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my pc hangs..!

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magneticme200 Original post #1
May 2, 2008 at 2:11 PM
i donno...what is happening...i hv a lot of problems..
1. when i start my computer smetimes the monitor light wud keep on blinking and nthn wud happen...the cpu light remains on....thn i hv switch it off frm main...try again and again...thn if im lucky thn i wud get thru it...the monitor wud start to display things
2. whn i get thru the first problem, thn pc has to hang on the winxp loading screen...the blue running bars wud stop and the pc goes on a freeze state...thn restart again and again...
3. if im very lucky and i get thru both the hurdles stated above, the computer wud work normally...thn suddenly the mouse wud freeze...and the px wud nt response fr nethng u do...
thn again restart..
im really annoyed with all this...i think the cause of all this is common...
my config is

winxpsp2
512 dd1 ram
120gb hdd
845 intel


WHAT COULD BE THE POSSIBLE CAUSE AND WHAT CAN I DO TO CURE IT????


PLS PLS PLS HELP..!!
dhanusaud
May 2, 2008 at 2:40 PM
HDD is getting worst buddy, replace it...it will work fine.;)
M
May 2, 2008 at 5:46 PM
are u sure/??
coz smebdy else told me tht my motherboard is going bad..!!
enticer86
May 2, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Exactly same prob here.. i guess it mite be so many updates- to antivirus and all.
solomon_paulraj
May 2, 2008 at 6:41 PM
during boot.. enter BIOS and check CPU temperature.. if it is high than recommended, see whether CPU fan is working..
Kenshin
Kenshin #6
May 2, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Hard disk problem...I was fed up of the three steps and bought a new harddrive..and using the old one as secondary (which still gives some prob..but the OS dun stop responding coz its not on it :D)
dhanusaud
May 2, 2008 at 7:52 PM
are u sure/??
coz smebdy else told me tht my motherboard is going bad..!!

Not sure but I hv noticed this problem in my PC also...I replaced HDD...voila prob was gone.

Generally windows xp gets hanged when it has bad sector. check you hdd if it has bad sector. if it has bad sector change it.

Yeah when heatsink of cpu get overheating it also hangs but your system is starting 1st time naa...., so it isn't a heatsink problem.
M
May 3, 2008 at 8:19 PM
thnks guys...i chnge my hdd,,,,and tn gv u the feedbak..!!
H
May 3, 2008 at 8:33 PM
If your hdd is sata one just change sata power cable (as their are lot of proble m with sata power cables) then uninstall HDD contollers from device manager and restart your PC. If possible try swapping RAM and/or smps and/or HDD, with one from your friend, see if problem persists, if so your motherboard may have problem.
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marshalll #10
May 11, 2008 at 10:52 PM
I think we can follow two steps here.

1. Clean up cpu and ram socket.
2. Change the ram slot
dheeraj_kumar
May 11, 2008 at 11:38 PM
^^ check power too. A faulty PSU or a overheated proccy can definitely cause these problems.
M
May 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
I think we can follow two steps here.

1. Clean up cpu and ram socket.
2. Change the ram slot
thse two steps solve my frm problem fr the time being....bt aftr some time the prob again comes up.....
rohan_mhtr
May 12, 2008 at 11:25 PM
This is caused mainly due to faulty psu . Are there frequent power fluctuation in your area ? Also check cpu and motherboard temperature . Try removing any usb devices like printers etc if they are present . I recently had this problem and a new psu did the trick .
M
May 13, 2008 at 8:55 AM
This is caused mainly due to faulty psu . Are there frequent power fluctuation in your area ? Also check cpu and motherboard temperature . Try removing any usb devices like printers etc if they are present . I recently had this problem and a new psu did the trick .
yeah thre hv been a lot of power cuts in the past few months...(i dnt hv a ups)..!!
bt hw do i chk whthr its a prob with the psu??
mkgupta64
mkgupta64 #15
Mar 20, 2010 at 3:11 PM
I'v started to face the same problem since last a few days.

i too, hv power failures in my area.
but the problem appears sometimes ever during startup, so i guess its nothing to do with HDD. Worst happens when im in BIOS menu and system gets freeze.

I found some unusual programs running in task manager (like alg .exe alg(with a space between alg & .exe).exe, googleupdate .exe, smax4 .exe)
And when i try to install a new antivirus, same freezing problem appears.

And last, this freezing problem happens even in safe mode.

Help me somebody.
Dark Core
Dark Core #16
Mar 20, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Try Defragmening your HDD ;)
S
Mar 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Try fixing the bad sectors in hdd with acronis or anything lyk that. Flash MB bios. reinstall os and god will b with u
thetechfreak
Mar 21, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Check ur HDD and make sure its working properlt......also check for virusses
....
mkgupta64
mkgupta64 #19
Mar 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Buddies, thnx for ur suggestions but my pc freezes even when im in BIOS menu, so i guess its nothing to do with HDD.
Still, i formatted my C: drive, removed OS (XP SP2), and still the same problem of freezing even in BIOS, exists. Plus, im not able to update BIOS due to same reason.

Sometimes, automatically everythg goes fine.

Is der any distant possiblity that my motherboard (Intel D865GBF), might hv gone bad ?

Or it might hv smthg to do with that onboard battery ??



(Note: Iv uploaded 4 screenshots for better understanding of my pc problem.

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