Precision 380, system lockup or freezes

[arthur.hubbard@ihs.gov]

Just recently acquired, P4@3.6Mhz, 2.0G Ram, if I open too many apps system
locks up/freezes. combination key stroke don't work, have to hold power
button to re-boot. checked all components to make sure nothing was lose,
everything checked okay. Did system check, got no errors, no log of lock
up/freeze.

Any suggestions/advise?

 

[JS]

What type of Applications by name, and how many (3,4,5 ....).

JS

"arthur.hubbard@ihs.gov" <arthurhubbardihsgov@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:95340FBC-649B-45FA-AE20-01F2BA9F7BA9@microsoft.com...
> Just recently acquired, P4@3.6Mhz, 2.0G Ram, if I open too many apps
> system
> locks up/freezes. combination key stroke don't work, have to hold power
> button to re-boot. checked all components to make sure nothing was lose,
> everything checked okay. Did system check, got no errors, no log of lock
> up/freeze.
>
> Any suggestions/advise?

 

[navajo_knight@hotmail.com]

actually, i just had another lock up and it was just using internet explorer
alone. I did have my task manager open and was watching performance. It was
using all of the cpu.

previous lockup, was using these...
1. internet explorer
2. windows live mail
3. task manager
4. napster

It appears I don't have to have lot open for it to freeze up.

"JS" wrote:

> What type of Applications by name, and how many (3,4,5 ....).
>
> JS
>
> "arthur.hubbard@ihs.gov" <arthurhubbardihsgov@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:95340FBC-649B-45FA-AE20-01F2BA9F7BA9@microsoft.com...
> > Just recently acquired, P4@3.6Mhz, 2.0G Ram, if I open too many apps
> > system
> > locks up/freezes. combination key stroke don't work, have to hold power
> > button to re-boot. checked all components to make sure nothing was lose,
> > everything checked okay. Did system check, got no errors, no log of lock
> > up/freeze.
> >
> > Any suggestions/advise?
>
>
>

 

[JS]

Run an AV scan lately?

JS

"navajo_knight@hotmail.com"
<navajoknighthotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99FBA429-B4B8-4C5D-B1D8-2C827EAC4433@microsoft.com...
> actually, i just had another lock up and it was just using internet
> explorer
> alone. I did have my task manager open and was watching performance. It
> was
> using all of the cpu.
>
> previous lockup, was using these...
> 1. internet explorer
> 2. windows live mail
> 3. task manager
> 4. napster
>
> It appears I don't have to have lot open for it to freeze up.
>
> "JS" wrote:
>
>> What type of Applications by name, and how many (3,4,5 ....).
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "arthur.hubbard@ihs.gov" <arthurhubbardihsgov@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote in message
>> news:95340FBC-649B-45FA-AE20-01F2BA9F7BA9@microsoft.com...
>> > Just recently acquired, P4@3.6Mhz, 2.0G Ram, if I open too many apps
>> > system
>> > locks up/freezes. combination key stroke don't work, have to hold
>> > power
>> > button to re-boot. checked all components to make sure nothing was
>> > lose,
>> > everything checked okay. Did system check, got no errors, no log of
>> > lock
>> > up/freeze.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions/advise?
>>
>>
>>

 

[Patrick Keenan]

"navajo_knight@hotmail.com"
<navajoknighthotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99FBA429-B4B8-4C5D-B1D8-2C827EAC4433@microsoft.com...
> actually, i just had another lock up and it was just using internet
> explorer
> alone. I did have my task manager open and was watching performance. It
> was
> using all of the cpu.
>
> previous lockup, was using these...
> 1. internet explorer
> 2. windows live mail
> 3. task manager
> 4. napster
>
> It appears I don't have to have lot open for it to freeze up.

Look again with Process Explorer instead of Task Manager.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processexplorer.mspx

This should give you a better idea of what exactly is using the cycles.

HTH
-pk


>
> "JS" wrote:
>
>> What type of Applications by name, and how many (3,4,5 ....).
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "arthur.hubbard@ihs.gov" <arthurhubbardihsgov@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote in message
>> news:95340FBC-649B-45FA-AE20-01F2BA9F7BA9@microsoft.com...
>> > Just recently acquired, P4@3.6Mhz, 2.0G Ram, if I open too many apps
>> > system
>> > locks up/freezes. combination key stroke don't work, have to hold
>> > power
>> > button to re-boot. checked all components to make sure nothing was
>> > lose,
>> > everything checked okay. Did system check, got no errors, no log of
>> > lock
>> > up/freeze.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions/advise?
>>
>>
>>

 

[navajo_knight@hotmail.com]

Thanks for the input guys! I found out that is was Internet Explorer 7 Beta
2. It did not install correctly and screwed up my registry.

The fix/uninstall from microsoft didn't work, had to fix registry and
re-install IE7. Haven't had a lockup/freeze since. What a pain! hahaha
have a good one!!

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "navajo_knight@hotmail.com"
> <navajoknighthotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:99FBA429-B4B8-4C5D-B1D8-2C827EAC4433@microsoft.com...
> > actually, i just had another lock up and it was just using internet
> > explorer
> > alone. I did have my task manager open and was watching performance. It
> > was
> > using all of the cpu.
> >
> > previous lockup, was using these...
> > 1. internet explorer
> > 2. windows live mail
> > 3. task manager
> > 4. napster
> >
> > It appears I don't have to have lot open for it to freeze up.
>
> Look again with Process Explorer instead of Task Manager.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processexplorer.mspx
>
> This should give you a better idea of what exactly is using the cycles.
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>
> >
> > "JS" wrote:
> >
> >> What type of Applications by name, and how many (3,4,5 ....).
> >>
> >> JS
> >>
> >> "arthur.hubbard@ihs.gov" <arthurhubbardihsgov@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote in message
> >> news:95340FBC-649B-45FA-AE20-01F2BA9F7BA9@microsoft.com...
> >> > Just recently acquired, P4@3.6Mhz, 2.0G Ram, if I open too many apps
> >> > system
> >> > locks up/freezes. combination key stroke don't work, have to hold
> >> > power
> >> > button to re-boot. checked all components to make sure nothing was
> >> > lose,
> >> > everything checked okay. Did system check, got no errors, no log of
> >> > lock
> >> > up/freeze.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions/advise?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>