Computer Hangs

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Hi Guys,
Can you give me the main reason for computers to freeze, which is the best
way to fix it and how do I find out what to fix. Hey guys I appreciate your
help
Regard and Thanks
Bob
 
BH2 said:
Can you give me the main reason for computers to freeze,
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There is no one main reason. It can be due to bad ram,
ram the motherboard doesnt like, the cpu overheating,
a bad power supply, bad caps on the motherboard,
an intermittent short to case, the hard drive with bad
sectors than can be read on repeated retrys etc etc etc.
which is the best way to fix it
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Work out what your hang is due to and fix that.
and how do I find out what to fix.
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Its a basic process of elimination of the possibilitys.

Obviously its a lot easier to check the cpu temp, bad
sectors and the ram possibility than to prove its not bad caps.
 
BH2 said:
Hi Guys,
Can you give me the main reason for computers to freeze, which is the best
way to fix it and how do I find out what to fix.
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Whilst there are many things it could be, the thing that often fixes it,
IME, is to remove and reseat the RAM. That fixes it surprisingly often.

After that attempt at a quick fix, a look at the situation at the time
of freeze helps. Is anything really hot? (eg hard drive, memory, any
heatsinks, air from psu). Come to that, is the psu fan working? The
processor fan? Is it a return from power saving mode problem? Is it
running any particular application?

In this hot weather, taking the side off the case and pointing a fan
heater (on cold blow!) into the "works", works, pretty often..
 
BH2 said:
Hi Guys,
Can you give me the main reason for computers to freeze, which is the best
way to fix it and how do I find out what to fix. Hey guys I appreciate
your help
Regard and Thanks
Bob
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The three main causes, in this exact order of frequency:
1) Bad PSU (probably 80%)
2) Bad RAM (probably 17%)
3) Bad mainboard (probably 3%)

A bad PSU can cause hangups at any time, but will often cause problems just
as windows is starting. If you've got more than one stick of RAM, remove a
stick and MOVE the other one (to a different slot). If that doesn't help,
swap RAM sticks. If that still doesn't help, try a different power
upply. -Dave
 
BH2 said:
Hi Guys,
Can you give me the main reason for computers to freeze, which is the best
way to fix it and how do I find out what to fix. Hey guys I appreciate your
help
Regard and Thanks
Bob
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heat...especially this time of year. (summer)
PSU age- quality- upgrades that now push the limits
memory however heat - and a marginal PSU can give memory a hard time
hard drive run diags from the manufacturer
 
Hi Guys, thanks for the advice, I will try your recommendations it is really
appreciated
Regards and thank
Bob
 
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