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24 Nov 2007, 10:44 pm

I do not have "freezes", as I run Linux. This machine has been running continuously for ten weeks, other than a few power cuts and a kernel upgrade.

At this instant I seem to have my web browser (Seamonkey) with a dozen tabs open, email client, two Skype chats, The Gimp, a log file monitor, a system monitor, two shells, a couple of file browsers, two image viewers, an FTP program, two PDF viewers, KolourPaint and Jave (Java ASCII graphics program) running, as well as my MySQL server, Apache server, webcam server, email server, Jabber server, etc. That's 384 out of my 512 Mbytes of real memory in use, plus 500 MBytes swapped to disk.

Last time I had any software problem was while I was running XP under VirtualBox under Linux. That caused the display manager to hang a bit, but I just restarted that - no problem - and nothing else was disturbed.


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25 Nov 2007, 4:30 pm

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Out of the wide array of computers i work with in my soon to be computer repair company rarely. I get the computer. If its used turn the computer on and write down all the specs and scavage the hard drive for programs like older games left on the drive.[Of Course i put those on flash drive.]
Fix any hardware issues and format the sucker. When a customer wants a computer i install the operating system based on thier computer skill.
[Ones that i use will have Ubunthu, DSL,Windows XP, ME or 98.]


Out of all of my experience even my win 98/ME boxes never give the blue screen.[In most cases i stripped down the startup configuration to mininal.


mine did it every day about 2 times daily, my fault through, never did any disk cleanup, had aol and mcafee (yea i know not good news) and because of the BSOD i lost 2 auctions for same item about 4 months apart, item was a norton closer made in 1882 that i really wanted, when bsod happened it was like 30 seconds to end of auction, then had to restart computer, when it was ready to reconnect online, it was too late!!

no more will i use win me to rely as my main OS if i ever do get it working again, im NOT ever again using mcafee!! last error it had was vguard.dll has a problem and needs to close click ok to continue, so i did then came up the "fatel system error have system restore disk ready"

i then attempted the restore (long before i got system mechanic 6 disk that thing saved the butt of win 2000 pro and win xp that i use)

some thing macs are good for people who only know how to turn the computer on and off (novices) whats your opinion??


Its probaly American Online. AOL is known for being a malicious POS. May i suggest DSL internet. [More Expensive but well worth it.] AVG an Avast are also very good virus tools you won`t have a problem with.



thanks anyway, i already know what killed it, vgaurd.dll is a process that is part of mcafee antivirus products, it was my goof too because i had no idea of the other free antivirals at the time (avg, avast, and others) aol is ok on a machine as long as its got enough (well i had BARELY enough RAM and hdd space for it, plus no firewall so yea was not just ao-heck that caused its problems) i use aol explorer(the first aol branded stand alone browser that uses IE) on the laptop i have now(win xp) and NO PROBLEMS found

my isp is no longer aol full service, i use verizon broadband fios. i did have dsl and about every day i was either on phone with tech support or resetting the modem or waiting it out beause weather does effect copper lines (dsl)

if i did in any event go back to aol, it would be to the free service being it dont have any special aol dialler adapter to slow u down or tech support and have to talk to mumbai, pune or manila phillippines, thair tech support is just as bad as verizon dsl's but fio's i got was americans that knew something about computers

dsl on verizon and dialup on aol i got asians that either didnt understand or didnt know a thing about computers.

gamefreak, got to point that all the techs do for verizon is try to help out with modem and just sit back and watch when they sit there watching me set it up with networking(that did in fact happen last time) when a modem was replaced because the power adapter shorted it. tech comes in with the modem in hand, starts to set it up, then gets the wonder were things go, i take over he gets his laptop from his truck(a panasonic toughbook) opens it then starts to try to get into modem, fails 2 times so then i told him let me try, i get in then hes looking around for connections and ip ping and release no ping/release setting found so then after he leaves i then emailed him (yea i got his email address before he left) and emailed him that its done from the customer's computer not from modem. i still to this date hadnt heard from him and i emailed him back in sept.


I would try Roadrunner through your cable company. Its only $20 to $50 a month and you can save a lot of money if you get a package deal with phone and cable.



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25 Nov 2007, 4:32 pm

I have had it freeze only once or twice, and it was because of this USB stick I had. If I leave it there too long, it screws up my computer when I try to remove it, but if I don't use it, it works just fine.

Yes, I am using a macintosh.


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25 Nov 2007, 7:25 pm

Used to freeze up pretty often, but then I realized I was using the wrong driver package.



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27 Nov 2007, 8:43 am

my two pentium 4 systems don't freeze ever. (win xp)

But here is the strangest thing my oldest pc (1998)
compaq 5020

celeron 300mhz (slot 7)
ESS audio drive oboard (isa) audio
creative vibra sound card
Ati rage 4mb agp 2x
The intel 82x chipset

Running Windows . . . . . . ME!! !
and guess what! i never had a single problem yet!
It's been installed for 1 whole year!

here is a pic of the horrible win me in all it's glory and the poor machine running it!


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27 Nov 2007, 10:37 am

DingoDv wrote:
My PC rarely - say once a year, but thats due to the fact I built it, and installed it all myself (with only programs I want)
ditto here.



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27 Nov 2007, 2:53 pm

gamefreak wrote:
doordoctor wrote:
gamefreak wrote:
doordoctor wrote:
gamefreak wrote:
Out of the wide array of computers i work with in my soon to be computer repair company rarely. I get the computer. If its used turn the computer on and write down all the specs and scavage the hard drive for programs like older games left on the drive.[Of Course i put those on flash drive.]
Fix any hardware issues and format the sucker. When a customer wants a computer i install the operating system based on thier computer skill.
[Ones that i use will have Ubunthu, DSL,Windows XP, ME or 98.]


Out of all of my experience even my win 98/ME boxes never give the blue screen.[In most cases i stripped down the startup configuration to mininal.


mine did it every day about 2 times daily, my fault through, never did any disk cleanup, had aol and mcafee (yea i know not good news) and because of the BSOD i lost 2 auctions for same item about 4 months apart, item was a norton closer made in 1882 that i really wanted, when bsod happened it was like 30 seconds to end of auction, then had to restart computer, when it was ready to reconnect online, it was too late!!

no more will i use win me to rely as my main OS if i ever do get it working again, im NOT ever again using mcafee!! last error it had was vguard.dll has a problem and needs to close click ok to continue, so i did then came up the "fatel system error have system restore disk ready"

i then attempted the restore (long before i got system mechanic 6 disk that thing saved the butt of win 2000 pro and win xp that i use)

some thing macs are good for people who only know how to turn the computer on and off (novices) whats your opinion??


Its probaly American Online. AOL is known for being a malicious POS. May i suggest DSL internet. [More Expensive but well worth it.] AVG an Avast are also very good virus tools you won`t have a problem with.



thanks anyway, i already know what killed it, vgaurd.dll is a process that is part of mcafee antivirus products, it was my goof too because i had no idea of the other free antivirals at the time (avg, avast, and others) aol is ok on a machine as long as its got enough (well i had BARELY enough RAM and hdd space for it, plus no firewall so yea was not just ao-heck that caused its problems) i use aol explorer(the first aol branded stand alone browser that uses IE) on the laptop i have now(win xp) and NO PROBLEMS found

my isp is no longer aol full service, i use verizon broadband fios. i did have dsl and about every day i was either on phone with tech support or resetting the modem or waiting it out beause weather does effect copper lines (dsl)

if i did in any event go back to aol, it would be to the free service being it dont have any special aol dialler adapter to slow u down or tech support and have to talk to mumbai, pune or manila phillippines, thair tech support is just as bad as verizon dsl's but fio's i got was americans that knew something about computers

dsl on verizon and dialup on aol i got asians that either didnt understand or didnt know a thing about computers.

gamefreak, got to point that all the techs do for verizon is try to help out with modem and just sit back and watch when they sit there watching me set it up with networking(that did in fact happen last time) when a modem was replaced because the power adapter shorted it. tech comes in with the modem in hand, starts to set it up, then gets the wonder were things go, i take over he gets his laptop from his truck(a panasonic toughbook) opens it then starts to try to get into modem, fails 2 times so then i told him let me try, i get in then hes looking around for connections and ip ping and release no ping/release setting found so then after he leaves i then emailed him (yea i got his email address before he left) and emailed him that its done from the customer's computer not from modem. i still to this date hadnt heard from him and i emailed him back in sept.


I would try Roadrunner through your cable company. Its only $20 to $50 a month and you can save a lot of money if you get a package deal with phone and cable.


thanks anyway but happy with my own browser i dont use the verizon yahoo browser (was optional but dlled it onto here before having a tech over thinking it was *needed* when i had dsl.)

i perfer the standaone aol explorer, faster in loading

roadrunner is not offered by verizon. im happy with connection but dont need extras for tv, i have directv and im happy with satillite, i had comcast as cable provider but they are rip offs and only FEW digital channels and no xm channels, im happy with what i have now

thanks anyway gamefreak


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27 Nov 2007, 3:48 pm

Occasionally as in like once every two months or so.


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28 Nov 2007, 9:22 pm

Lately, mines been totally LOCKING UP completely, no response... it just locks up.. and it does it whether i'm in linux or in windows. I've tested the memory with memtest86+, no errors overnight... Tested the processor overnight.. no errors (even overclocked) Seems to be narrowed down to a heat issue (most probable at this point, going to add more fans or something), hard drive problem, or video card problem (though, the hard drives pass the tests i've run with the ultimate boot cd, and I can game for hours on end without problems out of nowhere it locks up whether gaming or not) ... Right now I think the heat from my processor and video card together make the heat too much in the case. (I can somewhat see the temps through my sensor program, but my motherboard isn't very accurate or I'd have already fried everything lol)

Oh well.. Going to put more fans in and see if that stops my troubles.. if not.. I really don't know where to go from there :roll:

EDIT: One more note, there shouldn't be any problem with my PSU as it's rather new and it's a Corsair 520HX



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30 Nov 2007, 5:31 pm

Mine freezes just about every day. I know it's not a virus because I have a very good virus protection software and it hasn't detected any viruses. I guess maybe Vista or HP must be to blame. I've had bad luck with HP in the past, and well Vista is the antichrist incarnate! :evil:


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08 Dec 2007, 5:25 pm

Mine used to freeze up a few times a day.
Then I uninstalled the latest Windows Explorer and went back to the previous version so it freezes no longer.

My theory is that Microsoft want to make XP so bad that you will want to upgrade to Vista



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09 Dec 2007, 12:43 am

At least once a week.

My next computer will be a Mac.

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09 Dec 2007, 11:28 am

And I will stick with Mac OS when I get my Mac.

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10 Dec 2007, 5:42 am

My computer doesn't seem to be freezing as much now.


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10 Dec 2007, 10:40 am

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My computer doesn't seem to be freezing as much now.

Have you got any idea what changed?

Is it that it caught you badly a couple of times, but now that your watching it, it isn't happening as often as you thought? (Watched kettle never boils.) :)


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02 Jan 2008, 6:07 pm

On the rare occasion I use Windows, it freezes up if I'm on for more that 15-20 minutes.

Linux, on the other hand, has only frozen on me once.


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