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Dear Fred,
re-booted my machine just 5 minutes ago with the exacta
same problairmo...god bless ya big fella
Comin' at ya live from Sid-knee Orstralia
"I'm a gene-arse and I dream of a genes'
arse..." -G.S.Anker 1961-...
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred <srqblue@xxxxxxxx>
To: Colin Henry <Colin.Henry@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, 5 May 2001 8:16
Subject: Re: PC Freezing up
>On Fri, 4 May 2001 20:07:11 +0100, Colin Henry wrote:
>
>>Dear Members:
>>
>>I wonder if anyone can suggest what might be causing me PC to "freeze up".
>>It seems to happen once the computer has been on for a while. The screen
>>simply "freezes" and won't respond to the mouse. Each time I have to
reboot
>>using the reboot button on the minitower. This in turn runs Microsoft
>>Scandisk and each time the cause seems to be and I quote:
>>
>>"Scandisk is checking the following areas on drive C:
>>
>> * File system
>>
>>Scandisk found 4,096 bytes of data on drive C that might be a lost file,
but
>>is probably just taking up space"
>>
>>I have just had the computer checked by a technician who tells me it is
OK!
>>
>>I run Windows95.
>>
>>Your help would be much appreciated. Thanking you in anticipation.
>>
>>
>>Colin Henry
>
>If "a while" is about 1/2 day, and Win 95 indicates that it is an
>older machine, and the technician did not open the box and clean out
>the dust around the air passages, the CPU fins, the CPU cooling fan,
>and re-seat (as in remove and put back in) the memory, and at least
>your video board. Then do this and report back to us here.
>
>Fred
>
>
>"Success is the only test of genius" -R.Adm Daniel Gallery 1901-1977
>
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