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re: Asus p4800 desktop freezes and has no error message Monday, February 2, 2009 at 12:44 pm Posted by C K (6525 messages posted) The Event Viewer (Admin tools in the control panel) may or may not have error messages. Usually if it doesn't log an error message you have a hardware issue. Drivers can do it also but is a less likely source. Run a test on the HDD if the manufacturer has a diagnostics utility, many times I have seen an unresponsive HDD cause this. Make sure there aren't any other heat related issues going on. You can try removing memory or checking with this: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/win2k.mspx These problems can be complicated to find unless you have spare parts to swap out sometimes. Possibly software, but less likely IME.. [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