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Old 03-28-2007, 09:33 PM   #1
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My computer keeps freezing completely. I'll be in the middle of a session, and everything just stops. I have to turn the power off by holding down the button and then restarting. Then it'll work for about 20-30 minutes before doing the same thing.

It is new as of Christmas, Centrino Duo, 1GB RAM, etc. 57GB of free hard drive space as of now.

None of my system restore points are working for me. When I try it shuts down, then starts back up and tells me that that one didn't work and to try another, and none of them work.

Everything was fine until today...

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Old 03-28-2007, 09:39 PM   #2
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i am far from a computer whiz, but my old roommate was having computer trouble and he would do the same thing (turning off manually on a frequent basis) and it eventually wouldnt load anymore. I may be wrong, but I don't think it's good to turn it off that way too often. Does it say anything before it freezes?
 
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Try downloading and running a program called Spybot Search and Destroy, and also one called Ad-Aware. I'll bet you have a nasty spyware/malware problem.
 


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Old 03-28-2007, 09:56 PM   #4
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Yea, either that or your hard drive took a ****.
 
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i am far from a computer whiz, but my old roommate was having computer trouble and he would do the same thing (turning off manually on a frequent basis) and it eventually wouldnt load anymore. I may be wrong, but I don't think it's good to turn it off that way too often. Does it say anything before it freezes?
Nope. I was just watching my CPU usage in the task manager while I was running a scan. It was consistent around 20%ish for a while, then was at 50%ish+ for a while, then right when it froze it was at 2-5%. I'm puzzled...

I have Xoftspy for adware/spyware. I run it all the time...
 
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mine is messed up too. i cant see any green......
 
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Old 03-28-2007, 10:24 PM   #7
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mine is messed up too. i cant see any green......
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Something is overheating. My guess is a fan cooling your CPU (hence the time delay). The fan is probably working sub-par and after 20 minutes the CPU heats up so high it crashes. I'd have a repair shop test it because that CPU/motherboard is probabbly the most expensive part of your rig.
 
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Something is overheating. My guess is a fan cooling your CPU (hence the time delay). The fan is probably working sub-par and after 20 minutes the CPU heats up so high it crashes. I'd have a repair shop test it because that CPU/motherboard is probabbly the most expensive part of your rig.
You may be onto something. The fan on this badboy is always workin overtime.

In other news I downloaded that free Spybot Search and Destroy program, and it found 39 instances that my P.O.S. XoftspySE, which I paid for, did not find.

So far so good too. I think I've broken the 40 minute mark now!
 
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You may be onto something. The fan on this badboy is always workin overtime.

In other news I downloaded that free Spybot Search and Destroy program, and it found 39 instances that my P.O.S. XoftspySE, which I paid for, did not find.

So far so good too. I think I've broken the 40 minute mark now!

Nice one. Try Ad-Aware as well, and download Speedfan. It tells you the temperature inside your rig.

 


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i agree with the ad-aware and spybot option

you can also install Pandas SpyXposer spyxposer_principal
it only detects virus/spyware/adware but it tells you were its located and you could delete the files manualy
Also a nother great tool is HijackThis

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mine is messed up too. i cant see any green......
I think I fixed it for you, just click Refresh!

 
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oh now i see it!!!! so you are a rep for ky jelly now? congrats!!! sending out any free samples? wink wink
 
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oh now i see it!!!! so you are a rep for ky jelly now? congrats!!! sending out any free samples? wink wink
**** ky it taste like crap here get a smaple of astroglide instead Astroglide Free Sample
 
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Hey thanks for the link!
 


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hows that working for you now? if you still have problems, or even if you dont i used to be a computer nerd ha. download ewido. its the best program there is! install that bad boy, restart your computer in safe mode, run ewido (make sure you download the updates in the ewido program first) and it will surely find many more problems that the other programs couldnt find. only downside is ewido takes a good hour to finish scanning, so if you do have a fan problem and your computer is overheating, it will likely crash before ewido is finished. if this doesnt fix it, and its not a hardware issue, download and run "hijackthis" and send me the log at triality@gmail.com and I will get back to you with some further instructions.
 
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