Windows 2000 occasionally freezes

You can do this through the device manager in the control panel under system. If it is an IRQ conflict then move the network card to a different slot on the mainboard until it's not sharing an IRQ with anything this is tricky sometimes and takes a few card swaps. Ken B. RE: windows freezing up intermittently I think sabreBill is right. The key to this whole problem is the AMD processor.

I have a 3 month old AMD 1. I hadn't had any problems with it until yesterday. Some of the other forums I've looked at all reference AMD processors.

Spooky or what. I'm doing that today!!!!!!! I'm going to try to flash the bios and see what comes of it You actually hear it clicking a lot of data through, as if it's getting choked up. It's a brand new 60gb IBM hd, and the c partition was just recently formatted with a clean install.

Then it will just freeze up when I'm either trying to open a window, or move a window. Those processors suck back the voltage. RE: windows freezing up intermittently I contacted my hardware supplier and got a very aggressive brush off. I then went to the AMD web www. It is something to do with the AGP graphics adapter. I've applied it and rebooted. So far I have been running without freezing!!!!!!!!!!!! Will keep you informed. It might be on it's way out.

I know you checked the temp but sometimes they slow down and then speed up. AMD has a heat problem. You just need to get a bigger heat sink and a good fan to cure the issue though. If you go to www. Yes it could very well be your memory aswell. Intermintent problems are worst ones to diagnose. You need to find the problem before you fix it. Just some thoughts. If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshooter to start the troubleshooter.

Also, I checked the voltage coming out of the wall on this pc, the other one, and out of the power strips Sounds good to me. Although, right now, it's been having a good day and hasn't crashed yet, going on 1 hour now. No heavy appliances are running or excessive lights are on either.

I'm going to try testing the voltages when it starts having a little hissy fit also and freezing up I'll try checking the memory again later tonight. It's been about 12 hours, I've been using the computer on and off and haven't seen it crash more than once. But that was before I restarted it from the patch install. So, technically Let's see what happens. Then, next day I turned it on and probably froze about 5 or 6 times But it seems like it is or was a little more stable this time I'm going to try to reapply the new Video Drivers again.

See what that does. I'm still trying to figure out this Administrator problem though I can't use Windows Update to update all the drivers because I'm not being logged in as an administrator for some reason Steve RE: windows freezing up intermittently Well guys, I went the drastic route, which I think was about my only choice at this point I deleted all my partitions, formatted the whole thing as one big partition, then restarted with the win2k cd, deleted that partn, and created the partitions that I wanted during setup I logged in ok, renamed the administrator as the username that I wanted, and now have full access I can use windows update, etc That was the biggest problem along with crashing every other minute I still haven't even installed the new W power supply yet, although I'm going to do that asap.

It's still working well. Anyway, I'm going to monitor it for a while and see if all goes well, but so far she's looking good The best part about this new install, is now I can log into windows update to update the needed drivers, etc. Earlier it was giving me crazy problems about needing admin logon.. Thanks a LOT for all your help Steve Note: What I did differently this install: 1. Have not installed the video drivers yet I'm going to see if that's the issue with why it's been crashing Any comments?

Steve RE: windows freezing up intermittently I have more or less the same problem. The PC just freezes only reset helps after a while.

Sometimes it takes 5 minutes, sometimes I can use it for an hour. Right-click " This PC " and choose " Properties ". Then select " Advanced system settings " from the left panel. Go to " Advanced " tab and click " Settings ". Go to " Advanced " tab again and choose " Change… " under Virtual memory section. Ensure the " Automatically manage paging file size for all drives " is NOT checked.

Then select the partition that has Windows installed usually, it is C: and enter an Initial size and Maximum size for your virtual memory:.

Once you've configured your virtual memory values, click " Set " and then " OK " to continue. Link State Power Management is a power saving mechanism. Type " powercfg. Find your power plan and then click " Change plan settings ". Step 5. Then input " powercfg. Click on " Choose what the power button does " in the left pane of the window.

Click on " Change settings that are currently unavailable ". Uncheck the checkbox beside " Turn on Fast Startup recommended " to disable it. Finally, click on " Save changes ". Still, your computer freezes randomly? Continue with the next solution which is rated useful by many users. If you've come this far, it's time for you to check whether your hard disk is at fault thus Windows 10 randomly hangs. Windows has a built-in tool for the job. Follow the steps below:.

Right-click on it and choose " Properties ". Navigate to the " Tools " tab and click " Check ". You are likely to see a prompt message which reads " You don't need to scan this drive ". I have also tried to boot in last known good configuration; still nothing. Any help is appreciated.

Share Flag. All Comments. Collapse -. Also try disabling the ant-virus and see if the freezes stop,you can always enable the virus to see if the freezes start up again,then you could rule out anti-virus Update to lastest service pack 0 Votes. How would I do this? Good luck 0 Votes. Take out any spaces so the link will work. Back to Desktop Forum. Start or search. Start New Discussion. Re: Windows freezes during boot by Perryg » Fri Jul 03, pm fuUser wrote: The same is true on my system.

Re: Windows freezes during boot by fuUser » Fri Jul 03, pm My log is attached to the bug report I filed see post above Re: Windows freezes during boot by skoehler » Fri Jul 03, pm fuUser wrote: My log is attached to the bug report I filed see post above Re: Windows freezes during boot by Mr.