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Media Player intermittently hangs
First time system builder here so be easy on me.
I built a system with the following components:
Core2 Duo E7500
Intel DG45ID
4GB DDR2 800
1-TB Western Digital Caviar Green SATA
Sony Optiarc 7240 SATA
Thermaltake 500W ATX12V 2.2
CoolerMaster 330 case
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Here is the problem. When I first launch WMP, it seems to play files fine, but after a while sometimes video will freeze and it won't recover. I shutdown WMP and relaunching may bring WMP back but the window 'circle' will forever signal its waiting for something when you click on one of the WMP included sample files or any other media file. Also if I try to launch Media Center after this it will start but it just sits at a blank screen (ie. the Media Center wall paper/interface never shows up).
I have run the Window memory diagnostic. No problems found with memory.
Are there any other diagnostic tools that any one recommends for checking HDD, motherboards, and other system critical components. I have done a repair install and run sfc. Nothing has been found. Still hanging.
Also last night I got a 'IE8 stopped working' popup.
I am no system build expert so I am trying to figure out if I have a HW issue, OS issue or a combination of problems. This system is a pretty basic build and I have not installed many third party programs so I am getting frustrated especially if these are OS problems.