The Athlon 64 3700+ I have is approaching 4 years old if not more. Sadly I'm encountering more folk that feel the lockups are OS or caused by MS. The lockup you have written about sounds like the usual machine in need of repairs.
Bob
I?ve not knowingly made any changes to my setup recently other than accept the regular MS & AV updates, nor have I installed any new hardware. But I have in the last couple of days, come across a problem that I?ve never had before.
After working on my PC, and then just leaving it on for a few minutes, without touching the keyboard or mouse it freezes up completely, even the clock in the taskbar and side bar stops. The mouse won?t move and Ctrl-Alt-Delete does nothing. The only way to free it is by pressing the reset button or disconnecting the power lead.
Does anybody out there know where I should begin to look for the cause and for a solution?
The length of time of inactivity before it freezes can vary from 3 minutes to over an hour.
Running Vista Ultimate SP1, AMD 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz, 4Mb ram.
Many thanks
Mike7P
PS Hope this is in the correct forum. Feel free to move it if not.
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