Lately my computer has been freezing out of nowhere. For example by just browsing the internet(watching a video on youtube, etc). I can move the mouse but can't click any program buttons and what is displayed stays the same.
PC in sig, all stock, no overclock.
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, same thing happened with Windows XP 64-bit, so I think it is not OS-related. Also, I installed the latest drivers for the video card and sound card.
I've had this pc for 1.5 years now.
Please help me, it's driving me nuts.
PC in sig, all stock, no overclock.
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, same thing happened with Windows XP 64-bit, so I think it is not OS-related. Also, I installed the latest drivers for the video card and sound card.
I've had this pc for 1.5 years now.
Please help me, it's driving me nuts.
But it shouldn't be a heat issue if you're just running Firefox, especially after a clean install (there won't be that many convoluted processes running). Do you have extra parts that you can start the swap process with? Replacing the HD, GPU, RAM (although I highly doubt it's a RAM issue) will at least get you going down the right path of troubleshooting. Random lockups without a powerdown typically can't be the PSU, even though I generally lean towards that as these fail very easily. Try testing a different PSU as well. You can also check to see if any of your hardware was assigned the same I/O address which would also cause random freezes like this. However, a fresh install should have corrected that issue as well :/ 
