Recently my computer has been having some annoying issues. All of these occurred while surfing the internet, or just other random stuff. It has NOT happened while gaming or even when running a 3D modeling program (sculptris).
One issue is just random freezing. I leave my computer on a random site (say this one), come back and its frozen.
Another issue that is much rarer but more annoying is that I leave my compute alone, it goes to sleep, but then won't respond at all. I can't do anything to wake it up. I even try to press the power button, but nothing happens. This entire time the power lights are still on and the fan is running. I then hit the power button on the PSU itself, let it rest, turn it back on, and I get to the windows log in screen which says 'locked' and I have to put in my password. I do that (as if I was normally unlocking it) and whatever was running is still there...
What is very weird about both these issues is that they have only happened when I left my computer on without using it for more than about 10 minutes.
Any advice is very much appreciated!
EDIT:
Sorry, forgot my computer specs;
ASUS Rampage Formula mobo
Intel e6850 core 2 duo cpu @ 3.0 ghz
geforce 9800 gtx 512 mb
g.skill 4 gb ram
Corsair 750 watt PSU
Windows 7 professional 32 bit.
Again, thanks.
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Also, how old is the hard drive/when did you buy your system?
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What I have noticed is that it may be a little too full. When I open the computer window and look at my hard disk section, the bar that shows how full it is is red.
It goes red whenever I have 20gb or less left of space.
I'll try and check my system logs.
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I did defrag recently though; it was very quick and it said everything was properly taken care of.
For checking system logs I went to the control panel, system and security, and then to event logs under administrative tools. I did find system logs but I really don't know what to make of it. Again, I'm new to some of this stuff.
Thanks for the help heh
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Also, I think that the amount of free space I have keeps changing noticably, like by a gig. A few days ago I had 21 gb free, and when the problem occurred I had 20 gb. However, this may be just an update for a game or something that I forgot about and it took up the space.
I'll keep an eye on it to see if I lose free space when nothing at all is updated, downloaded, or installed. But I may be just paranoid...
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Also wouldn't hurt to run a system file check. Hit the start button and type cmd. Right click the top result and run as administrator. Type sfc /scannow
Sadky, I won't be able to boot off an OS disk as I have the digital version of Windows 7 that was offered to college students. I never got the disk... which is freaking me out.
In the mean time I have disabled standby and hibernate and no issues have come up so far.
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As for the disc: Check your account on ultimate steal and see if you can still download the iso and burn it to a dvd. If it's not available there anymore, then head to the usual places and get an iso of home/pro (whichever you got) look for tags like "untouched" and "msdn". Also, your school may participate in msdnaa which can get you windows and stuff for free.
And still, no problems yet with the sleep and hibernate modes turned off.
If it is a problem with drivers, do you mean chipset drivers as in drivers for my motherboard or for something else?
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