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B*stard thing locking up online!

  • 31-03-2009 07:58PM
    #1
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭


    Gaaah... sometimes I hate my PC. It's freezing randomly online. Doesn't matter if I use Chrome, Firefox or IE. I thought it might be a virus but I ran a scan with Avast and it's clean. Thought it might be XP SP3, so I uninstalled that (the service pack 3 I mean). No go, and today it wouldn't even boot, so I had to boot from a Windows CD, which got it running. There's nothing odd running in the processes and nothing strange in msconfig either.

    Next steps:

    - Install Avira and uninstall Avast
    - ????
    - ????
    - Profit!!!! :pac:

    Yeah I know ;) Anyone got any suggestion as to my next step? I really don't feel like reinstalling Windows!


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  • #2
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    You're coming to a conclusion that its a Windows issue, doesn't sound like a Windows issue to me, more like hardware. Could be a number of issues, faulty psu, overheating, failing memory stick etc, etc. Run memtest, prime95 to test the memory and stress the cpu, run hdtune to test the hard drive. Also clean the dust from inside the pc case in case its overheating, measure your cpu temps with CoreTemp as You're stressing the cpu with Prime95.

    Edit, first thing You could do is try Windows in safe mode


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    more like hardware.

    Couldn't be. It works fine running Crysis for an hour!


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    What happens in safe mode?


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    So the PC freezes totally? You have to switch it off manually? Or just the browser?
    Could be some MS service that Windows use when you are online, or something in the registry.


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    So while its freezing, what happens when you sever the internet/network connection?


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  • #7
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    Possibly a problem with your flash player? See if you can remove it and reinstall it.


    .


  • #8
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Update:

    It was a hardware problem after all. The network card was failing, crashing the PC only when online. The odd thing is that my network 'card' is integrated. Anyway I bought another one for €10, slotted it in and have have no crashes since then. Thanks for the help guys!


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