Random Freezing

mooch37 · Jan 11, 2010, 05:31 AM

I just saw the guy who posted this a few under me and I thought about putting it under his, but my problem might be different.

Basically, it happens most when I'm exiting a program. Mostly when I quit a game or start one up. It doesn't do it for long, though. Maybe only 10-15 seconds and then it's fine afterwards. It just recently started doing this and I've really been searching all around to see if anyone else has had a similar problem. I just got a replacement GTS 250 but I doubt that would be it. Could my processor be going out? Also, I play these games though Steam and at first I thought it might just be Steam, but I JUST now had another freeze and I'm only browsing the internet. Same goes for when I go from full screen mode in Youtube and exit out. I clicked a link and it froze...

I'd greatly appreciate it if I could possibly get some feedback on this.

Proc: AMD 5200+
Graphics: EVGA GTS 250
RAM: 2gb A-DATA RAM
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA770
Hardrive: WD Raptor 150gb
OS: Windows XP

Thrackan · Jan 11, 2010, 12:59 PM

Well, what did you change recently? New drivers? New hardware?

Mussels · Jan 11, 2010, 01:13 PM

sounds like hard drive lag to me.

You're out of ram or something, and its paging to/from the HDD

you've failed to provide your complete system specs, so we cant give you detailed help.

Jan 11, 2010, 05:31 AM	#1
mooch37 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 91 (0.05/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Random Freezing I just saw the guy who posted this a few under me and I thought about putting it under his, but my problem might be different. Basically, it happens most when I'm exiting a program. Mostly when I quit a game or start one up. It doesn't do it for long, though. Maybe only 10-15 seconds and then it's fine afterwards. It just recently started doing this and I've really been searching all around to see if anyone else has had a similar problem. I just got a replacement GTS 250 but I doubt that would be it. Could my processor be going out? Also, I play these games though Steam and at first I thought it might just be Steam, but I JUST now had another freeze and I'm only browsing the internet. Same goes for when I go from full screen mode in Youtube and exit out. I clicked a link and it froze... I'd greatly appreciate it if I could possibly get some feedback on this. Proc: AMD 5200+ Graphics: EVGA GTS 250 RAM: 2gb A-DATA RAM Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA770 Hardrive: WD Raptor 150gb OS: Windows XP Last edited by mooch37; Jan 11, 2010 at 04:03 PM.

Jan 11, 2010, 12:59 PM	#2
Thrackan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,159 (1.88/day) Thanks: 234 Thanked 652 Times in 533 Posts System Specs	Well, what did you change recently? New drivers? New hardware? __________________ Play League of Legends! Join the Ghetto modders club Put your Steam games on multiple partitions

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Jan 11, 2010, 01:13 PM	#3
Mussels Doctor Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA) Posts: 34,550 (10.97/day) Thanks: 3,699 Thanked 8,689 Times in 6,389 Posts System Specs	sounds like hard drive lag to me. You're out of ram or something, and its paging to/from the HDD you've failed to provide your complete system specs, so we cant give you detailed help. __________________ Edumacational thread about PC Audio My external HDD's.5x samsung 1TB + 2x Seagate 1.5TB = 8 TB external storage 32 Bit OS vs 64 bit OS information How to get hardware accelerated H264 playback (DXVA) Netbook Owners United!

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