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Article #3425Re: p2 333 freezing issue!
From: Nick Hogg
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:16
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:16
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> eventually goes away...so do u think if i replace the processor fan and take > out the dust with a fine comb it may help??? sure. i'd recommend you take the whole system apart, clean the contacts of all the plug-in cards, memory sticks, processor etc with clean alcohol. then reseat everything. this is in addition to what above posters have suggested. what o/s are you using? do a defrag, or, in the case of win2k/xp - do a disk cleanup, followed by chkdisk, followed by a F8 boot (safe mode) and defrag from there - it will be more comprehensive that way. if above general tweaking does not resolve problem, then you should start suspecting hardware peripherals for imminent failure. memory, hard disk (back up!), motherboard, processor ... these components last, but they are not immortal. > > > LiGGyMaN <liggyman@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:hB5k8.27687$lM.14928@news2.bloor.is... > > "EluSid" <bknight@@prexar.com> wrote in message > > news:u90g8t2q4gtj86@corp.supernews.com... > > > Help! my computer just randomly locks up on me.. I have a p2 333 with > > 128mb > > > ram and its wierd when it locks up everything just freezes and I get no > > > error messages heres the bios wizard specs on my mobo. > > > > > anyone have any suggestions???? please?? :) if you respond by email just > > > take the extra @ out of my email addy . thanks. > > > > > > > when was the last time that you blew out the dust in your computer... I'm > > suspecting that it's built up on your CPU heatsink/fan and is causing your > > CPU to overheat. > > > > -LiGGyMaN > > > > > >
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