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Computer freezing..!!!!!!!

Jun 18, 2005 11:53PM PDT

Dell 600M, XP home, Pentium III. Loads Windows ok, but will just freeze not long after startup...cannot use CTRL/ALT/DEL or anything, hard reboot is only remedy. After looking through here, I'm concerned it might be an overheating problem...do these symptoms line up with that possibility?? I have run Norton, and I don't think there is a worm/virus involved.

Thanks!

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wrong forum...!
Jun 18, 2005 11:56PM PDT

Sorry, first post. Can a mod please delete?? Thanks!

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(NT) (NT) Why not open it up and dust it out?
Jun 19, 2005 12:02AM PDT