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10-20-2003, 11:25 PM
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pc lock up
my pc locks up right when im doing something important, and i had win 2k and then thought it might be the os and then upgraded back to xp and it still does it, i checked out my memory and that don't seem like thats it either, i dunno what else that can cause this ?
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10-21-2003, 08:46 AM
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Maybe you're overheating.
Does it do it with the case off?
When's the last time you cleaned out the "dust bunnies?"
Bill
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10-21-2003, 08:49 AM
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what do you have running in the background?
does it freeze randomly or when you load up a certain point.
doing something important doesnt tell us anything
system specs?
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10-21-2003, 08:58 AM
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GZ, how far is Petersburg form Yorktown?
Maybe you can go check it out. 
Just kidding. Sorry for the useless post. 
Bill
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10-21-2003, 12:50 PM
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never mind, i found out it was trillian that locked, when i had rebooted i forgot to open it, and it didn't freeze but when i opened it 5 minutes later it locked.... guess i will just have to use 4 programs now,  | |
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10-21-2003, 03:21 PM
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o never mind again, its back, now im lost, early this week i did blow my pc out with a vacum blower, anything else?
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10-21-2003, 06:03 PM
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How about some PC specs??
MB, processor, PS, memory, video card, programs running at startup etc.
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10-21-2003, 07:16 PM
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MB, processor, PS, memory, video card, programs running at startup etc.
motherboard: Soyo K7ada v1.0
Processor:AMD Duron 1.3GHZ
PS: 300W
Memory: 768, and i belive it went down,
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 4 Mx440se 64MB AGP 4x
Running on start up: Incredimail, Norton 03",AIm,Msn,thats about it
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10-22-2003, 05:24 AM
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Well, the first thing to do is get rid of that f****** Norton!!!!! Probably the 3rd worst program out there (to YOL [Yuppies On Line] and Idiot Exploiter). Uncheck it running at startup either through the program itself and/or MS Config.
Do the same with that other crap. None of that needs to be running at startup. Start them when you use them as needed since you aren't using them all at the same time. That may or may not be the problem, but there isn't need for all of that running out of the gate. It's enough just to load M$'s bloated O/S's let along more garbage.
Sorry to blast out at you, but I really gets me to see the startuplist of non M$ programs longer than the M$ processes including the system tray extending over halfway through the task bar.
If that does work if you REALLY need to have some of that stuff running at startup try one at a time.
Hope that helps.
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10-22-2003, 12:54 PM
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well, if not norton what else am i spose to run in place,
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