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re: XP system freeze Monday, June 17, 2002 at 4:49 am Posted by jeff r (115 messages posted) with these symptoms, it's almost certain to be an overheating or power supply issue rather than the operating system. On Monday, June 17, 2002 at 2:46 am, Chris wrote: >I made the mistake of waxing lyrical to a couple of people about how good XP was. >I think it was listening at the time, and now my computer is having problems! > >Basically I am getting full freezes. I can't move the mouse or ctrl+alt+delete - >only reset will let me restart. It happens at different times, sometimes at startup, >or when using the computer. Always seemingly at random and without any warning. > >Is it possible that ambient temperature could cause this? It was very humid and warm >last night, and when I switched off the pc for a bit, the freeze seemed to be a fair >bit longer in coming. > >Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP system freeze Monday, June 17, 2002 at 5:23 am Posted by Chris (73 messages posted) Thanks Jeff. I am leaning towards it being overheating, because my PC is in a small cubby hole I made for it under the stairs. It can get a bit hot in there, and last night I was sweating just sitting there. And no, it had nothing to do with the websites I was visiting! I did spend a bit of money on a really good CPU heatsink and fan, and the power supply is quite new. I also have a case fan installed. But my hunch is that you're right. On Monday, June 17, 2002 at 4:49 am, jeff r wrote: > >with these symptoms, it's almost certain to be an overheating or power supply issue >rather than the operating system. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP system freeze Monday, June 17, 2002 at 5:27 am Posted by jeff r (115 messages posted) try using a fan to stir up the air in your cubby hole, that might help. On Monday, June 17, 2002 at 5:23 am, Chris wrote: >Thanks Jeff. > >I am leaning towards it being overheating, because my PC is in a small cubby hole >I made for it under the stairs. It can get a bit hot in there, and last night I was >sweating just sitting there. And no, it had nothing to do with the websites I was >visiting! > >I did spend a bit of money on a really good CPU heatsink and fan, and the power supply >is quite new. I also have a case fan installed. But my hunch is that you're right. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP system freeze Monday, June 17, 2002 at 5:31 am Posted by Chris (73 messages posted) Thanks Jeff, I'll get something sorted tonight. Now then, I'm sure there are a couple of desk fans in the office that no-one would miss... ;-) On Monday, June 17, 2002 at 5:27 am, jeff r wrote: > >try using a fan to stir up the air in your cubby hole, that might help. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP system freeze Monday, June 17, 2002 at 2:34 pm Posted by Wayne (11 messages posted) I had a very similar problem w/lockups of mouse and keyboard on my XP Pro system. It had been very trouble free until then. So I restored a Drive Image from before that did not have Norton AV 2002 on it since I had heard of conflicts with it and XP. Since that works fine I added AVG antivirus and so far (1 week) no problems. ...Wayne On Monday, June 17, 2002 at 2:46 am, Chris wrote: >I made the mistake of waxing lyrical to a couple of people about how good XP was. >I think it was listening at the time, and now my computer is having problems! > >Basically I am getting full freezes. I can't move the mouse or ctrl+alt+delete - >only reset will let me restart. It happens at different times, sometimes at startup, >or when using the computer. Always seemingly at random and without any warning. > >Is it possible that ambient temperature could cause this? It was very humid and warm >last night, and when I switched off the pc for a bit, the freeze seemed to be a fair >bit longer in coming. > >Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum