why does my laptop kep freezing and resetting?
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If it is a brand new laptop or if it is under warranty then the easiest solution is to take it back.  \n\nHowever, if you fell it is overheatingcheck to see if all the vents are clear, if not try unblocking them.  Aquick blast of air or vacum cleaner should do the trick.  If still overheating then the CPU cooler fan will be faulty.  Usually when CPU overheats it shuts down.  Not freezes.\n\nFaulty memory seems like a culprit.  Did you change anything  recently? Install software etc??\n\nCheck to see from the Windows Task Manager what processes and programs are running?  Stop unnecessary ones and monitor CPU memory usage.\n\nUse or run Anti Virus program and program like SpyBot or AdAware to see what they report.  whether there are malicious programs running without your knowledge.
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Well sice PC's can't be smart nor stupid that's not the cause.\n\nTry cleaning and defragmenting your drive. Also heat build up can cause drives to act weird and eventually fail, keep all air ways clean and clear and if needed add another fan.\n\nAlso, you can run disk check.\n\nYour RAM may need to be upgraded, you didn't really say when it freezes up.\nA new program could be a culprit as well as spyware, I use Ad awre SE personal to take care of that junk, it can really bother things! And best of all it's free just need to download it from their site, made by lava soft. That stuff can get on there even with a good fire wall running.\n\nCheck for programs that are running all of the time, when you didn't open them, they just slow things anyways, most not needed!\n\nClean out your internet files and cahe even cookies, use controil panel for that.
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Great question and thanks for participating. It's obvious that you have a great deal of knowledge with computers simply because you wouldnt have the particular equipment in your computer if you didnt. There are a few things that can cause that problem as you know, cookies and temp files being the main cause. Also, by defragging the hard drive will help. The registry files can also cause problems of that nature and will need to be cleaned up and repaired if necessary. Registry cleaners are available at no charge in some cases and can be found by using www.google.com. Last of all, do not overlook the possibilities of trojans, viruses, etc which can also cause that problem for you. If I can help in any way, plz let me know and i'll work with you step by step until the problem is solved. Hit me on dumbbutt4321@yahoo.com if you'd like. Larry RadioShack 01-9590
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I would try defragment, then reboot if that don't work try system restore
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Turn the power on and leave it for a while, just to see if anything happens.  Are you running the laptop off the battery or mains power?  Just to test, run the laptop off mains.\n\nAlso, check that the fans are working properly and the airways arent blocked.  Just check that everything is seated properly and nothing is left unplugged. Be methodical, so you can eliminate the obvious.\n\nSo could be one of the following:\nFaulty hard disk\nFaulty memory\nFaulty processor\nFaulty mainboard\n\nSorry cant think of anything else\n\nBattery Wizard
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Is the computer getting hotter than usual? Alot of times overheating can cause blue screens and lockups at different times in use. If you let the computer sit for a half an hour, then start it and try to format but it locks up at 30%, then you immediately try again and it only goes to 10%, then I would say that the pc is overheating. If its a desktop, try cleaning it out with compressed air. make sure the fans are functioning properly
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i had the same problem, there are applications conflicting,\n\nheres what i did to solve the problem\n\non start menu click on run,    type msconfig\n\nthen remove relevant applications and services\n\n\nto start, try disactivating all, youll see that your computer no longer freezes, your task is now to check each which u want to keep,
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Could be a number of things ... if it's a virus you need to remove the hard-drive and "piggy-back" it into another computer for a complete virus scan \nIt could be the Thermal Grease on your CPU has dried out causing overheating, or a cooling fan not working that will shut most newish machines down or it could be something else hardware related
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What a really bad accident.  Try to hook up a USB or PS/2 keyboard and see if the keys respond to that.  You might need to go to a technician, but I don't even know if they can help.  In the worst case, you probably need to get any important data from the laptop's hard drive by removing it and hooking it up to a desktop.  Then reinstall everything from the BIOS on up.\n\nLesson to remember: always check how much battery power you have, or at least plug it into the wall if you're doing any installations or critical system tasks.
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only mouse freezes r the whole system???\njust check whether the keyboard works.\nif the whole system hangs thn u cant do anything except restarting thru the power r restart buttons.\nctrl+alt+del wont work here if it hangs...\n\nit may be virus problem. just check it our\nif its not thn it wil be surely the driver problem\n\nif only mouse hangs thn the connection may be loose or ur mouse might be dead...
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Try reinstalling the operating system. Reformat the hard disk if you can. A hard disk losing its bearings will do that as well. Try rebooting in DOS from a diskette to eliminate the OS, and Hard Disk. \nTake the case off and put a big fan.  This will check the microprocessor. The Pentium series has serious heat problems.
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Possible solutions\n\nClear startup - some prgms would cause freezing at the startup\nRe-install windows\nSwap or change memory sticks.\n\nI am sure this would help u to fix freezing issues.
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It may get overheated or some hardware is broken (it can be a HDD,RAM,Video card etc., I think the HDD has a problem). Try getting a hardware diagnostic tool.
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First let me know yr configuration of yr Laptop\nIt may freeze due to following reasons\n1.U may overloading it (making two r three programs to work simultaneously)\n2.U may use softwares that doesnt meet the hardware requirement.\n3.There may be some virus/spywares.\n\nIf ur hardware requirement doesnt meet the specifications try for the hardware upgrade which will solve yr problem.\n\nUse a popular anti-virus software and make sure it is uptodate to eliminate the problems of spyware and viruses.
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take your laptop to the service center as this should not happend maybe the battries arnt proper or maybe theres a problem with the laptop itself
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check for viruses (specially when your system booting after connect to internet ) \ncheck power voltage \ncheck  cpu fan \nreinstall win xp \nif cpu fan is good
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I just had the same thing happen to me. It was a defective hard drive on my computer causing the issue.....I took it to the Geek Squad for repair....It wasn't an old computer either, 3 months old....Hope this helps!!\n\nGL;)