What do I do to a system freezing?
By thefuture
@thefuture (1749)
Nigeria
May 18, 2007 7:21am CST
There is a system which always freez in the place where Work as a cafe attendant. I want to repair it (though I don't have much experience on it), but I don't just know where to start. I mean I don't know if it's the hard disk that is afected or not. Is there anyone there to help? Thanks for your response in advance
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5 responses
@sunjinwei (104)
• China
18 May 07
maybe you can call your friend for help.It is difficult to describe here.In fact it is very simple to check it.
@icehut (508)
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18 May 07
Expand on what you mean by freezing... does the system hang and ends up needing restarting? Is the UI slow to repond? Is there harddisk activity when the system freezes? Have you ensured that the system is clean of malware? More info and specs on the system would help...
@thefuture (1749)
• Nigeria
18 May 07
What I mean is this, the system use to hang after 20 munites and one can not do anything on the system, unless it is been restarted. Pls respond back. Thanks for your response and I will need more.
@icehut (508)
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18 May 07
To rule out overheating, remove side panel and apply cool air from a desk-fan. If the system does not hang after the expected hang time, you'll know it's a ventillation issue - CPU fan, motherboard chipset etc.
Ensure that motherboard chipset drivers and graphics card drivers are installed and be sure to rid the system of any malware - www.safer-networking.org for Spybot S&D for removing spyware and trojans... www.free-av.com for free Anti-Virus. Both are free for personal use however, since the system is in a commercial environment, you may be required to pay - you will need to evaluate and decide.
Ensure that the harddisk is free from bad sectors. If you find bad sectors, it's time for a new harddisk.
@abroji (3247)
• India
18 May 07
I have very little knowledge to advise you in this matter. But I can tell you this. It is better for you to seek advice from some tangible friends there. I have one friend here whom I approch for such things. Thank you friend.
@ashar123 (2357)
• India
18 May 07
There is a virus in your system that makes your computer to freeze. The virus sends back information to the one who send the virus to you. Try installing the Windows (Operating system) again by formatting your hard disk. There is no problem with the hard disk because where you live there in no such thing called electricity fluctuation.
@ritwikghoshal (405)
• India
18 May 07
please make it more clear.. i think you want to tell that whenever you want to run 2/3 or more programs simultaneously the system stops responding... if it is like so then its probably a problem of ram , not with your harddisk.then try to upgrade your ram.
@thefuture (1749)
• Nigeria
18 May 07
Yea you understand me a bit. Whenever am instructing students on the system, it hangs and one has to restart it before it will now start working. The worse thing is, it hangs every 20 minutes. Thanks
