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Old 02-20-2008, 09:18 PM   #1
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Pc Freeze/Restart

Hey wassup all

Ive been having problems with my PC it freezes at random times and also restarts sometimes, i did a fresh boot and fresh xp installation but the problem still exists, i have no idea what could be causeing this problem any help would be appreciated

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AMD Athlon 1.4 Ghz
512MB RAM
XP With updates
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Old 02-21-2008, 08:45 AM   #2
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It sounds like to PC is over heated...?
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Old 02-21-2008, 07:23 PM   #3
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CPU cooler fins full of lint?
A intermittent poor connection?
When it restarts, is it fine for a time.
A fan running slow or stopping?

How long have you had the PC? Does it have two sticks of memory? (use one then the other)
Run a memtest & HD test.
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