re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(20448 messages posted)
You need to start by looking at the task manager and observe cpu utilization.
On Friday, April 25, 2008 at 9:32 pm, Alexander wrote:
>I just got this system:
>Insulated Antec Solo Case
>Abit IP 35 Pro Off Limits Motherboard (SLI Ready)
>Core 2 Duo E6400 with aftermarket Arctic Freezer 7 Heat Sink Fan
>Patriot 2x1gb PC5300 Dual Channel Kit
>Zalman ZM600-HP 600W Power Supply (SLI Ready)
>GeForce 8600GT XFX 256MB DDR3 DX10 (Newly Installed & SLI Ready)
>Samsung LightScribe DVD-RW/CD-RW
>
>2 x 750GB SATA Hard Disk Drives 7200 RPM
>2 fans installed in front to cool drive bays
>
>
>I installed some programs but I would think that this system should handle pretty
>much anything I could throw at it (I do not game).
>
>When I am working on it it just hangs for a while. Sometimes I even neet to re-boot.
> I have o idea why it does this and would think it is fast enough not to. Help!
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8:51 am
Posted by Alexander
(7 messages posted)
I look semi often and it does not get taxed at all really. What next.
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 9:36 am
Posted by Ari
(1287 messages posted)
You need to look at it when the computer is freezing, not "semi often."
On Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8:51 am, Alexander wrote:
>I look semi often and it does not get taxed at all really. What next.
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Posted by Alexander
(7 messages posted)
I watched it the whole time and messed with some graphics and got it to freeze again
and when it came back it showed spikes to 100% usage. Some of the shorter ones (5-10
seconds) would spike it to 50%. I do not know why or what to do to stop it.
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Posted by Ari
(1287 messages posted)
When it spikes to 100% usage, you want to be looking at the list of processes, sorted
by CPU usage, to see which one is the big offender.
On Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 3:17 pm, Alexander wrote:
>I watched it the whole time and messed with some graphics and got it to freeze again
>and when it came back it showed spikes to 100% usage. Some of the shorter ones
(5-10
>seconds) would spike it to 50%. I do not know why or what to do to stop it.
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Posted by Alexander
(7 messages posted)
If i am doing something with Outlook and it spikes then outlook is the bad guy.
If I am playing music with visuals then Windows media player is the bad guy. I would
think that my computer should handle these things. Is there something I can do?
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Posted by Ari
(1287 messages posted)
None of those things should be spiking your processor up to the limit. Take a look
at what is causing the spike when your computer freezes.
On Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 6:18 pm, Alexander wrote:
>If i am doing something with Outlook and it spikes then outlook is the bad guy.
>If I am playing music with visuals then Windows media player is the bad guy. I
would
>think that my computer should handle these things. Is there something I can do?
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 8:31 am
Posted by Alexander
(7 messages posted)
So it happened a lot today so far. I was surfing with Firefox and went to a page
with some flash on it. The computer kept stalling. When I would put my cursor over
a link that would pop up an info bubble the comp would freeze. The Firefox usage
would jump to 75%+. When I go to outlook and choose a different mail account the
computer might freeze. Outlook usage also jumps. This is killing me. My less capable
laptop never does this. What can I do?
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Posted by Alexander
(7 messages posted)
Actually sometimes if I am on a page and it freezes (like a web page and I am scrolling)
the picture is then messed (un -viewable with all colors everywhere) up. I am thinking
that it might have something to do with my graphics card? Help!
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re: Computer freezes every once in a while!
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Posted by Alexander
(7 messages posted)
Sometimes when I change windows (alt, tab) part of the previous screen graphics stay
on the screen. Also when I log in to the other account and then back to mine it
is like I did not even change. I have to log off the other account before I can
get back in to my account.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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