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Machine freezes and other weirdness?
Machine started freezing up when I played a certain game.
Freeze-ups then got to Win (XP-Home) and then eventually to some Win programs. They were/are intermittent and seem to present more symptoms each time. Machine froze up both at start up and after having run for hours. Currently the NEW oddity is when I try to pull down a menu it is very faded then brightens up. Also I note that the monitor seems to "pop" (not audibly but visually) once in a while but otherwise seems to be O.K. Any ideas if this is a software or hardware problem? How can I isolate the problem? I have; Updated all drivers; Have latest ( not SP2) Win XP auto- downloads. Latest Fire Wall and virus software versions. ( auto up dates from Symantec) Run virus scan weekly, no viruses. Ran scan disk and defrag; Replaced mouse ( freeze-up appeared to happen when mouse involved.); Replaced video card; Tested power supply. ( only shows that it works not actual voltage.) Any help will be appreciated. Xeno |
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"Xeno Chauvin" wrote in message ... Machine started freezing up when I played a certain game. Freeze-ups then got to Win (XP-Home) and then eventually to some Win programs. They were/are intermittent and seem to present more symptoms each time. Machine froze up both at start up and after having run for hours. Currently the NEW oddity is when I try to pull down a menu it is very faded then brightens up. Also I note that the monitor seems to "pop" (not audibly but visually) once in a while but otherwise seems to be O.K. Any ideas if this is a software or hardware problem? How can I isolate the problem? I have; Updated all drivers; Have latest ( not SP2) Win XP auto- downloads. Latest Fire Wall and virus software versions. ( auto up dates from Symantec) Run virus scan weekly, no viruses. Ran scan disk and defrag; Replaced mouse ( freeze-up appeared to happen when mouse involved.); Replaced video card; Tested power supply. ( only shows that it works not actual voltage.) Any help will be appreciated. Xeno Most likely suspect is a bad power supply. It could be bad motherboard or bad RAM, also. But I'd be shocked if replacing the power supply didn't fix this problem. -Dave |
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