My wife's aunt brought me her 5 month old Dell computer Saturday. Specs: 512mb memory, P4 3.0ghz cpu, 80gb hard drive, dvd/cdrw combo, integrated Intel video, audio & network, PCI modem running WinXP Media Edition. They use AOL to get online through modem. About the only thing they use it for is to get online some, work in Word & Excel a little bit and play a Windows game every once in a while. That is all. They go days without using it.
Not sure how long this has been happening, but the computer will lock up for no apparent reason. You could be online with AOL, typing a document, playing a game or just sitting at the desktop. It also locks up occasionly when it is in the suspend mode (monitor powered down.) There is no set time. It may do it twice in 30 minutes or it may not happen for 12 hours. Just no consistant thing.
Steps I've taken:
Updated Windows
Updated BIOS
Checked for viruses - none
Checked for spyware, etc... - none
Checked registry for startup problems - nothing
Ran Memtest for 8 hours - no errors
Checked Event Viewer right after lock up - nothing
Short of formatting, is there anything suggestions on what to check?
Not sure how long this has been happening, but the computer will lock up for no apparent reason. You could be online with AOL, typing a document, playing a game or just sitting at the desktop. It also locks up occasionly when it is in the suspend mode (monitor powered down.) There is no set time. It may do it twice in 30 minutes or it may not happen for 12 hours. Just no consistant thing.
Steps I've taken:
Updated Windows
Updated BIOS
Checked for viruses - none
Checked for spyware, etc... - none
Checked registry for startup problems - nothing
Ran Memtest for 8 hours - no errors
Checked Event Viewer right after lock up - nothing
Short of formatting, is there anything suggestions on what to check?