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10-15-2005, 02:44 PM
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computer freezing, any idea why?
Im working on a dell with 256 mb of ram, a 40gb HD with 12 gb used with XP and SP2. The problem is that it is locking up in the middle of any program for no apparent reason. I did spyware scans with ad aware and MS anti spyware and it came up completely clean. WHile i was trying to install avg to do virus scan, it froze in mid-installation. I tried using alt+tab to switch out of the avg installation to the desktop, but as soon as i opened the start menu, it froze there too. the whole time i tried using ctrl+alt+delete and it never did anything.
altho i didnt get a chance to do a virus scan yet, it doesnt seem to me that the user of this pc used it enough to get a virus on it. any other possible reasons for the random freezing (it does this in any random program)? Last edited by jimmyrules712; 10-15-2005 at 05:34 PM. |
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10-15-2005, 02:53 PM
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Could be dust buildup. That willl cause it to run hot, and can cause random crashes.
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10-15-2005, 03:28 PM
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And check tops of all condensators if one blow it can crash randomly because of that!!!
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10-15-2005, 05:20 PM
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well i was thinking it might be something wrong with the OS, why i posted it here, but i guess i really have no idea.
i do know it is not the ram, i tried swapping the ram out with a stick i know works and the problem was still there. I did a full virus scan now and there were no viruses. I opened up the case and its almost dust free, i blew out the little dust that there was, but that didnt help any. and nothing on the inside looks 'blown', everything to the eye looks good and normal. what else could possibly be it? bad motherboard? or would an OS re-install fix it? any ideas are welcome. |
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10-15-2005, 05:30 PM
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How much space is left on the HD? The HD could be fragmented.
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10-15-2005, 05:35 PM
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theres about 28 gb free (12 used of 40 total).
ill check the HD fragmentation, but this has been a pretty clean, almost new looking PC when booted up and everything, i dont think its that fragmented. |
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10-16-2005, 07:57 AM
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Could also be that you need more RAM. 256 Mb doesn't go very far these days. It might help if you disable some of the background processes that you don't need running.
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10-16-2005, 11:39 PM
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Run hard drive and memory diagnostics.
If it came with a Dell Resource CD, boot with it and run the full suite of diags. |
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10-17-2005, 02:11 AM
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i ran memtest and a HD diagnostic, both came up with no errors.
to summarize, i have confirmed it has 0 spyware and adware, 0 viruses, 0 memory errors, 0 HD errors. i have no current way of check the PSU or temps (the bios doesnt show temp readings) There is one possible driver problem. The integrated broadband controllers seems to be fine as far as drivers go, but it says "This device cannot start (error code 10)) i tried disabling it and the computer was still freezing like before. |
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