lockup

Hey all, About two weeks ago my computer began behaving erratically while playing World of Warcraft and SW: Old Republic games where the games would crash to desktop, or where my computer would randomly reboot while in the middle of playing. Then this began to happen when not in the games and...

A week ago i had to change my CPU cooler as it was failing & allowed my CPU to overheat which i found out after a few random reboots & touching the Heatsink on my CPU cooler to find out it was almost to hot to touch. Since then i have been getting random system lockups which i cant explain or...

Hi everyone. I just got a new computer recently and I've been able to play most new games perfectly. The only problem is that I kept having my computer lock-up while playing Battlefield 3. I thought it was the game's fault as we were many to encounter the same problem. But I was playing Batman...

I wanted to start this thread to warn people about things that have come up during my time testing Windows 8. The largest things that I was hoping to put out is the stuff that is a major break down, and could cause your system to have to be cold shutdown. That was the major idea I had, but...

my mouse locks up for a few seconds after typing like if i press any key on my keyboard my mouse locks up for about 3-5 seconds and ive been through settings and that but i cant find the solution to my problem can some one help me ill put a few screen shots in. in addition to the screenshot my...

Hi I recently had a PSU failure and replaced with a new unit. System now powers up. However Windows is now randomly locking up. No BSOD, no warning, it just locks and stops responding. No screen corruption either. The only solution is to power off. It never once did this prior to the PSU...

If Microsoft's hotfix didn't solve your lockup program, one reader's unconventional approach just might. Hint: there's a USB hub involved. Link Removed

This is not my issue, rather another users issue that I helped them with. I am creating this thread because I know other users have had this issue and there is no good known resolution yet. So therefore I am posting this thread to possibly attract other users to solutions for the issue. The...

Acer Aspire 7745 Notebook (purchased 10/25/2010) Win 7 HP 64-bit (build 7600) (last update 11/11/2010) Broadcom 802.11n Wireless Adapter (5.60.48.35) Since the last update, the wireless network keeps dropping its connection randomly. Windows Network Diagnostics says it can't connect. Status...

I built this computer just over a month ago and the first month was smooth sailing, but now this problem just started recently and I have no idea what is causing it. I tried going back to a restore point and that still didn't fix it. It happens randomly when starting programs, games usually...

I am in need of help on this machine. It is a custom build with Win7 Enterprise 32bit. Mobo is ECS P4M800PRO-M ver 2.0, Cpu Pentium D 3.0, rma OCZ DDR400 pc3200, Video visiontec HD2600pro apg, hd 300gb maxtor 7200 16 mb sata that is the basics. It has an issue with freeze or lockup require hard...

lately when ever i use the HDMI port on ANything.. tv w/ hdmi or my friends LG monitor, my pc slowly Lockups. or outright freezes up. any idea Why its doing this? i have 7 Ultimate x86 and an Nvidia Geforce 9500 GS

I'm looking for some guidance on an issue with my Windows 7 box. My system is crashing once a week or a few times a month. I can't exactly pinpoint why, as the logs only show the crash after. Logs indicate the following...

New here... Got a problem that just plain doesn't want to go away. I have Win7 Pro X86 on an ASUS M2N series motherboard, AMD X2 4200 processor, plus the usual SATA drives, usb keyboard + mouse, nvidia 8400 graphics and Acer x193w monitor. When this setup works it works perfectly... It worked...

Ok, so my computer has recently been locking up upon start-up, when the windows logo is flashing it will just freeze and require restart. The only way I've been able to remedy this is by doing a system repair or restore. Before I can get to these I must turn off my computer and unplug it for 15...

My sister's laptop has been having some serious problems. After about only 2 minutes of running, the system gradually locks up one program at a time until the only things that respond/change are the mouse and the desktop gadgets. The only way to avoid locking up is to boot into Safe Mode...

I upgraded from Vista to windows 7 and all was fine. Two days ago, the pc stated to freeze on the page where you type in your password. Access to windows can still be achieved in safe mode although not in safe mode with network. I have tried system restore etc to no avail. My anti-virus will not...

my laptop is HP hdx18t, it was installed vista running normal ,all OS use very smooth. then i buy use HP oem win 7 ultimate DVD install win 7. then i got intermittent lockup. and i checked cpu useage when lockup is 100% . also i checked task manager processes, all running software plus together...

My machine locks up randomly, maybe once a week, once a day...random. It's my MCE machine, runs 24/7. It has always happened on 7, although I think 7100 ran fine but I don't remember for sure. In fact 7100 ran perfect on everything I loaded it on. Anyway... Windows 7 had drivers for...

Hi All, Just signed up to this forum. Looks like a great forum. My System; P5E3 Deluxe x38 Intel E8400 ATI 4850 video 4 GB G.Skill DDR3 Windows 7 Home Premium x64 NOD32 V4 for x64 ZA for...