my computer keeps crashing.

the mouse freezes then no response to anything

advice please guys. it keep happening, and i dunno what to do to fix it, do i need to re-install windows, i have no important programs that i cant re-install. and can backup files

really annoying my help please

rory

 

Can we have more info on the specification of the system? Sounds like a hardware crash.

 

system is:

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.47 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: 8363-686A
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 03/11/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
40.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
26.69 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

CyberDrv CW078D CD-R/RW [CD-ROM drive]
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1212 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

IOMEGA ZIP 100 USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
MAXTOR 6L040J2 [Hard drive] (40.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 662217308544, rev A93.0500, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'BANK_0' has 256 MB
Slot 'BANK_1' has 256 MB
Slot 'BANK_2' is Empty
Slot 'BANK_3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 40.02 GB 26.69 GB free

from belarc advisor

running XP service pack 2

just keeps crashing

 

I have a 1ghz PC running XP service pack2, ran like shite until I took of service pack 2, runs much better now!

run an adaware and virus scan to just to be on teh safe side..... PC been on for a long time? any vrus programs running in the background thats crunching the CPU?

HTH

 

could be those, it happens every 30 mins or so

any free software out there. think my norton doesnt work any more, so need a new free virus guard

had AVG 7.0 but it was only a trial

help please, i have 29 minutes counting

 

Adaware SE

 

Your PC (CPU) could be overheating, this can cause that kind of problem.

Gav

 

cpu seems ok

got any links for a free adaware se download

have to use service pack 2 as i have no decent firewall on my pc

any more?

 

Seen this before where you could leave it for ten minutes or three days; touch the mouse or send anything up/down USB once in a while and it killed the PC instantly. Turned out to be a faulty hardward I/O controller (I dunno exactly what) - ritually burnt the motherboard and it's all been good since.

Best bet is to find someone with compatible parts (RAM, video card, CPU, mobo) and swap them out until you can pin the problem down to a piece of h/w or combination.

End of the day you might be best off just replacing the mobo, CPU and RAM for what it costs (and a frozen mouse strikes me as being most likely hardware, not software related).

... or am I just sputing crap again - sorry!

/al

 

Double post - what a plum