I just got a new pc today and it freezes up randomely. Does anyone have any idea why it would do this? I know it could be a million reasons. Any suggestions of what might be the problem or a good place to start ???? Help!!
click to start->run. type->msconfig->click OK->click on StartUp tab->Deselect All->restart. this may help for beginning..
Its a brand new computer sent from the firm i trade at... if need be ill send back, but im sure i can get it fixed myself..... it is custom built with plenty of Ram, etc.... only thing i can say is somehting happened in shiipping it maybe... what happens is it completely freezes up randomely.... its not when im doing anything specials and its different time always.. sometimes 5 second after i start it up...some times over a hour... its always when im doing something else..... no what i want to know is could this be a very card problem, or something major like motherboard...processor... or maybe its soemthing stupid like software... it doenst seem to me like software... and i dont think a clean format will help... ive only heard of hardware problems freezing a computer up compltely after running perfect... any ideas???
I had a computer that acted like that...it randomly froze after 6 mos. of working fine. The video card was the culprit.
I have a few extra cards laying around...its a good possibility that one got shook up a bit in the trip by fed ex One of the cards was half out, so im sure it was thrown around a bit.... ill play around and see if its that... any other suggestions if that dont work?
i have had 2 separate causes for my computer freezing up. 1. video card - XP Pro would generate an error message report upon reboot. solution - downloaded latest driver. 2. cpu fan - XP Pro did not generate an error message report upon reboot. Solution - bought a new fan. Good Luck