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Thread ID: 75867 2007-01-13 01:54:00 PC freezing often Ishida (11767) Press F1
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515338 2007-01-13 01:54:00 Please help!

My PC has been freezing A LOT! I did not have this problem earlier, but from time to time my PC just ceases to respond! It happens randomly, but too often.

Let´s say Im typing something on Microsoft Word, listening to some music on Winamp. Then suddenly the song stops, mouse can still move. I try to close Word´s window, but it won´t do anything. I try to click on the taskbar to open another running application and nothing happens (Note that the mouse still moves).

If I keep on clicking on anything else, the machine starts beeping, a long beep that won´t stop. I have to hard-reset my PC.

Do you think my PC is overheating? Or do I have driver´s problems?

My PC specs are as follows:

*BIOSTAR Motherboard M7VIG 400
*Athlon XP 2600+ processor.
*256MB RAM

Yeah, that´s pretty much it (Hey, stop laughing, I only use it for work or Internet, no fancy stuff here).

And please excuse me for my English, I speak spanish. :illogical

Any help? 		Ishida (11767)
515339 2007-01-13 02:37:00 Fitst I'd check for malware:
faqf1.net.nz 		pctek (84)
515340 2007-01-13 04:57:00 I´ll try. Any good program that you can recommend? Ishida (11767)
515341 2007-01-13 05:36:00 Just a note: Mi CPU temp is 59°C right now, and my CPU fan speed is around 4000rpm.... Is this normal for an Athlon XP 2600+?

And about the adware stuff, do you recommend me to use that "Hijackthis" (Or something like that) program?

Thanks! 		Ishida (11767)
515342 2007-01-13 05:56:00 Just a note: Mi CPU temp is 59°C right now, and my CPU fan speed is around 4000rpm.... Is this normal for an Athlon XP 2600+?

And about the adware stuff, do you recommend me to use that "Hijackthis" (Or something like that) program?

Thanks!

Try Lavasoft Adaware and/or Spybot 		p5t5r85nry (10658)
515343 2007-01-15 09:11:00 I been using Win2000 Pro for the last 2 years and never freeze once.
Got hold of XP-Home a couple of months ago, formatted and installed and updated all drivers, and now computer freezes at least once a day.
When I get the time I will go back to good old reliable Win 2000. 		splodg (7182)
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