Re: Computer Freezing
From: Alvin Brown (alvin1_at_swbell.net)
Date: 06/10/04
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:22:21 -0500
Hello
Try replacing the power supply that's always helps maybe
get one that has a higher voltage like a 350watt or 400watt
Alvin
shcr wrote:
> This has been an ongoing issue for months, I've tried to help my mom
> getting it resolved. Windows XP, AMD 1.2 chip, 256 meg Ram. The mouse
> will just freeze, no rhyme or reason to when. Sometimes right after
> startup, sometimes after a couple days. Sometimes when opening a
> program, sometimes while in one. I removed the video card, the
> ethernet card and modem card. Video and ethernet now running off the
> motherboard. Still freezes. I changed all the power settings to not
> allow a device to shutdown (cannot recall exact verbage).Checked all
> drivers, all appear to be working fine. We had charter out numerouse
> times, thinking it was the cable connection. no fix there. I took the
> computer to my house, used my mouse, keyboard and hooked up to my home
> network, still no fix. Last night:I removed a bunch of programsRemoved
> a bunch of items from the system tray to not clog resourcesChanged the
> hardware acceleration to the lowest levelWent into the registry and
> removed items from the /run so they wouldn't startup. I checked
> today the event viewer for the first time. I find these errors: (from
> the shutdowns last night and prior as well)
>
> The ATI TV Wonder TV Tuner service failed to start due to the
> following error:
>
> The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or
> because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
>
> The ATI TV Wonder Audio Crossbar service failed to start due to the
> following error:
>
> The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or
> because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
>
>
>
> Now, there is no ATI card, or any add-on video card. There is no ATI
> software in the add/remove programs to remove.
>
> I left the machine on last night after making all the final tweaks, it
> was still up and running this morning ok, perhaps I've fixed
> everything, and during the fixes, the event log error will have
> corrected itself. However, I'm still perplexed why I have that
> error. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
>
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