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pcfreezing due to 100%cpu hardware.
Name: ==SpuD== (by spudy12) Date: April 17, 2007 at 13:12:15 Pacific OS: windows xp pro service pa CPU/Ram: 2.6 gh proccessor 1500 mb Product: dell
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ive been having the cpu problem where its at 100% all the time i have formated both harddrives im am halfway through reinstalling windows and its already frezing up ihave come to the conclusion it is a hardware problem the only thing i have recentyl installed is this new sata hardrive but it worked fine for a bith after i installed i have un pluged 1 harddrive and tried it it still freezes and stuff which i no is cos its trieying to do something? and if went to taskmanager it would say preocess 100% (if i could get tht far) so anyway i was wonderin wether it could be a problem with the power supply , processor, motherboard. does any one no what is the problem ?and whot to do? please help me thanks p.s sorry if this is ment to be somewere else
Name: OtheHill Date: April 17, 2007 at 15:58:25 Pacific
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Are you connected to a broadband internet connection? Do you have a hardware firewall? If you don't have a hardware firewall you should probably disconnect your computer from the internet until you install and get a software firewall up. You can be infected in virtually seconds if totally exposed. I assume you are re-installing Windows because of this issue?
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Response Number 2
Name: ==SpuD== (by spudy12) Date: April 18, 2007 at 14:16:48 Pacific
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yes i have a firewall on the router and i do disconnect it from the internet when reinstalling. i also download antivirus software and pc firewalls on a different pc put on a memeory stick then on to the pc without connecting to the internet. yes this is the reason i am reinstalling windows. i have done it before and it happe ended after a cople of days. this time i reinstalled on a different harddrive it happened when installing windoews. i have come to the conclusion that its a hardware priblem? im not sure
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: April 18, 2007 at 14:31:44 Pacific
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Give more specs for your system. Sizes and makes of harddrives. Optical drives, memory? Why are you formatting both the harddrives prior to installing WinXP? How are you formatting the HDs?
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Response Number 4
Name: ==SpuD== (by spudy12) Date: April 20, 2007 at 11:59:24 Pacific
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right sorry i am formatting both harddrives because i thougtht this was a software problem now i relised i was wrong 40gb ide and 320gb sata Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 1526MB RAM Hard Drive: 320 GB Video Card: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Sound Card: SoundMAX Digital Audio Speakers/Headphones: Surrond Sound Keyboard: USB Root Hub Mouse: USB Root Hub Mouse Surface: Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.061219-0316
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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill Date: April 20, 2007 at 12:38:50 Pacific
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Are you installing WinXP to the new SATA HD? Is the version of XP you are installing have service pack 2 incorporated onto the install CD? Do you need to install SATA drivers prior to installing WinXP? I don't know if your computer supports SATA drives natively.
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Response Number 6
Name: ==SpuD== (by spudy12) Date: April 20, 2007 at 12:54:25 Pacific
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yer its goyt sata conections built in i have installed xp on both (install on one try it still freezes in stall on the other) i just plugged the sata drive in and turned primary sata drive on
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Response Number 7
Name: OtheHill Date: April 20, 2007 at 12:58:56 Pacific
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What service pack on the CD?
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Response Number 8
Name: ==SpuD== (by spudy12) Date: April 20, 2007 at 13:05:11 Pacific
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yer installs with xppro
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Response Number 9
Name: OtheHill Date: April 20, 2007 at 13:56:33 Pacific
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ONe more time What version of WinXP is on your CD? If not SP2 then that may be your problem. Read the questions.
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Response Number 10
Name: ==SpuD== (by spudy12) Date: April 20, 2007 at 14:05:54 Pacific
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yer i said its xp professional and sp2 comes with it soory i worded wrong
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