Borat Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) Easy guys, I am havig problems with my laptop. Every now and then, it freezes, as in, I can move the mouse, but can't exit anything, use Ctrl Alt Delete etc etc. On my main account, 10-15mins On the guest account, 25-30 mins. I seems to freeze quicker when firefox is open. I'm not a n00b to computers, but it's really baffled me. I have checked for malware with malwarbytes, and spyware etc with AVG9. I am using an IBM Thinkpad T-60, 3 gigs of ram, 1.84ghz cpu. Ati Mobility Readon x1300... What could you computer wizz kids reccomend to do? Thanks, Jack. Edited February 27, 2010 by Borat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Wipe it, start again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 that's what she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Wipe it, start again. that's what she said. Thought i had heard that somewhere before, just couldnt remember where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HargrovesToby Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Tried diff browsers? Tried other peoples internet connection, e.g a different wireless or tried plugging a network cable into it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 That will have no effect on it crashing all the time, it crashes because there's something wrong with the OS, or a piece of hardware is dieing/damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HargrovesToby Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 That will have no effect on it crashing all the time, it crashes because there's something wrong with the OS, or a piece of hardware is dieing/damaged. I know im trying to establish what process is running to maybe shed more light on a specific piece of hardware. How long has the OS been on there, previous formats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well I'm guessing it isn't hardware, because normally it will simply BSOD and reboot to try and prevent damage to the other components. If it was me I'd just format it now, I've always found when things like this go wrong, you can almost never save it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I would say it is likely that your CPU fan is broke or clogged with dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 But it's not overheating, I clean my laptop of dust every month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I would say it is likely that your CPU fan is broke or clogged with dust. I would say it definately isn't that. CPU's have a temperature limit, as soon as it hits the limit the computer shuts off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 But it's not overheating, I clean my laptop of dust every month. Get a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HargrovesToby Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well I'm guessing it isn't hardware, because normally it will simply BSOD and reboot to try and prevent damage to the other components. If it was me I'd just format it now, I've always found when things like this go wrong, you can almost never save it. Not always if the process needed to run can't and mb wont be able to force either. Either way i would still format, and before installing with windows again, bios flash, update and run pc check on al processes. Thats what we do for our units we produce for the military etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis.jackson Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Get a PC. He has a PC so my answer would be to get a mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HargrovesToby Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 He has a PC so my answer would be to get a mac. Damn right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Just to second Muel really, you could spend many, many frustrating hours trying to find the source of the problem, or just wipe it and start fresh in about 2 hours - plus everything else will run a lot smoothly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33th3tr33 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) He has a PC so my answer would be to get a toaster. well, i suppose a toaster's more use than mac at least. Edited March 1, 2010 by l33th3tr33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Someone say toaster? Just do what muel said. I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HargrovesToby Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 If you were to format and re-install, without identifying the real source of the problem, if it were hrdware bades then you would not rectify the problem, hence why you run pc check before install! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Have you checked in the Administrator Tools > Event Log and look at the System logs. Leave the system to lock up and note the time, go back to the log and look for any indiction of errors or warnings prior and during the freeze, do a print screen and copy it into here. If you see 'Application Hang' then it's a piece of software that's causing the crash (which my bet is on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 If you buy a pc your sorted *cough mine is for sale pm me if you are interested*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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