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computer freezes for 5 min every hour?
I keep my computer updated with totalav anti virus and I also run other anti virus programs periodically. No malware has been detected. About once an hour, the computer will freeze for 5 minutes. Any program running will say not responding. All web activity will stop, though PC is connected via wire to the router. Then it will resume as normal for the next hour or so. When I wake up the computer in the morning, the internet icon on the lower right will show a blue circle for about 5 minutes until internet activity resumes. Wireless devices are not affected, so it's not the modem or router. I removed just about everything from the startup. I have tried task manager but I don't see anything unusual. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
2 Answers
- 1 year ago
It can be software or hardware issue as Frank said to determine which one is it. What you can do is run a live CD is you have run of boot your computer into safe mode. If the problem continues it may be a an issue with your Hardware "Hard Drive Specifically" since it freeze for a couple of mins it may be encountering some failures. You can detect it by doing over an entire OS on another partition run a live CD, or boot into safe mode as i stated.
- Anonymous1 year ago
Determine if it is software or hardware. Get a copy of a BOOTABLE LINUX program that you can BOOT from a cd/dvd or a USB...and START IT DIRECTLY...bypassing any normal OS installed on your machine. Most "self contained" boot programs should be able to install drivers for network interface so that you can attach to a network and internet...RUN it and SURF...see what happens.