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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: ilya j on May 22, 2005, 01:43:46 PM

Title: Freezing
Post by: ilya j on May 22, 2005, 01:43:46 PM

Hello,

Recently my computer has begun to freeze periodically. When I turn it on, the computer freezes about every other second. The light that says the computer is thinking flashes on for a second while the computer is frozen, and then turns off, but then it turns on again and freezes. This lasts for several minutes.

This also happens when I open a program, and it sometimes happens the whole time I have a program open. My connection to the internet is also unstable because of this, and I get disconnected often.

I have got help and cleared my HJT logs, but with no result. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Since I don't know what to put, I'm just going to put all of it here...my specs are:

Computer      
Operating System      Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack      Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer      6.0.2900.2180
     
Motherboard      
CPU Type      Intel Celeron 4A, 2600 MHz (6.5 x 400)
Motherboard Name      Unknown
Motherboard Chipset      Intel Brookdale-G i845G
System Memory      253 MB  (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type      Phoenix (10/02/03)
Communication Port      Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port      ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
     
Display      
Video Adapter      Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller  (64 MB)
3D Accelerator      Intel Extreme Graphics
     
Multimedia      
Audio Adapter      Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-0]
     
Storage      
Floppy Drive      Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive      WDC WD800EB-00DJF0
Optical Drive      HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B
Optical Drive      HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B  (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
     
Partitions      
C: (NTFS)      76316 MB (57750 MB free)
     
Input      
Keyboard      Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse      PS/2 Compatible Mouse
     
Network      
Primary IP Address      12.76.148.249
Primary MAC Address      00-40-2B-7D-3D-11
Network Adapter      Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Network Adapter      WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface  (12.76.148.249)
Modem      Conexant SoftK56 Modem(M)

Title: Re: Freezing
Post by: Raptor on May 22, 2005, 02:01:17 PM

There are several options that you have:

• Remove excessive dust from (case) fans
  -- Dust might cause an obstacle for the fans prohobit proper airflow.
  
• Scan for spyware, viruses and Trojan horses
  -- Spyware, Viruses and trojan horses could cause your Operating System to misfunction and require it to load more often.
  
• Use a registry scanner to clean the registry
  -- Obsolete registry entries can be a source of redundant data, slowing your system down as it has to read more.
  
• Defragment your Hard Disk Drive(s)
  -- Defragmenting your Hard Disk Drives will allow for more space to be freed and a more efficient use of current disk space.
  

It is imperative that you do all this on a regular basis.

Title: Re: Freezing
Post by: merlin_2 on May 22, 2005, 03:36:50 PM

How much ram /have you got........

Title: Re: Freezing
Post by: ilya j on May 22, 2005, 07:17:58 PM

I tried all of those things except for the dust cleaning, I'm not really sure how to go about that. I will try that next though. Thank you!

And I think I have 256 MB Ram?

Title: Re: Freezing
Post by: Raptor on May 23, 2005, 07:18:04 AM

See this (http://www.computerhope.com/cleaning.htm) article for information related to cleaning computer hardware.