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Dragonmaster262

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Well I've tried to install all the drivers. Thing is that my computer freezes when it's doing a lot of things at once e.g. has 5 things minimised on it. I do give it regular breaks after a couple of hours but it still happens. My firend's computers run fine and they use them for vast hours. Can anyone identify the problem?
 

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Need more info:
*How old is your computer
*What are its specs
*What are you trying to run
etc...

If you watch a lot of porn/stream free tv shows or use something like limewire it puts a lot of crap on your computer that slows it down.

Try systems restore (if the problem is new) or a reformat
 

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My computer's on about 15 hours a day, running fine.

and yes, Specs.

Could be a bad connection, faulty psu etc..
 

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Lol this is a brand new one. Sorry I forgot to put up the specs earlier. They are:

Intel Socket 1156pin DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Retail Boxed DH55TC

DDR3 1333/1600/2000/2200 Memory (A Grade Boxed)
For AM3 and All Intel 775pin/1156pin Motherboard
4GB Kit DDR3 Kingston

3.5” IDE/ SATA Internal Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi (Japanese Brand) SATA 500 G

PCI-Express Slot – Nvidia Chipset
1GB 9800GT Inno3D

SPEAKER
Logitech X230 2.1

Intel 1156pin Core i5
Core i5-650

Thermaltake M9

21.6” 5ms Philips 220E1SB-DVI

Logitechprodesktop keyboard and mouse

I copy pasted these from the MSY list. So any ideas?
 

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Need more info:
*How old is your computer
*What are its specs
*What are you trying to run
etc...

If you watch a lot of porn/stream free tv shows or use something like limewire it puts a lot of crap on your computer that slows it down.

Try systems restore (if the problem is new) or a reformat
My computer was built at the beginning of this week.

Basically sometimes when I try to run a lot of things (like 5 word documents) it jsut freezes completely. Neither the keys nor mouse responds and when I push the reset button it takes about 30 seconds for the computer to restart. Pushing the power button when it freezes does nothing at all.
 

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put a jumper on the computer... it will make is warmer ergo, making it freeze less
 

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My computer was built at the beginning of this week.

Basically sometimes when I try to run a lot of things (like 5 word documents) it jsut freezes completely. Neither the keys nor mouse responds and when I push the reset button it takes about 30 seconds for the computer to restart. Pushing the power button when it freezes does nothing at all.
Who built it?
 

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harrison@console:~$ uptime
05:45:00 up 227 days, 5:08, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.00, 0.06
harrison@console:~$

My machines fine *shrugs*
 
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