still freezing HELP

[Guest]

Been working on a computer - did lots of system maintenance (scan disk,
defrag, disk cleanup, Norton and AdAware), but computer is still occasionally
freezing. Tried the Belarc site to check system components (for updating
drivers). Did try to update the chipset (an update to increase speed), but I
don't know if it took. We did not get to try any other driver updates, except
for what showed up on Windows Update. Before that, we had also reinstalled
Windows Xp and done critical updates. Any other ideas of what to check???
I'm not too sure on the chipset driver updates as to what is really
necessary. I noticed some said for advanced users/programmers. Please help.
thank-you. Also, on error checking, when it did show errors, a lot of times
it said the first allocation unit was not valid and then it truncated it.
What is this??

 

[Li'l Roberto]

Try these articles for a possible explanation :

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830080
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=814594
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315688

rgds
Li'l Roberto

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The system may be running too hot. I suggest that if you know little about
the insides of computers that you have a technician check the system. The
cpu fan or a case fan may be wearing out or defective or lint may be
interfering with airflow. It sounds like it is heating up. It could also
be a developing memory problem.