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Old 04-14-2008, 05:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
justpassingby
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Re: PC freezing randomly and frequently

Hi Ty Emerson and welcome to TSF !

This sounds more like some hardware issue. I've binned your other thread in the XP support section, we can move you back there later if needed.

What's the brand, model model and wattage of your power supply ? Open the computer case and look on the sticker that's on the side of the power supply.

Enter the BIOS at startup and look for some hardware monitor or pc health & status screen. Please report your temps, fan speeds and voltages from there.

Go to start => run and type devmgmt.msc. Are there any flagged devices in the device manager ?

Go to start => run and type eventvwr.msc. Check the different sections there for errors or warnings (double-click the event for the full error message).

If you see disk errors then go to start => run and type chkdsk c: /R. You'll be prompted to restart the computer, tell us about the scan's results.

If you see "the memory could not be read" errors then you may have a failing memory stick. Download, unzip and burn memtest86+'s bootable .iso image file using a burning software that can handle .iso files. Enter the BIOS at startup and set the boot order priority to CD-rom first. Leave memtest run overnight or at least do 3 full passes on your memory. It's advised that you test one memory stick at a time, removing the others from their slot. Report if it finds any error and double-check memtest's results with windiag as it runs different tests.

Stay away from registry cleaners, they can do more harm than good.
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