www.memtest86.com/">thorough memory test</a>. Complete freezes on a recent system are a bit unusual.

This time of year I have to ask, what's the room temperature? Does it lock up as quickly after just booting vs. having been powered up for hours? How about case exhaust temps? Hot, warm, or no air movement?

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