Random Computer crashing post Wireless installation

Is the system stable without the USB device plugged in?

stable = prime95 stable + burncpu stable + no errors in memtes86 on a 24h run

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by UnpackedRat

I don't really think that this torture gauntlet is entirely necessary, and can even be risky if your computer really DOES have certain problems.

It's risky to use your computer even if it has stability problems. Stress testing is the smart way to go if you want to have a reliable system. I can't afford working this a system with stability issues, which can probably corrupt the filesystems on my HD.

Originally Posted by UnpackedRat

Some things to check, for starters(this is a long shot... >_> ):
-Go into the BIOS at a cool bootup (you shut the computer down, and its been inactive for 30 or so minutes) and check the processor temperature.
-Go into the BIOS immediately following a freeze-invoked hard reset and check the processor temp

Won't work - CPU core temperature changes incredibly fast when under load / no under load. Even if the heat transfer CPU-heatsink is not the best.
Better fire up some monitoring software that does synchonized writing to HD, then check the log after next lockup.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I use a combination of lmsensors and syslog-ng (removing write cache from the fs the log is written to). I don't know if there are methods to do this under win.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.