Computer still freezes after installing new CPU/ fan?

Question

Recently my computer kept turning off by itself due to overheated CPU. Meanwhile my computer freezes a lot at the same time. Then I went to fix it, and my computer got installed a new CPU. My computer does not turn off by itself anymore, but my computer still freezes. Do you guys think it freezes due to virus? What should I do?

Answer 1

like the other one said

and could be bad sectors on the hard drive which makes it try to reread the same bad sectors again and again so running a DOS command

chkdsk /r

for more reading then check out the microsoft and wiki links on this search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=chkdsk

and it takes awhile. I feel it should be run maybe twice a year on a hard drive. If it has problems reading a sector on the hard drive then it does its microsoft thing with the bad sector.



Freezing could also be low RAM. You need to run about 2 gigs of RAM in this age. XP uses the least RAM compared to Vista or Win7.



Could also be a virus. Sometimes pulling up Windows Task Manager and looking at what programs are using up CPU usage has lead me to determine what program is messing things up. Sometimes Adobe Acrobat Reader is taking up my CPU time so I will probably uninstall and reinstall it. For me, sometimes closing a browser window will free it up. Whenever my computer is acting up then I just take the time to reboot and that usually fixes things. An old friend of mine struggled with his computer for weeks and then I found out that he never powers down for several months. There is something called memory leak that can mess your computer up. Yes, it does exist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_leak

I just realized it is 2am my time. good night

and some humor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_pKqiB5Rg

Answer 2

There's 3 options, you can download and run diagnostics for memory and your hard drive, or reinstall the operating system after a low-level format with a program like WipeDrive.



"Why would Windows Restart?"

By default with installations, Windows will automatically restart upon system failures aka "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH" or aka Windows "STOP" Bug Codes. This can be due to corrupt drivers or bad drivers for the operating system. You could have replaced a CPU fan for issues you may have been receiving from a Video Card, but seems like a CPU Issue. It's hard to troubleshoot intermitten errors, so you need to use diagnostics to indentify component failures.



Memory failures - If theres a failure for memory writes or reads, then you could either have an issue on your graphics card or the actual RAM In the system that caused the errors. Running Memory tests from Diagnostics will discover these errors in Memory and can be sometimes fixed by reseating the RAM. Other cases, the DIMMs (Direct Inline Memory Modules) need to be replaced for problem resolution.



Hard Disk failures - Typically before a hard disk fails, you will experience numerous amounts of failures revolving around bluescreen Stop codes. You can attempt to correct this by running CHKDSK -R but there's no guarantee of a fix because if the hard drive actually has faulty hardware, there's no work around. You need to have it replaced, if you run hardware diagnostics and call the Vendor with the hard drive error codes, they can typically replace the drive because the hard drive vendor can reimburse them for the faulty hardware if the error code is provided.



Best of luck to ya but you will need to run some hardware diagnostics.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ - A good source for bootable diagnostics





That something called a memory leak means that all of the data that is written to RAM was not cleared by closing the application. Residual data remains sitting in RAM, but it sits in there and keeps your RAM in use instead of freeing it up as the design is intended.... Memory leaks are not your issue in this case unless your BSOD specifies errors in WIN32K.SYS which can be a failure in the Windows Virtual Memory/Paging system.

Answer 3

It could be due to a virus, if you want to investigate further in that area, try downloading a free antivirus tool : Avast(google for the freeware version) and run.



Another problem that could cause it to freeze up, is low memory, try upgrading the ram(random access memory), and that usually speeds up the computer as well.

Answer 4

It depends on a lot of variables. This could be related to a fragmented hard drive, damaged registry files, an almost completely full hard drive, malware, or a virus. If you're on windows I suggest running the disk cleanup, then defragmenting the hard drive, and getting RegVac and running it. RegVac does cost money but it's a nice little app.



It wouldn't hurt to run a virus and spyware scan either.

Answer 5

Computer's HATE being suddenly turned off like that. You probably have errors on the hard-drive from the sudden shutdowns when it was busy writing to the drive. Check the drive for errors in Safemode.

Answer 6

Its achieveable that the fan isn't cooling the processer sufficient, overheating the processer will reason the gadget to slowdown. If this occurs trash the gadget or purchase a sparkling processer. determine to procure sufficient of the heatsink gell on it or the fan it seated precise. a potential grant does not be casueing this except you have a case with 10 or extra followers.