Larry in VA
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Hey Guys:
I'm new to this forum and I as a warning I am NOT computer literate. I am having a problem with my Compaq PC that I can not fix. I have tried many virus programs and Add-Ware Pop-Up eliminators to no avail.
What is happening is my computer just freezes up out of the blue. I loose all input, no key board or mouse function. Monitor freezes as well as all animation on screen. I do not get the "Blue Screen of Death". Doesn't matter if I'm on or off the Internet, working in a word doc or not doing anything, it will freeze. I can't use mouse or 3 finger salute to turn off machine, must do a hard boot to get it going again. Tonight it did it about 5 times in an hour, however yesterday I went 6 hours and never did do it.
Problem started about 6 months ago and has steadily gotten worse. About a month ago I bought a copy of XP (was using ME) and installed it thinking I had a corrupt file or something and new software would take care of it. It didn't, but did slow it down for about the first week after new install.
Also; when the computer does stop/freeze you can definitely hear a deference in the noise the PC is making. Sounds like the hard drive stops running, and all you can hear is the sound of the fan motor running after it freezes up.
Several people at work said they had the exact same symptoms on there computer and had to get new hard drives because of a virus (virus name unknown to them) that ruins the hard drive. These people are not what I would call computer literate either, so thought I would ask around to see if this is possible.
Does this sound familiar to any one out there. I would take my computer into a repair shop, but every time I have done that I feel I have been ripped off.
Thanks for any help you all can give me in advance.
Larry
I'm new to this forum and I as a warning I am NOT computer literate. I am having a problem with my Compaq PC that I can not fix. I have tried many virus programs and Add-Ware Pop-Up eliminators to no avail.
What is happening is my computer just freezes up out of the blue. I loose all input, no key board or mouse function. Monitor freezes as well as all animation on screen. I do not get the "Blue Screen of Death". Doesn't matter if I'm on or off the Internet, working in a word doc or not doing anything, it will freeze. I can't use mouse or 3 finger salute to turn off machine, must do a hard boot to get it going again. Tonight it did it about 5 times in an hour, however yesterday I went 6 hours and never did do it.
Problem started about 6 months ago and has steadily gotten worse. About a month ago I bought a copy of XP (was using ME) and installed it thinking I had a corrupt file or something and new software would take care of it. It didn't, but did slow it down for about the first week after new install.
Also; when the computer does stop/freeze you can definitely hear a deference in the noise the PC is making. Sounds like the hard drive stops running, and all you can hear is the sound of the fan motor running after it freezes up.
Several people at work said they had the exact same symptoms on there computer and had to get new hard drives because of a virus (virus name unknown to them) that ruins the hard drive. These people are not what I would call computer literate either, so thought I would ask around to see if this is possible.
Does this sound familiar to any one out there. I would take my computer into a repair shop, but every time I have done that I feel I have been ripped off.
Thanks for any help you all can give me in advance.
Larry