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vbharry · 08-23-2006, 08:35 AM

I have suddenly started experiencing a problem with my HP ZE4502 laptop: it seems to pause (or freeze) for about a half of a second, reoccurring about every 5 seconds. It's most noticeable by trying to continuously move the mouse. About every 5 seconds, the cursor will stop moving for about a half second, then resume by trying to catch up to where it should be (which is pretty annoying). It's not just the mouse, though, because I will see the same behavior with the keyboard. For example, if I hold down a key with notepad open, I will see the same pauses in the printing of the characters.

Does anyone have any ideas about what might be going on? Thanks!

08-23-2006, 08:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
vbharry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP	My laptop keeps pausing or freezing temporarily I have suddenly started experiencing a problem with my HP ZE4502 laptop: it seems to pause (or freeze) for about a half of a second, reoccurring about every 5 seconds. It's most noticeable by trying to continuously move the mouse. About every 5 seconds, the cursor will stop moving for about a half second, then resume by trying to catch up to where it should be (which is pretty annoying). It's not just the mouse, though, because I will see the same behavior with the keyboard. For example, if I hold down a key with notepad open, I will see the same pauses in the printing of the characters. Does anyone have any ideas about what might be going on? Thanks!