Freezing &/or Blackouts

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Bob V

I use WinXP Home. Recently my Desktop computer has frequently frozen or
totally blacked out in a variety of situations in a variety of programs. It
reboots OK.

I bought a Laptop to replace it, but before I take the Desktop to the
computer graveyard, I wonder if the above problems are a sign of HD or total
system failure, or whether there is a chance for worthwhile maintenance.

Bob V
 
Bob said:
I use WinXP Home. Recently my Desktop computer has frequently frozen or
totally blacked out in a variety of situations in a variety of programs. It
reboots OK.

I bought a Laptop to replace it, but before I take the Desktop to the
computer graveyard, I wonder if the above problems are a sign of HD or total
system failure, or whether there is a chance for worthwhile maintenance.

Bob V
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Open the desktop computer and give the internals a good and
thorough cleaning/vacuuming, especially removing dust and lint
from the heatsink fins and fan. Next, check the rotation and
cleaniless of all other intake and exhaust fans. Reseat all
memory cards, peripheral cards and connectors. If problems in
the desktop continue to persist, monitor the CPU temperature.
If running high, then renew the thermal conductor between the
CPU and the heatsink. Otherwise, the PSU might have also aged.
If worthwhile replacing any components, check costs and decide
whether or not it is still worth salvaging the desktop.
 
Thanks - Event Viewer identifies Error #7023. I went further to the MS
Support link pointed to in the KB below. I found that to be complicated, in
most cases referring to MS programs that I think I don't have on my Desktop.
I have a simple non-networked home Desktop. Could you suggest further how I
might fix Error 7023?

Thanks again,
Bob V

S.Sengupta said:
Before sending it to the graveyard you could check the Event Viewer.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/

or, you could scan your system to check whether the system had malwares or
not.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]


Bob said:
I use WinXP Home. Recently my Desktop computer has frequently frozen or
totally blacked out in a variety of situations in a variety of programs.
It reboots OK.

I bought a Laptop to replace it, but before I take the Desktop to the
computer graveyard, I wonder if the above problems are a sign of HD or
total system failure, or whether there is a chance for worthwhile
maintenance.

Bob V
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