Every once and a while a get a problem with my computer where it totally locks up; and not just simply a program not responding -- like the whole system crashes, and the computer will stay this way until you manually restart it from the case power button.
I used to think it was just a video problem because it happens more often in video games than anything else, but I soon ruled that out after it would show me that it still locked up in windows desktop too.
I thought it was a heat or dust problem, I cleaned out dust. I monitored my temperature on just about every device, nothing unusual.
This has been going on now for about 2 years. Its not a frequent problem; but it does like to appear once and a while.
I've changed video cards, and motherboards twice; still no success. Have formatted my HDD several times.
What I've come to the conclusion to is that its got to be a hard drive error/hard drive is dying. I've never replaced this HDD that I've had.. Its an 80GB Western Digital. Its gone through countless formatÂ’s and basic normal wear an tear over the years.
Is it possible its a HDD issue, or am I still overlooking something?
I used to think it was just a video problem because it happens more often in video games than anything else, but I soon ruled that out after it would show me that it still locked up in windows desktop too.
I thought it was a heat or dust problem, I cleaned out dust. I monitored my temperature on just about every device, nothing unusual.
This has been going on now for about 2 years. Its not a frequent problem; but it does like to appear once and a while.
I've changed video cards, and motherboards twice; still no success. Have formatted my HDD several times.
What I've come to the conclusion to is that its got to be a hard drive error/hard drive is dying. I've never replaced this HDD that I've had.. Its an 80GB Western Digital. Its gone through countless formatÂ’s and basic normal wear an tear over the years.
Is it possible its a HDD issue, or am I still overlooking something?