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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
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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.
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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
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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 ...
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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)
&quot;and then unfreeze itself.&quot; 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 &amp; system resources. And it still could be hardware on the hairy edge (heat &amp; cool are...
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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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