I'm not sure whether this is the right forum or not, but I'll give it a try anyway.
My sons computer has been suffering some strange freezes while the computer is running. He's got Norton Systemworks installed and has run through everything on the list in an attempt to figure out what's wrong. I watched him do most of the tests without incident.
He'll be just surfing or downloading songs or some such thing when all of a sudden nothing. The screen is still up and we can see everything clearly, except that it's frozen. Can't do a damn thing. Mouse doesn't work, ctrl/alt/delet doesn't work. All that remains as an option is to shut the powerbar off. Turn the unit back on and it's working fine, but for how long is unsure.
The only thing that I can think of that might be an issue is the video card that he's using. After he'd had the card for a while, the cooling fan on the card started to hum and make some very un-natural noises. A little oil under the sticker fixed that right up. But it got me to wondering.
What if the fan has stopped working and now the video chip is over heating. Would this be enough to cause the computer to freeze?
If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to post them.
Thanks.
My sons computer has been suffering some strange freezes while the computer is running. He's got Norton Systemworks installed and has run through everything on the list in an attempt to figure out what's wrong. I watched him do most of the tests without incident.
He'll be just surfing or downloading songs or some such thing when all of a sudden nothing. The screen is still up and we can see everything clearly, except that it's frozen. Can't do a damn thing. Mouse doesn't work, ctrl/alt/delet doesn't work. All that remains as an option is to shut the powerbar off. Turn the unit back on and it's working fine, but for how long is unsure.
The only thing that I can think of that might be an issue is the video card that he's using. After he'd had the card for a while, the cooling fan on the card started to hum and make some very un-natural noises. A little oil under the sticker fixed that right up. But it got me to wondering.
What if the fan has stopped working and now the video chip is over heating. Would this be enough to cause the computer to freeze?
If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to post them.
Thanks.
) to get as much dust as I could. So far, so good. I left the computer running over night to see if it would freeze up again, but it seems to be working fine for now.
