Often, I find my entire system "freezing" when I leave it running. I can see my screen, but the system responds very slowly (up to 1 minute) to the mouse and keyboard.\n\nWhat's causing this and how do I stop it? I'm losing a lot of work which is done when I leave it running.
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check out event log for finding the exact problem. it's greatly exprected that the problem is due to overheating.
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Buggy RAM?  Was it all of a sudden?  Try running spyware tests.  Could be hidden programs task manager doesn't see.  You say you "sometimes" have the problem.  Any triggers that might set it off consistently?\n\nHave you considered reinstalling windows?  Might help.  Good luck.\n\n--An addition to Jerry's suggestion.  If the fan is kaput, the whole system will slow down.  I had a fan that was stuck from time to time.  Once I figured it out, my sys was back to normal.  Thank goodness I figured it out before the CPU fried.
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I also have a self-built system.  Generally if your problems occur after starting a game its going to be one of two problems.  Heat or Video Drivers.  Because you're having problems on all games and not just one or two in particular, I would guess that its a heat issue.  Generally an outdated driver won't affect all games in the same manner.  However, playing games are usually the most resource intensive applications and generate more heat on the CPU and GPU.  One way to test the heat issue is to open the case and find a big portable house fan and blow it directly on the computer and see if you can play for longer.  Also verify all the case fans are running properly and are installed properly.  Since you built the computer yourself verify that you have at least two intake fans in the front of the case pulling cool air in and two exhaust fans blowing out the back.
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im not sure..\nbut it's happened to me before.\nthe freezing of the mouse may be due to adware/spyware so you might want to scan your system to rid of them.\nor.\nthe motherboard could be old/ and may be on its way to ruin.
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When its starting to freeze up or when you are running to many things at once.Then it willl start moving slow and the blue screen wil pop up and say; Sever is busy press any key to continue or press Ctr+Alt+Delete to restart your computer.
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2 hours make it seem to me that some piece of Hardware is faulty. I have use this method several times.\n\nRemove an item of hardware you don't need. ie Sound card, or Network card, USB Devices. Graphics card, if it has on board Graphics.\n\nIf it hangs, remove something else. It works you've found your problem.\n\nOf course replace anything which isn't considered problematic
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Well, in that moment of peril, try using <CTRL> <ALT> <DELETE> to open task manager and end any processes that are showing "Not Responding". However, this may not always work, though it might help.\n\nIn the future to prevent this from happening, try the following things.\n1. Make sure your PC is not overheating, with more heat, the performance falls. If it is overheating, buy a cooling dock fan for around $30 dollars.\n2. Make sure you are not running to many "stealth" programs in the background. These programs take up RAM and CPU. To fix this problem, go to Run and type in "Msconfig" and go to last tab called Startup. Now uncheck everything that you reconize from past program installations except for your firewall.\n3. Make sure you don't run too many programs at the same time. This would increase your RAM and CPU usage and cause your PC to freeze much easily.
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could be a number of things,\ncheck settings,\ntry turning off screen savers temporarily,\nrun scandisk error checker,\nanilize with defragmenter,\n\ncheck hardware connections and temperatures for cpu and video board,\n\nempty temp folder\ndelete browser cache files,,
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1) check for ventilation problems; CPUs (the core of your PC system) tend to get a lot of heat.\n2) if you have recently added new hardware (supposing you use Windows) go to "My PC(Right Mouse Click)Properties|Hardware|Device Manager", look for the new device, select its properties (again right button click, then Properties) and Disable it (there's a button just for that).\n\nIf those didn't work, then repost your question but explain you have checked for CPU temperature and new devices.\n\nHave a nice day without computer hangs!
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maybe overheat issue try using motherboard monitor program to check the temperature of the system and do some burn in test on specific hardware such as cpu, ram, graphic card as game does put a good amount of stress on those hardware
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Win XP?\n\nThere could be many reasons that your system will not load quickly. My first inclination is that you have a lot of programs trying to load during the startup process. At the bottom of your screen (in most cases), you have certain programs that load during startup. The way you stop this is by clicking on start, select Run, type msconfig, click on the startup tab, and uncheck the boxes of any programs that you do not need. Quick Time can sometimes take a while to load. Instant Messengers can too. After you have done so, click on OK at the bottom to close the box. Restart your computer and see if that helps. \n\nAnother culprit is defragmented files. First click on Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup. You can clean up files that are unnecessary. Then, when that is done, click on Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragment. It may take a while to complete.\n\nMake sure you have an anti-virus program installed and an anti-spyware program. Scan for viruses and spyware. Many times, viruses can cause your computer to run slowly.
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hang results from not enough ram or too many progs in the start up group...run regedit and folloe this tree...local machine, software, microsoft, windows, current version, run..also look at any key beginning with run...knock it all out by deleting the keys....then run msconfig and get rid of everything.  then go to control panel, admin tools, and select services...click on start up type andsee what is auto starting...start turning auto services off that seem worrisome to you...  reboot after each change...this should fix it
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Well... only viruses are responsible for freezing up....i'm sure... you're having virus.... get avast! http://www.avast.com it's free.... install it... and it'll detect virus and delete it... and no slowing down... YEA SURE!
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Run Hijackthis. It will create a log of all the running processes. Post the log on www.hijackthis.de and it will analyze all the processes for you or will find out names at the worst. Google for the processes that seem suspicious.\n\nIf it makes noise, I would rather suspect a hardware. Have you tried removing optical drives or battery? Download SiSoft Sandra 2003 lite and run a stability test. That's a rocking application when it comes to finding loopholes in your system,\n\nSandra will also give you an environment test, to test the CPU and board temperatures. See if they aren't beyond usual.
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What verison of Windows are you using?  XP has a log.  If you right click on My Computer, Manage, click the plus sign beside Event Viewer, then click on System, you will find a list of most errors that your computer has.\n\nIf you are hearing a click, chances are it is a hardware problem, and not a software problems.  Since it is mostly when you are using a lot of rescorces, it could be that you are over heating, and your system is shutting down on it's own.  Or it could be a video problem.  \n\nYou may want to install a temp monitor on your computer and check it out when gaming.\n\nAlso, check your fans and make sure they aren't clogged up with dirt and dust, also some fans have filters, so if yours does, make sure it is clean.\n\nGood luck
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Make sure you have nothing else running in the background. If you don't have a high end laptop,  games that are heavy on graphics will run slow and/or freeze.
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Based on my own experience, I don't believe RAM usage is the problem.\n\nIf your computer is actually spontaneously powering off, the problem is most likely that your computer's power supply cannot meet your hardware's power requirements.  I would suggest you have a professional replace your power supply with one that supplies at least 430W.\n\nTo answer the question you asked, however, what you can do to minimize RAM usage is use the System Configuration Utility to disable Startup Items from loading.\n\nTo do this, click Start -> Run, type:\nmsconfig\nand click OK.  Click Selective Startup, uncheck the Load Startup Items box, and click OK.  Let it restart your computer when it asks to do so.\n\nOn restart, it will remind you that you used the System Configuration Utility to change your startup.  Just click OK.  Then start your game.\n\nNote that it is not unusual for a game to max out your system resources -- the more RAM it has the better it will typically perform.\n\nAlso note that using this method *may* prevent your antivirus from loading.  If this is the case, you need to make sure that all you do, while your system is configured this way, is play your game.\n\nTo return your system back to its normal configuration, follow the instructions above to get back into the System Configuration Utility, click Normal Startup and then click OK.  Let it restart the system when it prompts you to do so.