Any test for PC freezing

[Ballistic Banana]

pc freezes up ( not fridge jokes plz ) seems to be happening more frequently recently.
Any tests I can do to seeif things are conflicting and causing this. I have done scan disk .

TIA

BB

[GreenV8S]

Has it always done this, anything changed around the time it started?

Dell provide a hardware diagnostic program for their systems, maybe your manufacturer has something similar?

[Ballistic Banana]

Hi Pete, No it hasnt allways done this. just over the past month and more frequently recently. prehaps 2 or 3 times in an evening.

Its a Novatech system so prehaps drop them a mail see what they have.

BB

[pdV6]

Up-to-date anti-virus software and run something like Ad-Aware to scan for nasties.

[beanbag]

Otherwise do what I did and buy new hardware. I managed to sell my old stuff on ebay for £135 and buy new stuff for £120! Tell me where the logic is in that!?!?!?

[kojak]

GreenV8S said:

Dell provide a hardware diagnostic program for their systems, maybe your manufacturer has something similar?

Whats that. I have a Dell Pc, and mine freezes. Would that tell me whats causing it?

[malman]

If it just stops and locks solid with no errors then memory is always a favorite place to start looking.

try memtest86 and see if show anything

[robertuk]

Could be temp. related.

My PC started freezing recently,

Checked the temp of the CPU in the bios
(after it had been running for an hour) and noticed it was higher than normal.

Opened the case, cleaned and dusted
(The fans were quite dirty)

Used a can of compressed air (aerosol) to shift the dirt and a small hand held vacuum cleaner.

Take care when cleaning the inside
they are quite sensitive.

No more problems and CPU temp is back to normal.

I clean the system every couple of months

Ramesh

[docevi1]

to echo the above comments check your temperatures - some systems simply shut down if the temps get too high