computer freezes after 10-20 mins after turning on.

computer freezes after 10-20 mins after turning on. but then if i leave my p c off all night.. and go on in the morning.. it seems 2 last longer and doesnt freeze as quickly. i have reformated and done virus scans..but its stil the same. the harddrive light stops flassing and the whole computer freezes. help!!! what could this be!!

are your fans working? have you checked for overheating? what hardware do you have? (motherboard, CPU, Graphics card...)

this can be found out using belarc advisor

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not sure about fans and overheating.. dont have a clue how to check!.... help!!!!

Windows XP Home Edition (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
800 megahertz AMD Athlon
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
64 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. 7ZMMP 1.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 62710 07/15/97
Drives Memory Modules c,d
41.10 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
38.71 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SAMSUNG COMBO SM-304B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6E040L0 [Hard drive] (41.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n E14RBRRE, rev NAR61590, SMART Status: Healthy 224 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 128 MB
Slot '1' has 64 MB
Slot '2' has 32 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 41.10 GB 38.71 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Princess 23/04/2007 17:00:13 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator 23/04/2007 16:49:53 (admin)
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 [Display adapter]
LGE ADV-172 [Monitor] (16.3"vis, August 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (2x) Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Game Port for Creative
Communications Other Devices
HSP56 Micromodem


BT Voyager 1010 USB Adapter #2
primary Auto IP Address: 172.16.1.33 / 16
Gateway: 172.16.0.1
Dhcp Server: 172.16.0.1
Physical Address: 00:90:96:FF:E7:B1

Networking Dns Server: 172.16.0.1
USB Human Interface Device
PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
HID-compliant mouse
NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node
USB Root Hub (4x)

i turn my pc on,and after 5-10 minutes..the computer will freeze.but if i leave my computer off for a few hours..then turn it on..it doesnt freeze up for at least 20 minutes.. i have reformatted but its still the same.. please help

my computer freezes soon after i turn it on . but if it is off for a while, then turned on.. it lasts longer b4 it freezes up. i have a feeling its the fan. but if the fan was broke, wouldnt the computer shut down..not freeze up??

it might be the capacitors. they are little cylynders around the heatsink and fan. check if there is or has been any yellow liquid leaking from any of them. if so then im sure that will be it.

even bulging capacitors can be a problem..... the picture below shows leaking capacitors:



When they are leaking, they usualy have a bad smell... if they explode, the smoke has a really bad smell!!!!

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one reason you may be having problems is the amount of RAM you've got, 224MB, I can't see a graphics card so that RAM will be doing everything.

you may have a heat problem has the machine got good airflow?

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