Freezing Problem

[klidifia]

Hi! A friends computer completely freezes (not responding at all) at random times in Windows. I was thinking the IDE cable was coming loose or something but it always detects the HDD on startup. I formatted it and still the same thing.

P4 2.4
512 DDR
60GB
Geforce4 MX440

Anyone have any possible ideas about what is causing this?

 

[TheMajor]

Windows XP?

Scan for virusses and spyware. Install latest graphics card drivers. Test your memory with memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/

 

[jcline]

It does sound like a spy/adware candidate, try disabling all startup items from msconfig and running ad-aware...

 

[Marvel]

Are there any indicators in the event log of problems??? What OS??

 

[klidifia]

Windows XP Home edition

Obviously it is not spyware or viruses as I have mentioned I formatted and reinstalled windows clean.

I looked at the event logs and I got this log around the time I think it crashed:

The server {F3A614DC-ABE0-11D2-A441-00C04F795683} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

 

[klidifia]

Also I have seen a few disk errors in the event log, like this:

The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\D.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

When I look it up it says to replace the IDE cable.

 

[Carlo]

It could very well be a faulty motherboard not sending info to the hardrive try a different mobo and install xp And you'll see what i mean