hi,new to the forum and hopelessly new to computers- friend gave me this computer resently <from various parts>. it worked fine for him but its freezing on me on the hour it seems sometimes every 10 mins.

friend said maybe its the motherboard- something about virtual memory, i downloaded PC wizard but have no idea how to get motherboard readings. the hard disk <if that means cpu> is 42 c- so is not overheating

besides freezing once in a while the comp works great- im sure noone will know what the problem is without knowing more about the computer but maybe someone can point me in the right direction to find the proper course of action

oh yah i just bought a new mouse and keyboard <someone told me that could be the problem> so its not that

Hi Buschdiver,

Welcome to the PCHF!

We have a great team Tech experts who will be more than happy to help you out.

Has the computer been doing this since the day you got it or did this just all of a sudden start happening?

Did it happen just after putting it on the internet?

yah, i've had it for a month now and it started freezing up the first day.. i think i connected the pci the same day, so it could have started after i connected toi the internet.., i got a new harddrive thinking it would solve the problem and i reinstalled win xp- but its still freezing
and seems to be more frequent daily

Hey - I had this same prob a while back.

I cant help you myself really put you should try and get as much info on your pc lfor when you guys come here.

I think I was asked for things like my CPU temp etc. Maybe its overheating?

well i downloaded PC wizard to check the cpu temp and it said the hard disk <which i think means cpu> is 42 c- so i dont believe its overheating

Nope , the hard disk and cpu are a little bit different from each other..

Try one of these apps and report back the result please:


http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

downloaded speedfan and can still only get the hd tempature which is 45

no info on the motherboard with speedfan, and when i run pc Wizard it says the mainboard is unspecified and the bios is unspecified

im mentionining the MB because the previous owner said he wuz having problems with it and had to put the memory stick in another slot or something.

the speedfan help is greek to me so any advice would be great, thx