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by jason_d_whitson

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Hello everyone! I am having issues with my computer locking up from inactivity, when I'm in various programs, etc.

I have an 800mhz AMD processor that runs at approximately 95 degrees, so I think that it might be locking up my computer, but am not sure.

I was thinking of having no programs/processes run that I can "kill" or keep from starting up (I'm running WinXP Pro SP1), and moving my computer away from the corner of the wall where it's presently located at.

I have installed the latest video / sound card drivers (with Administrator privileges), and the computer will just lock up.

Any suggestions on what else I can do, before I decide to "nuke" my machine, and do some re-installing?

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by hal 9000

Recently with a computer that was running 98 Se and when reloaded it just wasn't reliable as it kept falling over. The way that I fixed that one was to remove everything but the bare esentials and then reload. Once that was up and running without any problems I then installed one card at a time and then tested. It turned out that the printer card was the problem but as I had installed it seperatly the thing worked properly but if I installed the OS with the computer fully assembled then there was no joy.

Buy the way I'm taking it that the 95 degrees is in F and not C as that would be way too hot if it was C and I would be of the opinion that the CPU had already been fried as that is way beyond the mealting point of the internals of the CPU.

I would save any critical data and wipe the drive and then remove any unnecessary cards and then reinstall, once this is complete shut down and install one card at a time until it either stops working properly or you have everything fitted.

by gonzalo.raffo

-You can disable the suspend or hiberante function
-place your computer further away from the wall so it will have appropioate ventilation
-you may have defective ram modules or insuficient memory soy might have to replace them

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