my dad bought a dell dimension 200 and for sum reason it keeps freezing when ever its left alone for a while his cna leave a game running cum back half hour later and the hole pc has froze no idea why it will even do the same if nothing in running just left on the desktop. any ideas why
could be anything from spyware to overheating. i'm guessing overheating. if it's virii/spyware-free and there's not other software problems, it's time to examine the hardware.
yeah we have checked the spyware virus etc and it comes back no problems is there anyway of checking the hardware without having to take the pc apart something like a program thar run a diagnostic on the system
Hi, I recommend (if only to help diagnosis) you disable all energy-conservation crap from within Windows. Right-click desktop > Properties > Screen Saver > Power > set Power Schemes to 'Minimal Power Management'. Apply. Set all three to 'never - never - never' (Sounds like my ex-girlfriend :^) LoL Also disable Hibernation. Disable ScreenSaver. Incorrect BIOS settings can also be a factor in problems like this, although Dell BIOS is pretty simplistic... Anyway try this first - it has solved these issues in the past! You then have a new and separate problem of why your PC locks-up when attempting to go on standby (or maybe it's as simple as ScreenSaver locking-up). But let us know if this helps the immediate problem, Regards
Yes, overheating of course (would be simple diagnosis :^) But apart from that, lockups can occur when power-management attempts to kick in, ie. Turn off Monitor (no thanks), Turn off Harddisk (evil!), System Standby, and Hibernation (not my PC, thank you). Often the hardware and/or ACPI BIOS are not 100% compliant... L8R
yes it over heating i had to get a new computer as this happeded to mine. i phones up the company (fujitsu) and they said that its overheating.
Hmmm... that's a bit drastic, don't you think? LoL :^) Kinda like getting a new car when it runs out of gas...
