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Thread: random Win XP freezing

Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago by coolprash
Hi, my Win XP computer randomly freezes a couple of times a day. The computer's hard drive had died, so I had bought a new HDD, reinstalled the OS (Win XP) fresh, Anti-Virus, Firefox and the minimum software to get work done. The RAM is 512 MB and a lot of it stay free. HDD has plenty of space so it's not a VM problem. I can't figure out what is going wrong. Any ideas where I should...
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Philipo replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
"I can't figure out what is going wrong. Any ideas where I should look. " Does it change based on ambient temperature or how long it's been running from cold? B

coolprash replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
no temperature doesn't seem to be a factor. The computer will run fine and then freeze for a minute or so and then unfreeze itself.

BobSch replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
When it freezes will Ctrl-Alt-Del work? If so, click on Task Manager and then on Processes and the CPU column to sort the processes by usage. See what's keeping your CPU busy. Bob

Philipo replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Just some quick thoughts: Given it's a fresh OS & driver install and with minimal other stuff installed on-top (all that right?) it sounds even more likely a hardware issue and pulling elements from the system and reintroducing them is one way to expose that. Divide & conquer. Did you pull & re-seat cards & mem when you replaced the HD? For example if you've got 2 256M DIMMs and as ...

Philipo replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
"and then unfreeze itself." Whoop - I missed that part. Still could be hardware but if it's always a temporary hang then I'm not a quick to leap to assume hardware. I agree with Bob - you should look at processes hanging and again a Utility that works over the hardware may still be a useful way of stressing hw & system resources. And it still could be hardware on the hairy edge (heat & ...

 

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random Win XP freezing
Published (2009-11-02 14:26:00)
"and then unfreeze itself." Whoop - I missed that part. Still could be hardware but if it's always a temporary hang then I'm not a quick to leap to assume hardware. I agree with Bob - you should look at processes hanging and again a Utility that works over the hardware may still be a useful way of stressing hw & system resources. And it still could be hardware on the hairy edge (heat & cool are...
coolprash
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random Win XP freezing
Published (2009-11-02 13:48:00)
no temperature doesn't seem to be a factor. The computer will run fine and then freeze for a minute or so and then unfreeze itself.
BobSch
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random Win XP freezing
Published (2009-11-02 14:02:00)
When it freezes will Ctrl-Alt-Del work? If so, click on Task Manager and then on Processes and the CPU column to sort the processes by usage. See what's keeping your CPU busy. Bob

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