JAGO Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Well, once again, I've experienced a completely (not completely) random freeze. I was playing Guild Wars, minding my 34C temps, when all of a sudden -everything- stops. And not just for a minute. I let it sit for an hour before I held that button on the front of my case. I do suspect the hard drive because, well, it's the hardware of lesser build quality. I suppose though, there are plenty of other factors that may cause my computer to freeze completely. Any ideas? I had been playing Guild Wars for about an hour before it happened, but I don't think temperature was at all a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 19, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2006 Some antivirus scanners real-time protection can also cause games to freeze to the point of locking up the whole PC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGO Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 I have no AV installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted December 19, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2006 I have no AV installed. Is there a reason why you don't, it's rather a risky thing to decide to do. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 19, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2006 Well since you have no AV installed that rules that out. How about your installed DirectX version, is that up-to-date? Since you suspect the hard disk you may want to run a thorough surface scan with HD Tune (freeware), as well as look at what it displays for the S.M.A.R.T. status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGO Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Is there a reason why you don't, it's rather a risky thing to decide to do. I don't browse the internet in such a manner where that would bring any issues, and when I did have AV installed (about the past year, displaced a month or so), I never found anything. If I have suspicions, I'll use Kaspersky's online scanner or BitDefender's online scanner. I'll give that HD Tune a try. dxdiag shows DirectX at 9.0c. Edit: HD Tune showed SMART enabled and that (what I assumed to be a check for bad sectors) health scan came up 100% green. Perhaps a memory test would be next in line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 20, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 20, 2006 Perhaps a memory test would be next in line? Yeah there's Memtest86+ and Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic, however as according to the original Memtest86 if you have more than one stick of memory installed you should check them individually (e.g.; unplug the extras and only test one at a time) versus all at a time so that you can narrow down which one "may" be faulty. Although it could be a failing power supply, or anything else. It could also just be that something is loose inside the PC so unplugging everything and plugging it back in also wouldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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