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Chuck25
How would I turn on memory checking in the bios?
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Chuck25
I'm having trouble with computer hang ups. I was told on another board that
if I turn on memory checking in the bios, computer freeze might go away.
if I turn on memory checking in the bios, computer freeze might go away.
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Unknown
Someone is pulling your leg!
Chuck25 said:I'm having trouble with computer hang ups. I was told on another board
that
if I turn on memory checking in the bios, computer freeze might go away.
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Ken Blake, MVP
I'm having trouble with computer hang ups. I was told on another board that
if I turn on memory checking in the bios, computer freeze might go away.
You were told wrong.
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Lil' Dave
Have only seen that on fast PCs with a boot drive with relatively slow
spinup time. Though, haven't seen use of this in a long time for that
purpose.
spinup time. Though, haven't seen use of this in a long time for that
purpose.
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Chuck25
Thanks for everyone who responded to my post. My main problem is my computer
freezes after start up. I've looked at my fans and their okay. I've done disk
clean up and defrag. My motherboard along with RAM and intel pentium 4
processor is a couple of months old. I even reloaded windows xp and still my
computer freezes. Anyone have any suggestions what could cause computer
freezes?
freezes after start up. I've looked at my fans and their okay. I've done disk
clean up and defrag. My motherboard along with RAM and intel pentium 4
processor is a couple of months old. I even reloaded windows xp and still my
computer freezes. Anyone have any suggestions what could cause computer
freezes?
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Ken Blake, MVP
Thanks for everyone who responded to my post. My main problem is my computer
freezes after start up. I've looked at my fans and their okay. I've done disk
clean up and defrag. My motherboard along with RAM and intel pentium 4
processor is a couple of months old. I even reloaded windows xp and still my
computer freezes. Anyone have any suggestions what could cause computer
freezes?
I can't tell you what's wrong, although if the same problem occurs
after reinstalling Windows cleanly, I would strongly suspect a
hardware issue--most likely either flaky power (either from the power
supply or wall outlet) or RAM.
By the way, being a couple of months old does *not* rule out hardware
problems. In fact the two times hardware is *most* likely to fail is
when it's new and when it's old.
When does it freeze? If it freezes right after startup, how did you do
a disk cleanup and defrag?
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V Green
Check Event View>>System and see if there's an entry
just before the freeze. Or if there's anything else relevant
there.
See the XP Helpfile.
just before the freeze. Or if there's anything else relevant
there.
See the XP Helpfile.
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Ken Blake, MVP
Check Event View>>System and see if there's an entry
just before the freeze. Or if there's anything else relevant
there.
See the XP Helpfile.
No thank you. I'm not the one with the problem. Please respond to the
appropriate message in the thread.
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V Green
Oh, so you figure that since you were the last one
to post and that my reply was next that it was intended for you?
My apologies oh god of whatever it is you think you're god of.
Most people would not think so highly of themselves that they
would make this assumption.
to post and that my reply was next that it was intended for you?
My apologies oh god of whatever it is you think you're god of.
Most people would not think so highly of themselves that they
would make this assumption.
Ken Blake said:Check Event View>>System and see if there's an entry
just before the freeze. Or if there's anything else relevant
there.
See the XP Helpfile.
No thank you. I'm not the one with the problem. Please respond to the
appropriate message in the thread.
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Bruce Chambers
V said:Oh, so you figure that since you were the last one
to post and that my reply was next that it was intended for you?
My apologies oh god of whatever it is you think you're god of.
Most people would not think so highly of themselves that they
would make this assumption.
Ken made no assumption. You did reply directly to him, rather than to
the OP.
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V Green
Bruce Chambers said:Ken made no assumption. You did reply directly to him, rather than to
the OP.
*sigh*
Not in my world. When I reply to a *person*,
I say so. When I reply to the *newsgroup*, I don't.
I am done with this.
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Uncle Grumpy
Oh, so you figure that since you were the last one
to post and that my reply was next that it was intended for you?
My apologies oh god of whatever it is you think you're god of.
Most people would not think so highly of themselves that they
would make this assumption.
Most people would double-check to see if they're right before shooting
their mouth off and looking like a fool.
Moron.
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Ken Blake, MVP
Oh, so you figure that since you were the last one
to post and that my reply was next that it was intended for you?
My apologies oh god of whatever it is you think you're god of.
Most people would not think so highly of themselves that they
would make this assumption.
It has nothing to do with thinking I'm God of anything, or thinking
highly of myself. It's matter of simple netiquette, and it's a matter
of not writing confusing messages. One doesn't just respond to the
thread, one responds specifically to a particular message, and in this
case you responded to a particular message *I* wrote. If you want to
reply to a message, please be sure to reply to the correct one. If
someone asks a question you want to answer, or says something you want
to comment on, then it's *his* message you should reply to. Do not
simply reply to any old message in the thread.
For example, if someone asks a question, and six people reply to him,
each with a different opinion, and you want to tell one of those six
people he's wrong, and explain why, surely you can realize the
importance of replying to the correct message.
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Unknown
Do you know how to respond to a particular post? Apparently not.
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Chuck25
"When does it freeze? If it freezes right after startup, how did you do
a disk cleanup and defrag?"
After start up, my computer freezes after a while. It can freeze after 20
mins to an hour. I leave my computer on 24/7. When I wake up in the morning,
the computer froze sometime during the night.
a disk cleanup and defrag?"
After start up, my computer freezes after a while. It can freeze after 20
mins to an hour. I leave my computer on 24/7. When I wake up in the morning,
the computer froze sometime during the night.
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Ken Blake, MVP
"When does it freeze? If it freezes right after startup, how did you do
a disk cleanup and defrag?"
After start up, my computer freezes after a while. It can freeze after 20
mins to an hour. I leave my computer on 24/7. When I wake up in the morning,
the computer froze sometime during the night.
OK, thanks for the clarification. That certainly sounds like a
hardware issue, rather than a Windows one.
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Chuck25
I got a feeling it is my hardware that's causing the computer freeze. How
would I troubleshoot my hardware?
would I troubleshoot my hardware?
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Ken Blake, MVP
I got a feeling it is my hardware that's causing the computer freeze. How
would I troubleshoot my hardware?
I'm not a hardware expert, and someone else here may have more advice
for you, but you should start by running Memtest86, which you can
download at http://www.memtest86.com/
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