sharpshoota
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System specs:
p4 2.4 ghz
nvidia geforce4 ti4200 128mb
512mb pc2700 ddr333
Western Digital SE 80gb 7200 HD
ASUS P4PE motherboard
Alright im no computer genius by any means so take it easy on me. The problem is my computer will lock up at random times. the Keyboard and mouse will freeze, so I have to use the reset button. The thing is I know exactly when the computer is going to freeze. It kinda gives me a warning signal, a strange noise. Either its a fan, or the harddrive that makes the noise. I think it's the harddrive. Its like the noise you get when you turn the computer off. You hear the power and fans die down slowly. It's that noise, only smaller. It's not the whole computer making that noise. It's just this one fan,or the harddrive, whatever it is. After it makes that power down noise, it makes the power up noise. seconds later the computer locks up, everytime. No mouse, no keyboard, have to restart using the reset button. At precisely the same time I lose mouse and keyboard functions....the HDD light is solid. Not blinking anymore. Its frozen in the lit up state. this has been happening ever since i got my computer 2 years ago. I've just been to lazy to figure out what's wrong....somedays it will never freeze...others it will freeze after 15 minutes. I have noticed something common with all the freeze ups though. Everytime it freezes up, the computer is pretty much idle. Im not doing anything demanding of the computer's processor, ram, or graphics card. It will only freeze when im looking at a website, downloading something, or just talking to people on AIM, or if I just left the computer on. If I am playing a game like counter strike, it doesnt freeze, ever. It seems as though doing something that takes up the computers resources keeps it running. Ive also discovered that if i am listening to music on winamp, it prolongs the freeze up. or it wont freeze up at all. If i want my computer to stay on all day to download something, i just run a playlist on winamp. and it wont freeze. Sorry for such a long post, but I thought all that information was necessary. Any ideas? feel free to ask me questions if you need more info.
p4 2.4 ghz
nvidia geforce4 ti4200 128mb
512mb pc2700 ddr333
Western Digital SE 80gb 7200 HD
ASUS P4PE motherboard
Alright im no computer genius by any means so take it easy on me. The problem is my computer will lock up at random times. the Keyboard and mouse will freeze, so I have to use the reset button. The thing is I know exactly when the computer is going to freeze. It kinda gives me a warning signal, a strange noise. Either its a fan, or the harddrive that makes the noise. I think it's the harddrive. Its like the noise you get when you turn the computer off. You hear the power and fans die down slowly. It's that noise, only smaller. It's not the whole computer making that noise. It's just this one fan,or the harddrive, whatever it is. After it makes that power down noise, it makes the power up noise. seconds later the computer locks up, everytime. No mouse, no keyboard, have to restart using the reset button. At precisely the same time I lose mouse and keyboard functions....the HDD light is solid. Not blinking anymore. Its frozen in the lit up state. this has been happening ever since i got my computer 2 years ago. I've just been to lazy to figure out what's wrong....somedays it will never freeze...others it will freeze after 15 minutes. I have noticed something common with all the freeze ups though. Everytime it freezes up, the computer is pretty much idle. Im not doing anything demanding of the computer's processor, ram, or graphics card. It will only freeze when im looking at a website, downloading something, or just talking to people on AIM, or if I just left the computer on. If I am playing a game like counter strike, it doesnt freeze, ever. It seems as though doing something that takes up the computers resources keeps it running. Ive also discovered that if i am listening to music on winamp, it prolongs the freeze up. or it wont freeze up at all. If i want my computer to stay on all day to download something, i just run a playlist on winamp. and it wont freeze. Sorry for such a long post, but I thought all that information was necessary. Any ideas? feel free to ask me questions if you need more info.