Computer HANGING??

[sheba]

I am going crazy. My computer has decided to just start hanging every 2 minutes or so. It will not allow me to type or do anything and then it just continues after a short time. My CDRW light is constantly on also, which makes no sense since nothing is in there. I did a virus scan and nothing there except some adware which I quarantined. What can I do to fix this?? It is driving me nuts. It stopped 3 times while writing this little blurb.
thanks in advance. If you can it would be great if you could write to me at sheba@surfree.com

 

[Tango57]

try disconnecting your cdrw and run your computer to check if it still hangs. also try rebooting and go into safe mode. does is still hang while in safe mode?

 

[sheba]

Thank you. As it turned out it was just a loose connection apparently. All is well now after pushing on everything