It is worth mentioning that this is my first post so please be gentle LOL.
Ok here is what is happening. My computer is locking up every time I am playing a game or watching video.
System specs
Windows Xp home edition service pack 2
Emachines with intel celeron 2.66 ghz
.99 GB of ram
Here is what I have done. I thought originally that there was just too much junk on my computer for it to run properly so I reformatted. That was after running Norton of course. I have had this computer for quite awhile so this is something I have done in the past for various things successfully, maybe not the best way but it worked. This time around I thought it fixed the problem so I continued to update windows and norton. Then watched a movie streamed from my netflix account. It worked fine then when trying to play a game again it locked up. With the video after that was the same story. With advice and a little guidance from a friend (who knows much more about computers than I ever will) we swapped out the RAM with some other he just happened to have. He assured me that they were good and I have no reason to doubt him. Also I am fairly certain that it is not overheating. Nothing feels hot to the touch and is clean. I also tried running a game with the panel off and a big box fan blowing inside just to be certain. With each step I have taken the problem seems to get better, but ultimately still locks up after about ten minutes or so.
I have not installed any new hardware or video/sound cards since this problem started occurring.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.:4-dontkno
Ok here is what is happening. My computer is locking up every time I am playing a game or watching video.
System specs
Windows Xp home edition service pack 2
Emachines with intel celeron 2.66 ghz
.99 GB of ram
Here is what I have done. I thought originally that there was just too much junk on my computer for it to run properly so I reformatted. That was after running Norton of course. I have had this computer for quite awhile so this is something I have done in the past for various things successfully, maybe not the best way but it worked. This time around I thought it fixed the problem so I continued to update windows and norton. Then watched a movie streamed from my netflix account. It worked fine then when trying to play a game again it locked up. With the video after that was the same story. With advice and a little guidance from a friend (who knows much more about computers than I ever will) we swapped out the RAM with some other he just happened to have. He assured me that they were good and I have no reason to doubt him. Also I am fairly certain that it is not overheating. Nothing feels hot to the touch and is clean. I also tried running a game with the panel off and a big box fan blowing inside just to be certain. With each step I have taken the problem seems to get better, but ultimately still locks up after about ten minutes or so.
I have not installed any new hardware or video/sound cards since this problem started occurring.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.:4-dontkno