Any computer user knows how frustrating it is when a PC stops running in the middle of a complex application. If your laptop keeps freezing when you’re in class or in the field doing research, there’s not much you can do to salvage your notes. Computers sometimes freeze, but if a computer freezes on startup regularly, or if it freezes when multi-tasking, there’s probably something wrong. A computer could suffer permanent damage when it stops running abruptly.
In the past, a user would have to pack up the computer and take it in for a diagnostic checkup. Two hours later and $80 lighter, you may or may not have a working machine. Computerfreezes.net has changed all that. Rather than running all over town with a frozen computer, run to our website for help. We can quickly diagnose the reason your computer freezes and take care of the problem with our recommended software. Our fixes will work for laptops, notebooks or desktop computers in a matter of minutes, not miles.
There are five main reasons your computer could bind up and stop running.
- Windows Registry is corrupted.
- The drivers are corrupt or outdated.
- Computer is infected with a virus or malware.
- Hard drive or file system errors.
- Computer is in a bad location.
Any one of these issues or a combination of them could be the reason a laptop keeps freezing. They can cause computers to freeze on startup or anytime. They can make it run like last year’s model. Luckily, Computerfreezes.net has a solution for all these problems.
- The Windows registry could become corrupted by a virus, Trojan horse or malware. Any of these nasty programs can be downloaded without realizing it. They can cause havoc on a machine, including freezes. The registry can also become corrupt if the computer gets hung up and crashes. In some cases, software may have been sending a message to the registry that became garbled and was recorded improperly. That bad command will remain in your registry until you clean it with a good registry cleaner. Use our free Online Troubleshooter to see if you may need to download and install a registry cleaner.
- If a computers drivers are out-dated or corrupt, it can have internal conflicts that will cause errors and crashes. For instance, the soundcard may not react well to a new audio recording program. They might fight over control of the computer’s resources, especially when monitoring recording or during playback. Old drivers might not be forward-compatible with new versions of Windows, Java, Adobe or Flash. Driver software such as Driver Scanner by Uniblue can check and analyze the computer drivers to make certain they’re compatible with each other.
- If a computer is infected with a virus or malware, you could be in for a real heartbreak. Viruses can record your keystrokes and report the data to a remote user so they can steal your private data. A virus can also change the autoexec.bat file and prevent your system from launching. Sometimes they erase data from the hard drive by writing and rewriting gibberish until your machine has no hard drive space left to use for virtual memory. Some forms of malware will use a computer to send out infected e-mail messages to everybody in a list of contacts. Your friends will not be pleased to receive an e-mail from you with a virus attached to it. Check out our guide on removing Viruses, Spyware and Malware.
- If a computer freezes on startup, or anytime for that matter, the hard drive could become damaged. When those abrupt stops happen while the machine is writing to the hard drive, sectors can be permanently damaged. Bad sectors can result in two things–neither of which is good. They can cause a permanent loss of data, or they can make your software crash. Running a Windows Check Disk on the hard drive will find and fix any bad sectors that reside on the drive.
- A computer might be freezing because it’s located in a bad place. Computers need a dry, cool home. Make sure all the fans are open and spinning. Have the dust blown out every few months to keep it from overheating. Don’t sit the computer in direct sunlight or leave your laptop in a hot car. If your computer seems to run hot, have another fan installed in it. They’re cheap and can really make a difference.
Whatever the reason, if your computer is freezing regularly, you need to address the problem. Computerfreezes.net is standing by to help any way we can. Our software recommendations and tips will quickly ferret out the problem and restore your system to its glory days. It will run faster, handle your software more efficiently and will stop the freezing.
Hi, a few months ago my computer froze within minites of turning it on, rendering the mouse and keyboard useless, ven the display froze up. I took it to a pc store and they said that the USB ports had burnt out. I got a new motherboard, same model and brand, and it has been running fine up until now. The same problem persists. My processor is an AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition. Motherboard is an ASRock M3A770DE. RAM is 2x4GB of Ripjaw RAM. Graphics card is an ASUS Radeon HD 5670. It has a 500 watt power supply and 3 fans, excluding the heatsink. The whole computer is a custom build. Can you tell me why it freezes? Should i get a new motherboard?
Thanks for the question!
To be quite honest with you, there are literally hundreds of reasons why your machine might be freezing up like this. Let me give you a list of things that I would do in order to isolate the cause.
1. Ensure that all fans are running at a high rate of speed. I see you state that you have 3 fans so overheating probably isn’t the issue.
2. Try taking one stick of RAM out at a time and testing your machine. One of the sticks may be bad.
3. ***Try pulling your video card and using the on-board. That card may be faulty or overheating***
4. Check Step 4 on this article http://computerfreezes.net/diagnose-and-fix-an-overheating-computer/ – if your machine will stay up long enough, you can make sure the CPU isn’t overheating.
5. Check the Event Viewer for Disk Errors. Your HD may be failing. Run a check disk – http://computerfreezes.net/how-to-run-the-windows-chkdsk-check-disk-utility/
Try those things and report back, and we can look further into it.
Hello. I just bought a brand new computer, a toshiba satellite laptop. A pretty expensive one with good graphic card and intel core i7. The thing is that it freezes every time a play a game. And i made sure that it was not the fans, and i rebooted it and got all the new updates and so on. But it still kepps freezing, wich is really annoying.
What could the problem be?
i hv an hp compaq 6730s,,prblm is my speakers hv stopped working..th headset port works tho..first th left one became lower than th right until it stopped completly and th right remained operating..4 days ago i switched it on and th right one had stopped..wht can b th problem nd a solution?? thnx in advnce
my PC suffers quite a lot of freezings/lock-ups when playing video games and watching online videos (cursors, keyboard, everything stopped responding, hard reset required). all these happened randomly. sometimes I can play games without any problems at all. but at the other times, it freezes without warning, doesn’t matter if I’ve just begun playing or been in the middle of the gameplay. playing online videos may sometimes freeze the whole system. no overclocking, no overheating (probably, I left the PC case open all-time), done reinstalling -especially- graphic driver (of course with the most up-to-date version), done reinstalling windows, tried some system optimization, nothing works. I suspected that either the graphic driver or the PCI-E slot on my mainboard may be causing all these troubles. Oddly enough, this almost never happened with AGP card, only happens with PCI-E card.
WinXP SP3 32bit, Core2Duo E4300, 2GB DDR2 (dual memory @1GB), GeForce 9500GT
Two suggestions here for you.
1. You may be correct in saying that the Graphics card may be failing or may just not be powerful enough. Does your computer haven an on-board video card? If so, test things out by using it.
2. I see you only have 2GB of RAM. If your running Windows XP 32bit, you need to have 4GB of RAM to get any kind of performance. Look online for some RAM, you should be able to find it pretty cheap.
This is a very urgent matter, any help is much appreciated! My sister’s computer started freezing after installing hamachi. You practically can’t do anything on it once you turn it on. I’m not sure if that’s the actual cause though, since I use it too and had no problems with it, but it happened right after so it might have something to do with it. Right BEFORE installing hamachi though, she installed bitdefender. So how could a virus get in just like that if that’s the case?
She restarted the computer many times, and tried to access system restore but when she clicked on it it just wouldn’t appear or the computer froze before it could appear.
Your best try right now would be to boot the computer in Safe Mode and try to run System Restore from Safe Mode. I would try to restore to a point before installing both pieces of software.
Click Here for Safe Mode Instructions
Click Here for System Restore Instructions
Hope This Helps.
help! i have a problem my computer freezes when im playing online games and lan games
i brought a new graphics card NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400GS and in the first day it works fine
after a few weeks it starts freezing and i have a WINDOWS 7 32bit sp1 directx 11..
plss replay..
First thing you should do is go to Nvidia’s website and download the latest drivers for your video card. You may also want to make sure all windows updates have been installed.
I have a 2-3 year old Compaq Presario that is running Windows Vista x64. Randomly my computer has began to freeze completely to the point where the only thing you can do is shut it off. This sometimes happens immediately but usually it happens when I am part way into running a program such as CCleaner or Firefox or even Task Magager. Oddly it runs perfectly in safe mode. In attempts to fix this I have cleaned my registry, restored my computer to 4/10, updated all my drivers, limited start-up programs, and other minor attempts. My computer does not over-heat at all. I have run out of ideas and searching for solutions is not helping.
Yeah…this is a real tough one. Random computer freezes can sometimes be very hard to diagnose. I would verify that it is not overheating. Does it seem to happen when the computer is doing something more intensive? If so, it could be overheating. Try taking the side of the case off to see if the added air will help.
If your machine is 3 years old, and the OS has never been re-installed, you may want to consider backing up your files and doing a fresh install. 3 years is a long time for and OS to become filled with ‘junk’.
My computer is hp compaq 6710b business series with core 2 duo , 2 gb ram and 80 gb hard disk , whenever i watch a movie or video it hangs in 10 mins or earlier , whereas if i view tht online on youtube or etc it doesnt hang. i have updated all drivers , formated , downloaded flv player , downlaoded direct x bt this issue is not solving . i have to press power button thn to shut it down . if i do anythng else except movies or videos it works fine for hours
This sounds like an overheating problem.
I’d take the side of your case off as a test to see if the added air flow will help.
I have a Dell XPS One Desk top. I’ve had this for about 3 yrs now. Well for the past few months when I’m checking my emails in Yahoo, sending emails, or just trying to respond to a email it either freezes or slows up. Like when I’m typing something it’s doen’r show what I’m typing right away. I have downloaded a lot of songs from youtube lately. What do you suggest?
Thank you
1. Try a different browser: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox
2. Clear all of your Temporary Internet Files.
Hello again, before we go any further, is there a way to save all of the memory from my hard drive to maybe… somewhere else? Because i have been having there kind of problems for a while now and i can’t risk losing my data now… Thanks !
CFreeze thanks for the previous help and one more thing for you to answer, can i run disk check on a anti-virus program ? Also, I waited for a while for the original disk check to run ( the one that i mentioned yesterday ), and it went straight to the computer icon and to the welcome sign ( normal start up routine ) at 9 percent… Please help! And thanks in advance !
I mean right after 9 percent it went straight to the icon and etc…
Hey, I have a problem for you to fix CFreeze! My pc keeps freezing when I start my pc and wait for around 3-5 minutes. Before i start it, there is a disk check but i skip it because sometimes it will stick at 9 percent. Please tell me what to do, thanks
Aston: Your computer wants to do a check disk for a reason. I recommend that you run the check disk when you computer starts. It may take a good while (hours) for it to complete. If it still does not complete after waiting this long, then it sounds like the hard drive might be bad.
Hi there my computer is a Acer Predator G7200 Defender Phenom Quad Core 9750 Liquid Cooled Desktop PC and over a long while it would have an occasional freeze normally after a few minutes of logging in this would result on having to force its turn off it would normally work fine for the day after that it may need 1 or 2 force turn offs only today however it is taking multiple turn offs and still not working it is also getting the blue screen of death aswell please help with this
Ben: This is very hard to pin down as it could be any number of things causing this. Here are two suggestions:
1. Run Malwarebytes – Check out my detailed post on how to download, install and run it. Malwarebytes
2. Try disabling all startup items by using the MSCONFIG utility and see if that stops the freezing. If it does, then there is a program that is running in the background causing the freezes.
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I just brought a new computer but when I try to use it it ither freezes or goes to this blue screen
If I restore it to its factory condition would that maybe fix it. Thanks
If it’s a brand new computer, I would check the warranty on it and maybe see if you can get some help from either whoever sold it to you or the manufacturer. Otherwise, a system restore would be a good option if you don’t have a lot of personal data on the machine already.
i cleaned it can it be a problem with adobe??? for flash???
Hi,
My problem is similar to the casper case, but i dint even multitask in the first place.whenever i play online game example like warcraft 3, counterstrike online or when i watching youtube video, it will sometimes freeze.90% chance of it will freeze.I tried to change to a new hard disk with the same xp 32bit os , but still having the problem.Im using Nvidia Geforce 210 graphic card and 2gb of ram.sorry for my bad english but i hope someone can help me regarding this matter!
Regards,
ZhiHern
From the information given, I would probably lean towards your computer’s graphics card and only having 2GB of memory. You need a minimum of 4GB…if you want to get any kind of performance out of XP.
My computer freezes right after the Dell sign, when it goes to the Windows screen, which it says Windows. The top part of the monitor looks really weird, with pixels being different colors than black. I’ve tried a system restore, and it did nothing. I don’t know what to do. My computer is a Windows 7. Any help here?
I would try 2 things.
1. When you turn your computer on, look for the button to enter into the Boot Options….I think for Dell it is F12. From the boot options menu, I would run the Dell Diagnostics. This will check all hardware and make sure it is good.
2. In Windows 7, there is an option to ‘Repair Startup’. You get to this option by Booting off of the Windows 7 CD that came with your computer. I would try that next.
It still didn’t work.
I’ve noticed that when I try to start it in Safe mode, it loads this one driver and freezes right after it. Could that be the problem?
Repair startup can’t seem to find what is wrong.
help me !! my pc freezes in 45-50 min when i connect to internet it freezes when that 45 min pases i am using internet in flash
help me i rushed my system 2 times and nothing 
i am thinking that the problem is in the flash and when i download it passes only 20-30 min and pc freezes 
This very well could be an issue with Flash, but I am thinking it is more of an overheating problem. Does this only happen when your watching or streaming movies on the internet? If so, I would bet good money that your computer is overheating. Make sure all of it’s fans are running properly and that all vents are clear of dust.
………..well i can try that but this is my second internet on flash memory
Hello,
Our pc freezes, whenever we connect the net cable. It freezes completely, the image and mouse stand still, and we must turn off the pc by holding the power button. Its a XP, we have already deleted the antivirus, and the same cable works fine in a diferent pc. Could you please help us out?thanks!
This sounds directly like it is a problem with the Network Card in your computer. The first thing you could do is try to make sure the network card has the most recent drivers from the manufacturer. If it does, then the network card may just be bad. In that case, I would buy a new network card. You can find them at a very reasonable price.
help! my pc keeps freezing when i multitask and cant last more than 10 minuts in any game iv tryed so far, no matter if its a crappy old game thats not recvire a lot of resorces. i have tryed to replace everything in the computer and fully updateed the software, exept the harddrive. i have installed new cooling fans also, the harddrive was very hot before i did that, but the computer just freezes without warning, and gives no failure messege of any kind what so ever when i reboot windows, so even windows cant give me any feedback why it is letting me down. i have even tryed to upgrade to windows 7, but the problem seems to be unchangeed, but tho windows last longer stil when i install the right updates, but nothing yet have stoped the freezing problem or make games run more than 10 minuts, sorry for my english, i am from denmark, i hope someone can help me, thankyou, casper
Casper: I know this might seem like a short answer, but it almost sounds like a lack of RAM in your computer. Multitasking depends heavily on how much memory you computer has.