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July 2, 2008 at 02:44 AM
paulc_dj

XP freezes 5 seconds every 5 seconds

by paulc_dj . Updated 17 years, 11 months ago

Hi there

Have just upgraded my comp to an Intel Q6600 and an Asus P5K MB and am now running 6GB of DDR2 800 RAM. I have also just installed another Seagate 500GB SATA 2 HDD and am experiencing this major problem.

Has anybody else had this specific problem? I had a thought that could it be not enough power from PSU which is 400W. Do I need to go buy a 550 or a 650 for this spec?

I have checked in task manager for processes that might be doing this and nothing changes in terms of % of CPU, before during or after each freeze.

Help! I have googled it, but am totally stuck. It doesn’t happen all the time, but seems to be once it has been on for a while, so maybe overheating issues, possibly.

Any help would be most gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks.

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