Computer freezes completely

Peto · 11-14-07, 05:46 PM

I have pretty good luck with adaware. You can get it free at www.lavasoft.com.

Beware of having too many anti-virus programs or anti-spyware programs running though as they tend to step on each other, making things as bad (or worse) than they were. Find a program you like a stick with it til you have a reason to change.

Good Luck!

Capa · 11-14-07, 08:04 PM

I had a similar problem that came and went and it did indeed turn out to be heat. It's not an exact and predictable problem so from something as simple as the weather being cooler or air being dryer the problem can go away. I'm using a laptop but all I did was open up the case, unscrew the fan housing over the graphics card and CPU and removed the insane cake of dirt blocking the exhaust filter.

To this day I still can't figure out why the dirt is filtered out of the air on its trip out of the case after having already passed over the chips.

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11-14-07, 05:46 PM	#1
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I have pretty good luck with adaware. You can get it free at www.lavasoft.com. Beware of having too many anti-virus programs or anti-spyware programs running though as they tend to step on each other, making things as bad (or worse) than they were. Find a program you like a stick with it til you have a reason to change. Good Luck!

11-14-07, 08:04 PM	#2
Capa A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had a similar problem that came and went and it did indeed turn out to be heat. It's not an exact and predictable problem so from something as simple as the weather being cooler or air being dryer the problem can go away. I'm using a laptop but all I did was open up the case, unscrew the fan housing over the graphics card and CPU and removed the insane cake of dirt blocking the exhaust filter. To this day I still can't figure out why the dirt is filtered out of the air on its trip out of the case after having already passed over the chips.