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Scrolling causes System Freeze

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by jdelcalzo

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I have an IBM A21m PIII 600(XP Pro SP2) 256MB that locks quite often when scrolling in IE or Firefox. This happens whether using the scroll bar on the side or the down arrow key. If I hold down the 'third mouse' button and use the mouse to scroll it freezes far less often. This happened on a previous install and I've reloaded and it still happens. It's an old machine but I have everything up to date. I even used a different hard drive when I reloaded so it isn't a bad sector.

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by dmiles

The problem may exist with the mouse or keyboard,you could try udating the drivers to the keyboard or try using another mouse.

by jdelcalzo

Thanks, but all drivers are latest from IBM. A different mouse was already tried but it doesn't help. Plus the computer is a laptop so a different mouse isn't always an option.

by dmiles

The problem may exist with the mouse or keyboard,you could try udating the drivers to the keyboard or try using another mouse.

by ontheropes

I'm wondering if you have integrated video. If that's the case your video uses system resources, RAM. 256MB of RAM isn't much for integrated video at high resolution especially if there are a lot of start-up programs or browser windows open.

If you can scroll alright in other programs more RAM or a new video card should solve your problems.

by hal 9000

I would be looking at a greater RAM load so you have fewer problems. While XP can run on 64 MEG of RAM it works far better on 512 MEG.

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by --loki--

I've had this happen on occasion with firefox or mozilla on certain systems... Usually when on one of yahoo's webpages, like the email page.... Usually caused by one of the ad banners up top or at the side... It may be a problem with the version of java or flash or shockwave that's in use.... try upgrading all three, and if necessary, uninstalling and reinstalling firefox, and see if that helps...

by emtrev101

I have two A21m's.
I have exactly the same problem with both of them.
This freeze on scrolling only occurs in WinXP

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