Re: Windows Freezes


"Hank Gibson" <hjgibso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> About once a minute my system freezes up for about 10 seconds, there is
> some hard disk activity and CPU usage jumps to 50% or so. I have studied
> the processes that are running and none of them appears to be the culprit,
> that is none of them jump up in cpu usage. In fact the system idle
> process does not go down. The performance graph stops moving when the
> freeze occurs and then shows a big spike in cpu usage when it resumes
> moving. I have over 100 GB of available hard disk space which does not
> need to be defragmented. I have run McAfee virus scan and SpySubtract. I
> have system restored back to a date before I started having these freezes.
> All to no avail.
>
> Can anyone advise?
>
> Hank


I had the same problem. Did every hardware check. Replaced every card in my
computer. Reformated the harddrive.
Still had the freezes.
Then I did a THOURGH clean on the processer. It was filthy. The cpu fan was
covered in dust.
I did a good clean of the cpu and the motherboard. Everything work like a
charm.

EB



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