Randomly Freezes
Replies: 14 | Post Date: July 20th 2008 | User: Asday | Forums: devhardware.comSo, for a while i've had this problem with my pc. It randomly freezes. (Used to randomly restart, but i turned that option off so i could see when it was doing). To date i have switched out the graphics card out for my old one, and the problem persisted, tried all sorts of combinations of my 3 hdds, and the problem persisted, same with the ram, and the problem persisted. First thing i did was do several trials of not using certain pieces of software. None of them seemed to cause the problem. I did a complete reinstall of windows, and the problem persists. Please, i am begging anyone to tell me how to fix it. What is wrong? Is it possible for it to be the cpu/mobo? I assumed it wouldn't start up if they were faulty. Edit: could it be an underpowered psu? A thought struck me, and i googled "underpowered psu symptoms" and found my symptoms. Mind you, there are the same symptoms with my old 250w, and my borrowed 300w. You know, with the same sort of regularity, etc. What's the verdict?
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Mouse Randomly Freezes After Every 30 Seconds
I have a strange problem, *** me off especially when i try to play bf2142. My mouse randomly freezes, sometimes every 5 minutes, sometimes 5 times a minute, sometimes on every 30 seconds. Also it freezes for 2 minutes sometimes, and for 2 seconds other times. I plugged in a standard ps2 mouse and that one works great all the time, but the usb mouse keeps doin this crap for a week now. I've done a few virus scans but nothing. Any ideas?
Posted On: 02-04-2007, 03:45 AM . View 20 Replies .
I have a strange problem, *** me off especially when i try to play bf2142. My mouse randomly freezes, sometimes every 5 minutes, sometimes 5 times a minute, sometimes on every 30 seconds. Also it freezes for 2 minutes sometimes, and for 2 seconds other times. I plugged in a standard ps2 mouse and that one works great all the time, but the usb mouse keeps doin this crap for a week now. I've done a few virus scans but nothing. Any ideas?
Posted On: 02-04-2007, 03:45 AM . View 20 Replies .
Computer Restarts And Freezes Randomly
I recently formatted my computer with xp and now its freezing and restarting randomly. I doubt that its a virus or trojan because there is nothing installed except the window updates. Before it restarts a blue error screen flashes, but it's too fast for me to see what it saids. My geforce 8800gtx idles at 70c, is that a normal temp? If you need any more info just ask.
Posted On: May 7th, 2007, 05:50 PM . View 7 Replies .
I recently formatted my computer with xp and now its freezing and restarting randomly. I doubt that its a virus or trojan because there is nothing installed except the window updates. Before it restarts a blue error screen flashes, but it's too fast for me to see what it saids. My geforce 8800gtx idles at 70c, is that a normal temp? If you need any more info just ask.
Posted On: May 7th, 2007, 05:50 PM . View 7 Replies .
Power Supply Problem - Computer Randomly Freezes
My computer randomly freezes from time to time. It seems like when i multitask or access my secondary hard drive it occurs most frequently. Also, when i try to put in two memory sticks in the computer it does not work, but it only works with one (both sticks work individually). I have the silverstone zeus 850w power supply and the specs in my sig.could the power supply be the problem, if so is there any way i can check?
Posted On: 10-12-2007, 11:40 PM . View 19 Replies .
My computer randomly freezes from time to time. It seems like when i multitask or access my secondary hard drive it occurs most frequently. Also, when i try to put in two memory sticks in the computer it does not work, but it only works with one (both sticks work individually). I have the silverstone zeus 850w power supply and the specs in my sig.could the power supply be the problem, if so is there any way i can check?
Posted On: 10-12-2007, 11:40 PM . View 19 Replies .
Display Randomly Freezes When Watching Videos In Fullscreen
My motherboard recently died, so i had to get a new one, the gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3r. While putting my pc back together i also put in a new video card, an ati hd 3850 512mb. After reinstalling windows and my video drivers, now i have this weird problem where sometimes a video freezes in full-screen but the audio keeps on going. This happens on youtube, windows media player, vlc player, media player classic, everything. At first i thought this was a video card issue, but i also have problems where the sound will stutter three or four times in a row with the pc seemingly locking up before letting me work again. I wouldn't think a video card can lock up the sound like that. I originally had my processor and ram overclocked, so i figured that might be the problem. I put them back down to stock speeds, yet the problem still persists. So, i'm confused. Is the video card or the motherboard causing this problem?
Gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3r
Ati hd 3850 512mb
Intel core 2 duo e4300
2gb ddr2-533 ram
Posted On: 10-15-2009, 12:59 PM . View 6 Replies .
My motherboard recently died, so i had to get a new one, the gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3r. While putting my pc back together i also put in a new video card, an ati hd 3850 512mb. After reinstalling windows and my video drivers, now i have this weird problem where sometimes a video freezes in full-screen but the audio keeps on going. This happens on youtube, windows media player, vlc player, media player classic, everything. At first i thought this was a video card issue, but i also have problems where the sound will stutter three or four times in a row with the pc seemingly locking up before letting me work again. I wouldn't think a video card can lock up the sound like that. I originally had my processor and ram overclocked, so i figured that might be the problem. I put them back down to stock speeds, yet the problem still persists. So, i'm confused. Is the video card or the motherboard causing this problem?
Gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3r
Ati hd 3850 512mb
Intel core 2 duo e4300
2gb ddr2-533 ram
Posted On: 10-15-2009, 12:59 PM . View 6 Replies .
Pc Randomly Crashing
Ok, ive already narrowed down this problem to either; faulty power supply, or faulty motherboard. Originally my pc was crashing on average about every 15 mins, i thought it may be my case shorting out my board, so i ran only critical devises outside of the case. No crash, removed the mounting screw that was shorting, it began crashing every couple of hours. It only crashes a couple of times, but it now crashes every now and then. This would seem to point at the motherboard, but seing as my case isnt in the best shape, and my psu is blowing warm air out the back, and contaisn more dust than you can shake a stick at. Well, that just introduces a 2nd party to the problem!
Can somebody point me in the right direction of furthur system testing, or some motherboard diagnostic tools?
Posted On: November 3rd, 2004, 08:05 AM . View 8 Replies .
Ok, ive already narrowed down this problem to either; faulty power supply, or faulty motherboard. Originally my pc was crashing on average about every 15 mins, i thought it may be my case shorting out my board, so i ran only critical devises outside of the case. No crash, removed the mounting screw that was shorting, it began crashing every couple of hours. It only crashes a couple of times, but it now crashes every now and then. This would seem to point at the motherboard, but seing as my case isnt in the best shape, and my psu is blowing warm air out the back, and contaisn more dust than you can shake a stick at. Well, that just introduces a 2nd party to the problem!
Can somebody point me in the right direction of furthur system testing, or some motherboard diagnostic tools?
Posted On: November 3rd, 2004, 08:05 AM . View 8 Replies .
Pc Restarting Randomly
I have had several pc's (which was self assembled) which restarts at randomly. It is mostly for office use, so i doubt that it has something to do with overheating.could it be something i do wrong while assembling it? Or could it be just faulty ram something like that?
Posted On: 13-07-2007, 12:38 PM . View 8 Replies .
I have had several pc's (which was self assembled) which restarts at randomly. It is mostly for office use, so i doubt that it has something to do with overheating.could it be something i do wrong while assembling it? Or could it be just faulty ram something like that?
Posted On: 13-07-2007, 12:38 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shut Off
Certain actions cause my computer to completely shutdown. Occasionaly going to a blue screen and sometimes not. The actions that cause this include playing certain video games, watching videos, and other actions. Regular web surfing does not cause a shutdown. Somebody mentioned to me that i could have fried my r. A. M or something. I really have no idea. My computer is a p4 with at least 256 ram maybe 512.
Posted On: 06-09-2005, 12:00 AM . View 1 Replies .
Certain actions cause my computer to completely shutdown. Occasionaly going to a blue screen and sometimes not. The actions that cause this include playing certain video games, watching videos, and other actions. Regular web surfing does not cause a shutdown. Somebody mentioned to me that i could have fried my r. A. M or something. I really have no idea. My computer is a p4 with at least 256 ram maybe 512.
Posted On: 06-09-2005, 12:00 AM . View 1 Replies .
Computer Going Into Stand By Randomly
I recently removed the old 20gb hard drive i was using and replaced it with an 80gb drive. Installed xp, my drivers, games, etc. Without any problem (also installed sp2, which i didn't have before). But then my computer started going into stand by (or it might be hibernation, it doesn't actually say) mode at random times, even when i'm using my computer. Of course first i checked the power options to make sure it wasn't set to go off. Then i checked the bios, and reinstalled my mobo and video card drivers. But none of that solved anything. My next thought was it could be the power supply, but i don't know how to check if the ps is going bad. Any suggestions on what else i could check to solve this.
Posted On: 06-07-2005, 10:47 PM . View 3 Replies .
I recently removed the old 20gb hard drive i was using and replaced it with an 80gb drive. Installed xp, my drivers, games, etc. Without any problem (also installed sp2, which i didn't have before). But then my computer started going into stand by (or it might be hibernation, it doesn't actually say) mode at random times, even when i'm using my computer. Of course first i checked the power options to make sure it wasn't set to go off. Then i checked the bios, and reinstalled my mobo and video card drivers. But none of that solved anything. My next thought was it could be the power supply, but i don't know how to check if the ps is going bad. Any suggestions on what else i could check to solve this.
Posted On: 06-07-2005, 10:47 PM . View 3 Replies .
Computer Shutdown Randomly
I built my computer a few years ago and have had no problems (p4). Today it decided to shutdown randomly. I tried rebooting but it would turn on like it was going to start but bios would not post and it would shut down after about 5 seconds. My first inclination was that it was a failing power supply. Replaced that without any luck. The odd thing is that when i plug in both power components from the ps to the mobo it turns on and after five seconds turns off;
Yet, when i do not have the 12v 4pin plugged in, the computer stays running, although it does not load windows. I checked the ram, light on mobo is on, nothing smells fried, i'm hoping it is not the mobo.
Posted On: October 11th, 2006, 12:22 AM . View 5 Replies .
I built my computer a few years ago and have had no problems (p4). Today it decided to shutdown randomly. I tried rebooting but it would turn on like it was going to start but bios would not post and it would shut down after about 5 seconds. My first inclination was that it was a failing power supply. Replaced that without any luck. The odd thing is that when i plug in both power components from the ps to the mobo it turns on and after five seconds turns off;
Yet, when i do not have the 12v 4pin plugged in, the computer stays running, although it does not load windows. I checked the ram, light on mobo is on, nothing smells fried, i'm hoping it is not the mobo.
Posted On: October 11th, 2006, 12:22 AM . View 5 Replies .
Monitor Will Randomly Go Black
The problem that is occurring is when i play wow, my monitor will randomly go black, but my computer stay on. All of the sound and background apps such as ventrilo will cease, and i am forced to restart my computer via the restart switch. This started occurring a few months ago, but it went away. Unfortunately it is back again. I've already restarted my computer about 6 times in the past hour, and have tried a lot of things including resetting the cmos, re-seating both my ram and video card, even changing some bios settings, all of which didn't do anything. I haven't tried any other games then wow, but i'll start up bf2142 or cs:s and see if it does it. I'm not certain as to what would be causing this "black screen" to occur. Maybe it could be the power supply? Ram? I've already determined it's not the video card, as i put my old 6800 in, and it still occurred. What's weird is that i just got burning crusade, and i played it all last weekend from friday - sunday with no problems.
Posted On: 01-22-2007, 04:24 PM . View 12 Replies .
The problem that is occurring is when i play wow, my monitor will randomly go black, but my computer stay on. All of the sound and background apps such as ventrilo will cease, and i am forced to restart my computer via the restart switch. This started occurring a few months ago, but it went away. Unfortunately it is back again. I've already restarted my computer about 6 times in the past hour, and have tried a lot of things including resetting the cmos, re-seating both my ram and video card, even changing some bios settings, all of which didn't do anything. I haven't tried any other games then wow, but i'll start up bf2142 or cs:s and see if it does it. I'm not certain as to what would be causing this "black screen" to occur. Maybe it could be the power supply? Ram? I've already determined it's not the video card, as i put my old 6800 in, and it still occurred. What's weird is that i just got burning crusade, and i played it all last weekend from friday - sunday with no problems.
Posted On: 01-22-2007, 04:24 PM . View 12 Replies .
Computer Keeps Randomly Locking Up
I can be surfing the internet or listening to music and my computer keeps randomly locks up and when it does it i have to switch it off at the mains and back on again. I have tried removing the cmos battery, reinstalling windows. I have also tried a new power supply but still it makes no difference.
Posted On: June 17th, 2007, 01:42 PM . View 8 Replies .
I can be surfing the internet or listening to music and my computer keeps randomly locks up and when it does it i have to switch it off at the mains and back on again. I have tried removing the cmos battery, reinstalling windows. I have also tried a new power supply but still it makes no difference.
Posted On: June 17th, 2007, 01:42 PM . View 8 Replies .
Computer Randomly Turns On
My comp is possesed. (You would know if you have seen some of the other problems i have with this comp too)
So my computer more or less randomly turns on during the day or night. Sometimes when i get home from school it is on (nobody uses it, and the screen is like it should be when it first turns on)
Sometimes when i wake up in the morning it is on. The only partial logical explination i came up with is that sometimes when i turn stuff on such as my bedside lamp it will turn on. Im thinking this has somthing to do with. I dunno. A small surg of power going into the comp when turning the lamp off making the comp turn on. Only problem with that is that my comp is plugged into a battery. Also somtimes it will randomly turn on when i walk by it. Is my computer possesed?
Posted On: May 7th, 2005, 12:05 PM . View 9 Replies .
My comp is possesed. (You would know if you have seen some of the other problems i have with this comp too)
So my computer more or less randomly turns on during the day or night. Sometimes when i get home from school it is on (nobody uses it, and the screen is like it should be when it first turns on)
Sometimes when i wake up in the morning it is on. The only partial logical explination i came up with is that sometimes when i turn stuff on such as my bedside lamp it will turn on. Im thinking this has somthing to do with. I dunno. A small surg of power going into the comp when turning the lamp off making the comp turn on. Only problem with that is that my comp is plugged into a battery. Also somtimes it will randomly turn on when i walk by it. Is my computer possesed?
Posted On: May 7th, 2005, 12:05 PM . View 9 Replies .
Computer Is Randomly Rebooting Itself
I was using my comp all day today with no problems. I started up eq2, and was ending some tasks which i always do. Now my computer is randomly rebooting itself constantly for the past 15 minutes, making a beep when it does. Any idea what the *** is going on with it?
Posted On: June 25th, 2005, 08:59 PM . View 12 Replies .
I was using my comp all day today with no problems. I started up eq2, and was ending some tasks which i always do. Now my computer is randomly rebooting itself constantly for the past 15 minutes, making a beep when it does. Any idea what the *** is going on with it?
Posted On: June 25th, 2005, 08:59 PM . View 12 Replies .
System Randomly Reboots Itself
System randomly reboots itself. Have replaced almost every part aside from vid card. Doubt vid card is the problem, works fine on another system.
Posted On: December 1st, 2003, 08:51 PM . View 14 Replies .
System randomly reboots itself. Have replaced almost every part aside from vid card. Doubt vid card is the problem, works fine on another system.
Posted On: December 1st, 2003, 08:51 PM . View 14 Replies .
Pc Keeps Rebooting And Randomly Locking Up
I've got a friend that i built a pc for. It now keeps rebooting and randomly locking up. It usually locks up while gaming, but has recently begun this while not gaming. We brought the thing to our office, where it did not lock up during over an hour of gaming and benchmarking. By taking it to another location, i have narrowed the problem to either the monitor, or the outlet the thing is plugged into. Question is, has anyone ever seen a monitor or bad outlet cause a pc to behave like this?
Posted On: June 3rd 2005 . View 14 Replies .
I've got a friend that i built a pc for. It now keeps rebooting and randomly locking up. It usually locks up while gaming, but has recently begun this while not gaming. We brought the thing to our office, where it did not lock up during over an hour of gaming and benchmarking. By taking it to another location, i have narrowed the problem to either the monitor, or the outlet the thing is plugged into. Question is, has anyone ever seen a monitor or bad outlet cause a pc to behave like this?
Posted On: June 3rd 2005 . View 14 Replies .
Monitor Randomly Refreshes
I got a envision monitor and it randomly refreshes now at like 1 every second so i cant really so anything. The refresh rates are fine and the screen works when vga cables not plugged in ( displays error without refresh). The power button doesn't work after it starts refreshing multiple times.
Posted On: April 9th 2007 . View 4 Replies .
I got a envision monitor and it randomly refreshes now at like 1 every second so i cant really so anything. The refresh rates are fine and the screen works when vga cables not plugged in ( displays error without refresh). The power button doesn't work after it starts refreshing multiple times.
Posted On: April 9th 2007 . View 4 Replies .
Internet Randomly Disconnects
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Posted On: 2 months ago . View 2 Replies .
My internet randomly disconnects? I used windows vista on my toshiba satellite laptop. Normally when i put the cursor over the internet icon at the bottom right corner it says "access: local and internet" (that's when internet works). But when my internet disconnects it goes to "access: local only" and i lose my connection. These disconnections usually last about 30sec but once it lasted up to 10-20min. Sometimes this occurs quite frequent, like once every minute. I know this isn't my isp's problem since my dad's laptop's (he uses xp) internet works fine. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
Posted On: 2 months ago . View 2 Replies .
Toshiba Keeps Shutting Off Randomly
I have a toshiba laptop and it keeps shutting off randomly i think it is always when i play sims 3 but i am not sure. Does anybody know why this happens, how i can fix it, or what i can get to fix it.
Posted On: 6 months ago . View 4 Replies .
I have a toshiba laptop and it keeps shutting off randomly i think it is always when i play sims 3 but i am not sure. Does anybody know why this happens, how i can fix it, or what i can get to fix it.
Posted On: 6 months ago . View 4 Replies .
Notebook Randomly Restarts
My hp pavilion tx2500cl notebook with vista has been having some really weird problems. The computer is a lil over a year old so it's not too bad. I always use a fan thing under it to prevent it from overheating. I use advanced system care and superantispyware to clean it. Problem: it'll randomly restart for no reason. No matter if i'm on the internet or on word or whatever else. Another thing is that the integrated webcam doesn't work anymore. Whenever i attempt to use it, it freezes up my whole computer and then my computer won't shut down. That's another thing, sometimes it just doesn't shut down even when i click on shut down or type in the command for it. Sometimes it chooses not to start. I have no idea what it could be. I really don't know alot about computers so please help me out! :) I don't play games or anything on it. I just use it for internet, word and music. I have like 4000 songs, 10 videos (5 min vids and 2 movies) and like 1000 pictures, could that be the problem? Could it be a virus? Also, i download torrents using kickasstorrents.com and utorrent software, could that be the problem?
Posted On: 2 months ago . View 2 Replies .
My hp pavilion tx2500cl notebook with vista has been having some really weird problems. The computer is a lil over a year old so it's not too bad. I always use a fan thing under it to prevent it from overheating. I use advanced system care and superantispyware to clean it. Problem: it'll randomly restart for no reason. No matter if i'm on the internet or on word or whatever else. Another thing is that the integrated webcam doesn't work anymore. Whenever i attempt to use it, it freezes up my whole computer and then my computer won't shut down. That's another thing, sometimes it just doesn't shut down even when i click on shut down or type in the command for it. Sometimes it chooses not to start. I have no idea what it could be. I really don't know alot about computers so please help me out! :) I don't play games or anything on it. I just use it for internet, word and music. I have like 4000 songs, 10 videos (5 min vids and 2 movies) and like 1000 pictures, could that be the problem? Could it be a virus? Also, i download torrents using kickasstorrents.com and utorrent software, could that be the problem?
Posted On: 2 months ago . View 2 Replies .
Computer Randomly Restart After About 1 Hour
I recently bought a new computer which set me back a bit. It is still covered by warranty so if i can't fix it im still safe. My computer will randomly restart after about 1 hour - 2hrs. I have checked my error logs and i get 2 errors that are consistant. I have googled for help but i can't find the exact errors anywhere. I don't think its overheating either because. Errors are as follow. Error 1
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 000000fe, parameter1 00000005, parameter2 865e70e0, parameter3 10de036c, parameter4 852b38d0. Error 2
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 ae078c20, parameter2 00000001, parameter3 806e9b9a, parameter4 00000000.
Posted On: 20-12-2006, 10:48 AM . View 2 Replies .
I recently bought a new computer which set me back a bit. It is still covered by warranty so if i can't fix it im still safe. My computer will randomly restart after about 1 hour - 2hrs. I have checked my error logs and i get 2 errors that are consistant. I have googled for help but i can't find the exact errors anywhere. I don't think its overheating either because. Errors are as follow. Error 1
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 000000fe, parameter1 00000005, parameter2 865e70e0, parameter3 10de036c, parameter4 852b38d0. Error 2
Source: system error
Catergory: (102)
Type: error event id: 1003
Description:
Error code 10000050, parameter1 ae078c20, parameter2 00000001, parameter3 806e9b9a, parameter4 00000000.
Posted On: 20-12-2006, 10:48 AM . View 2 Replies .
Old Pc Randomly Reboot - Turning Off Video
The system is a pentium iii 900mhz, with an asus motherboard. It has been running fine for many years now without any issues. The only thing that was done to it over the years was a memory upgrade, and there were no issues for over a year after that. All of a sudden when using it, the monitor would shutoff or it would reboot sometimes going into the bios screens. This happens very randomly. They are using windows xp, and to eliminate any software problems, i completely reinstalled the system, installing all the latest patches, anti-virus, spybot, etc. It is now a completely clean system. I ran prime95 to stress-test the memory/cpu, and it ran for 8 hours with no problems. I replaced the video card, checked the voltage of the psu with a multimeter, everything looks good. Of course it works perfectly when i'm there, but the moment i leave it acts up. It must be the psu dying slowly possibly working fine most of the time then a drop in power at random intervals. With my experience of dying psus, usually they die completely, as in you can't restart the computer, i have had 2 do this over the last 15 years. Or possibly something wrong with the motherboard? Is it possible the battery on the motherboard needs replacing? Does anyone have any suggestions other than replacing the psu or motherboard?
Posted On: 07-11-2004, 07:25 PM . View 6 Replies .
The system is a pentium iii 900mhz, with an asus motherboard. It has been running fine for many years now without any issues. The only thing that was done to it over the years was a memory upgrade, and there were no issues for over a year after that. All of a sudden when using it, the monitor would shutoff or it would reboot sometimes going into the bios screens. This happens very randomly. They are using windows xp, and to eliminate any software problems, i completely reinstalled the system, installing all the latest patches, anti-virus, spybot, etc. It is now a completely clean system. I ran prime95 to stress-test the memory/cpu, and it ran for 8 hours with no problems. I replaced the video card, checked the voltage of the psu with a multimeter, everything looks good. Of course it works perfectly when i'm there, but the moment i leave it acts up. It must be the psu dying slowly possibly working fine most of the time then a drop in power at random intervals. With my experience of dying psus, usually they die completely, as in you can't restart the computer, i have had 2 do this over the last 15 years. Or possibly something wrong with the motherboard? Is it possible the battery on the motherboard needs replacing? Does anyone have any suggestions other than replacing the psu or motherboard?
Posted On: 07-11-2004, 07:25 PM . View 6 Replies .
Keyboard Has Stopped Working Randomly
Recently my standard keyboard has stopped working randomly. Whenver i reset the computer the keyboard works until i get into windows. It takes a few trys of restarting the computer to be able to get the keyboard workng again. This happened after someone decided to set a bios password and i had to take the battery out to reset the bios settings. I set the settings back to default and this problem still occurs. Any ideas?
Posted On: 07-20-2005, 02:07 AM . View 2 Replies .
Recently my standard keyboard has stopped working randomly. Whenver i reset the computer the keyboard works until i get into windows. It takes a few trys of restarting the computer to be able to get the keyboard workng again. This happened after someone decided to set a bios password and i had to take the battery out to reset the bios settings. I set the settings back to default and this problem still occurs. Any ideas?
Posted On: 07-20-2005, 02:07 AM . View 2 Replies .
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Anyone have a problem with the logitech g7 mouse where it just randomly stops responding? The g7 does not have a connect button to resync it to the base, but i have tried the connect utillity that installs when you install setpoint. I have also tried another usb port but it still happens.
Posted On: 04-30-2006, 01:42 AM . View 4 Replies .
Anyone have a problem with the logitech g7 mouse where it just randomly stops responding? The g7 does not have a connect button to resync it to the base, but i have tried the connect utillity that installs when you install setpoint. I have also tried another usb port but it still happens.
Posted On: 04-30-2006, 01:42 AM . View 4 Replies .
Cd Writer Stop Working Randomly
I've upgraded two computers from windows 98 second edition to windows xp professional. Ever since the upgrade, the computers' cd writers haven't been functioning properly. Randomly, they will stop working, and the cd-rw drive, along with any other cd drives, will disappear from 'my computer' as though they never existed. I also notice that when this problem happens, the cd drives will show a red light, as if they're trying to burn something.
Posted On: July 26th, 2004, 06:18 PM . View 4 Replies .
I've upgraded two computers from windows 98 second edition to windows xp professional. Ever since the upgrade, the computers' cd writers haven't been functioning properly. Randomly, they will stop working, and the cd-rw drive, along with any other cd drives, will disappear from 'my computer' as though they never existed. I also notice that when this problem happens, the cd drives will show a red light, as if they're trying to burn something.
Posted On: July 26th, 2004, 06:18 PM . View 4 Replies .
Computer Shuts Off Randomly, But Infrequently
I initially ran it with an antec 450w smartpower (pulled from a sonata ii). By march, the system had randomly shut down a 2 or 3 times on me. It's just a spare system and isn't being monitored constantly, so i haven't been able to see these crashes take place-i would come to the system, and it would be powered down. Hitting the power button brought it back, no questions asked. It seemed like the psu was the obvious culprit, so i swapped it for the thermaltake around this time. It had been rock solid since then, running 24/7 without a hitch. However, this afternoon, the same thing happened again. Does this sound like a defective motherboard, or do i just have bad luck with psus?
Posted On: 06-13-2007, 10:23 PM . View 8 Replies .
I initially ran it with an antec 450w smartpower (pulled from a sonata ii). By march, the system had randomly shut down a 2 or 3 times on me. It's just a spare system and isn't being monitored constantly, so i haven't been able to see these crashes take place-i would come to the system, and it would be powered down. Hitting the power button brought it back, no questions asked. It seemed like the psu was the obvious culprit, so i swapped it for the thermaltake around this time. It had been rock solid since then, running 24/7 without a hitch. However, this afternoon, the same thing happened again. Does this sound like a defective motherboard, or do i just have bad luck with psus?
Posted On: 06-13-2007, 10:23 PM . View 8 Replies .
Seagate Hdd Hardware Id Changes Randomly
I have a seagate 160gb, hardware id st3160023a
Every now and then, the hardware id gets f'd up for no reason, and it's reported as wt714234 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ , as shown below. The seagate drive volumes don't load, and i can't see or access them under my computer. I have to go to the device mgr and uninstall the drive, reboot, and the hardware id will go back to normal. I can then access the hdd volumes again. What can cause the hdd to be identified under some random $$$$$$$$ name?
What part could possibly be corrupted?
Posted On: 12-07-2009, 05:51 PM . View 1 Replies .
I have a seagate 160gb, hardware id st3160023a
Every now and then, the hardware id gets f'd up for no reason, and it's reported as wt714234 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ , as shown below. The seagate drive volumes don't load, and i can't see or access them under my computer. I have to go to the device mgr and uninstall the drive, reboot, and the hardware id will go back to normal. I can then access the hdd volumes again. What can cause the hdd to be identified under some random $$$$$$$$ name?
What part could possibly be corrupted?
Posted On: 12-07-2009, 05:51 PM . View 1 Replies .
Computer Randomly Shutting Off / Crashing
I've been having a bit of a problem with my new rig. I built it about 2 months ago (thanks to your guys' advice) and so far it has been working flawlessly, except for one thing. I have been getting completely random crashes, like someone pushed the power button on my rig. I'll just be doing something and "poof" the computer is off. Sometimes when this happens it will keep happening when i try to restart it at completely random intervals. Sometimes it will run for 30 seconds, and other times 5 minutes. I have reset the cmos multiple times to no avail. Here are my specs:
Evga x58 sli le int 1366
Diamond hd5850
Seagate 1tb hdd
Coolermaster haf-922 case
Antec truepower new 750w psu
Intel i7 920
Ocz ddr3 gold 6gb 1600
*** Is going on with my computer?
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 12:14 AM . View 12 Replies .
I've been having a bit of a problem with my new rig. I built it about 2 months ago (thanks to your guys' advice) and so far it has been working flawlessly, except for one thing. I have been getting completely random crashes, like someone pushed the power button on my rig. I'll just be doing something and "poof" the computer is off. Sometimes when this happens it will keep happening when i try to restart it at completely random intervals. Sometimes it will run for 30 seconds, and other times 5 minutes. I have reset the cmos multiple times to no avail. Here are my specs:
Evga x58 sli le int 1366
Diamond hd5850
Seagate 1tb hdd
Coolermaster haf-922 case
Antec truepower new 750w psu
Intel i7 920
Ocz ddr3 gold 6gb 1600
*** Is going on with my computer?
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 12:14 AM . View 12 Replies .
Mouse Randomly Freezing / Unfreezing
So for some reason within the last week, my mouse has been continually freezing up for 1-3 seconds then unfreezing. It does this every few minutes or so, sometimes multiple times within the same minute. I remember this happened to me before i just don't remember how to fix it. I tried updating my video card driver and reinstalled mouse drivers but that didn't help. Any ideas what it could be?
Posted On: 11-06-2009, 07:31 PM . View 5 Replies .
So for some reason within the last week, my mouse has been continually freezing up for 1-3 seconds then unfreezing. It does this every few minutes or so, sometimes multiple times within the same minute. I remember this happened to me before i just don't remember how to fix it. I tried updating my video card driver and reinstalled mouse drivers but that didn't help. Any ideas what it could be?
Posted On: 11-06-2009, 07:31 PM . View 5 Replies .
Troubleshooting A Computer That Randomly Shuts Down
I am going to be troubleshooting what is causing my cousin's computer to shutdown randomly. Just looking for good ways to troubleshoot and what would most likely be causing it. Right now my main suspect is the psu, but i am still not 100% on that. The computer only shuts down when he was playing age of empires 3. Really the only game he plays, so i can't say if that game was the only one causing.could be anywhere from 5 minutes to a couple hours before it happened. I did do a few searches to see if it was just the game. I got a few hits (4500 on google), but it could just be people only playing that game at that time. I would find it odd if it was just aoe3 causing this too. Trouble shooting that i have done so far. I ran both orthos and furmark at the same on the computer for 30 minutes trying to see any over heating or if the computer crashed. I figured this was one of the most intensive test i could put on the computer. Nothing happened either. Gpu reported a temp of 75 *c max and cpu reported 50 *c max. Going to do a gaming session to see if anything happens next. Vga drivers are up to date. After running both orthos and furmark i am convinced there is not a heat issue at the moment anyway. I did not see any of the snow effect on the furmark rendering to show if the vga was dying. If the system does stop randomly on me i'll throw in my psu from my computer to see if the problem persists. Thoughts?
Specs:
Intel e5200 @ 2. 5ghz no oc
Asus p5e x38 mb
8800 gts 512 w/ hr-03 cooler no oc
Ocz 600w psu
4gb of ddr2 ocz ram 800mhz no oc
Wd 640gb black hdd
Windows vista 64-bit
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 09:00 PM . View 5 Replies .
I am going to be troubleshooting what is causing my cousin's computer to shutdown randomly. Just looking for good ways to troubleshoot and what would most likely be causing it. Right now my main suspect is the psu, but i am still not 100% on that. The computer only shuts down when he was playing age of empires 3. Really the only game he plays, so i can't say if that game was the only one causing.could be anywhere from 5 minutes to a couple hours before it happened. I did do a few searches to see if it was just the game. I got a few hits (4500 on google), but it could just be people only playing that game at that time. I would find it odd if it was just aoe3 causing this too. Trouble shooting that i have done so far. I ran both orthos and furmark at the same on the computer for 30 minutes trying to see any over heating or if the computer crashed. I figured this was one of the most intensive test i could put on the computer. Nothing happened either. Gpu reported a temp of 75 *c max and cpu reported 50 *c max. Going to do a gaming session to see if anything happens next. Vga drivers are up to date. After running both orthos and furmark i am convinced there is not a heat issue at the moment anyway. I did not see any of the snow effect on the furmark rendering to show if the vga was dying. If the system does stop randomly on me i'll throw in my psu from my computer to see if the problem persists. Thoughts?
Specs:
Intel e5200 @ 2. 5ghz no oc
Asus p5e x38 mb
8800 gts 512 w/ hr-03 cooler no oc
Ocz 600w psu
4gb of ddr2 ocz ram 800mhz no oc
Wd 640gb black hdd
Windows vista 64-bit
Posted On: 01-01-2010, 09:00 PM . View 5 Replies .