System freezes

[Stan]

I have a Sony VAIO, Windows XP Home SP2. All of a sudden tonight my
system will freeze up every so often. Can't move cursor.
Alt-Ctl-Del won't work. Have to power off and restart.

Any ideas on what is causing this and how to fix it? Hardware? Software?

Thanks
Stan

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Are you using any particular program when the freeze happens, or is it
completely random? Have a look in the Event Viewer to see if any error
entries in there may help to point towards the problem.

 

[Lawrence A. Wong]

Memory and/or Driver problems come to mind.

Make sure you have the most up-to-date drivers for all components on your
system.

You may also want to try one or a few of the many memory testing programs
available for free on the web.