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Topic: computer freezes
markecephus Joined Sun 10/07/07 Posts: 13831	Sun 02/07/10 12:42 PM
I am leaning towards low memory. Norton does consume quite a bit of memory. The problem with that theory though, is if multiple windows are causing the problem, then you should be getting errors.. "low virtual memory" or "pure vital function call" so the system does not seem to be recognizing the issue. In the post above, HawaiiMusikMan, has a good illustration, but i can say, that these components will not always tell on themselves (visually) though more often than not, a capacitor will spew. I am an electrician, and an electronics tech, so i do have experience with boards. I'm going with HawaiiMusikMan's advice, in at least temporarily removing Norton, for the sake of troubleshooting. Elimination is key. Try that, and see if the problem clears.

Up2Us Joined Sat 03/15/08 Posts: 3926	Sun 02/07/10 01:00 PM
All very good advice: Have you simply used Task Manger to monitor application memory usage? It may give a glance of which application maybe spiking memory/cpu at the time of freeze.

ivo77 Joined Fri 02/05/10 Posts: 9	Mon 02/08/10 12:42 PM
well,still frezing, no leaking capasitors,nu funny smells also on motherboard or videocard. all fans working perfect, i removed windows internet explorer,some people i know said they where having problems with that. i have removed norton. and at this moment i also removed opera browser. i use that browser because i like it better than explorer/chrome and firefox. so now im waiting again to see if it will frees or not graphics are always good,no problem there. to up2us, cpu only uses at moment it freezes only 3%

centered Joined Tue 01/09/07 Posts: 364	Mon 02/08/10 02:24 PM Edited by centered on Mon 02/08/10 02:24 PM
well,still frezing [sic] Have you run a RAM-check utility? If not, I suggest memtest ... http://www.memtest.org/ downloads ... http://www.memtest.org/#downiso My guess is you'll want this one: http://www.memtest.org/download/4.00/memtest86+-4.00.iso.zip Unzip it, then burn the ISO image to a CD, reboot (make sure your machine is set to boot initially from a CD), then run it to check your RAM. (I have another suggestion, but will save it until after the RAM test is done).

HawaiiMusikMan Joined Sat 11/08/08 Posts: 3548	Mon 02/08/10 09:45 PM
Update your hardware drivers direct from the manufactures website, especially you video card and chipset. example: if you have an Nvidia graphics card, get the latest driver for it from Nvidia's site. If you have an intel chipset, go to intel's site & get the latest.

ivo77 Joined Fri 02/05/10 Posts: 9	Sat 02/13/10 03:36 AM
hi guys, thanks for thinking and helping. i think i finaly found what the freezing causes. it turnt out that my mouse sometimes goes crazy and that made my computer to freez. now i have put on a other mouse and since then everything is working perfect again. again,thanks for the help and tips.

mrsheppherd Joined Fri 02/12/10 Posts: 162	Sat 02/13/10 03:38 AM
btw, windows Vista requires twice as much memory than other operating systems.

Atlantis75 Joined Wed 12/03/08 Posts: 8581	Sun 02/14/10 10:04 AM Edited by Atlantis75 on Sun 02/14/10 10:18 AM
hi guys, thanks for thinking and helping. i think i finaly found what the freezing causes. it turnt out that my mouse sometimes goes crazy and that made my computer to freez. now i have put on a other mouse and since then everything is working perfect again. again,thanks for the help and tips. I have never seen a computer freezing from a mouse. Your mouse doesn't go crazy, it's the other way around..something causing your pc to have your mouse cursor or the mouse input or it has nothing to do with the mouse in the first place. Do this: click start ---> type in the field dxdiag hit "enter" on your keyboard. You will get this: show what the text file says (copy/paste) only the first part though, here is mine for example: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 2/14/2010, 13:16:35 Machine name: *************** Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.090803-2339) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model: P35-DS3L BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz Memory: 3070MB RAM Page File: 863MB used, 5492MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: The file ctaud2k.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer. Sound Tab 2: The file ctaud2k.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer. Input Tab: No problems found.

buttons Joined Mon 11/06/06 Posts: 25783	Mon 02/15/10 02:09 PM Edited by buttons on Mon 02/15/10 02:11 PM
i wonder if he is in power saver mode that was turning off my computer yet appearing that it was frozen..i dont think he stated if he was away from his computer or not.. but that happens while away and is set on a timer..

ivo77 Joined Fri 02/05/10 Posts: 9	Thu 02/18/10 10:34 AM
it was the mouse, the mouse it self is defect, when using the scroll wheel the screen begin to flicker in the mozilla browser. anyways,since im using a other mouse my computer hasnt froozen anymore. im back using my first installation,since i didnt delete that first. and everything is runnig perfect without any problems at all. to buttons, i have all power savers turnt off. when im away my computer wont go to stand by or sleep mode. my computer frooz everytime i was busy with it. but like i said before,since i use a other mouse,no problems anymore.