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Heres my problem:

Every so often, usually after i have been doing one thing and leaving every other program idle, or leaving the computer idle for longer than ~2 Min, the instant I open My Computer, click a back button in internet explorer, or even enter a console command in a game I play, the computer will "pause" or "freeze" for 1 or 2 seconds. Its hard to fully explain this problem, but if im in a game it will freeze, repeat the sound(s) thats playing in the game for this short time then resume.

Im not entirely sure if this is directly related to windows XP, but this has become a very annoying problem, and is making me very, VERY, angry :twisted:

Specs:

Pentium 4 3.00 GhZ w/HT
512 Mb DDR RAM
Ati Radeon 9200m
80 Gig HDD [Toshiba] using FAT32
Windows XP Professional w/No SP

Ive tried using SP1/SP2 but those did nothing. I have tried re-installing the OS, and I think i tried reformatting w/re partitioning. Im out of ideas, hopefully someone can help!

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Short freezes like this are usually one of three things: bad RAM, storage/power-management (drive spin‑up), or a driver causing long DPC/interrupt stalls. was right to suspect memory, and ’s memtest suggestion is a good first step — but if RAM checks out, there are a few quick, ordered diagnostics that will identify the likely cause.

  • Run a full memory test (bootable memtest) for several passes. If you get errors, test sticks one at a time and reseat/swap slots.
  • Check for hard-disk spin-down and power-management: set the power scheme to High Performance and set “Turn off hard disks” to Never. Also look for BIOS power-save settings that park/spin down the drive and disable them while testing.
  • Inspect the System log in Event Viewer for Disk, Ntfs, or driver errors timed with the freezes. Run chkdsk /r on the OS volume to catch file-system or surface issues.
  • To isolate drivers, temporarily disable non-essential devices in Device Manager (network adapters, sound card, USB controllers) one at a time and test. Reinstall or update chipset, storage, audio and network drivers, and consider a BIOS update if recommended by the motherboard vendor.
  • If the audio repeats during the pause, suspect DPC latency from a driver. Use a DPC/latency diagnostic tool to identify the offending driver. If you can reproduce the freeze from a Linux live CD/USB, it points to hardware; if not, it’s almost certainly a Windows/driver issue.

Always back up important files before running disk repairs or flashing BIOS. If memtest is clean and the Event Viewer shows nothing, focus on drivers and power settings — those fixes resolve most short, periodic freezes.

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I would like to venture a guess that it might be ram related.
Perhaps if you could search for some sort of ram tester on the web or perhaps replace the ram.
Might also be worth checking that the ram is correctly reported in the bios eg has the right latency - different wording probably with different bios's.

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Do you have any names of freeware memory testing programs? Or a very popular shareware one?

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Heres my problem:

Every so often, usually after i have been doing one thing and leaving every other program idle, or leaving the computer idle for longer than ~2 Min, the instant I open My Computer, click a back button in internet explorer, or even enter a console command in a game I play, the computer will "pause" or "freeze" for 1 or 2 seconds. Its hard to fully explain this problem, but if im in a game it will freeze, repeat the sound(s) thats playing in the game for this short time then resume.

Im not entirely sure if this is directly related to windows XP, but this has become a very annoying problem, and is making me very, VERY, angry :twisted:

Specs:

Pentium 4 3.00 GhZ w/HT
512 Mb DDR RAM
Ati Radeon 9200m
80 Gig HDD [Toshiba] using FAT32
Windows XP Professional w/No SP

Ive tried using SP1/SP2 but those did nothing. I have tried re-installing the OS, and I think i tried reformatting w/re partitioning. Im out of ideas, hopefully someone can help!

I'm having the exact same problem, everytime i want to watch a movie, it freezes with the sound stuck every 5 seconds apart.

anyone plz help?

my specs:

Microsoft Windows Xp home edition SP2
Intel Celeron processor 2.00 GHz 2.02 GHz
768 MB of RAM
Ati Rage 128 32 meg (better video card will come in like 2-3 days)
Creative Sound Blaster PCI sound card

i'm real tired of it, another thing

everytime i try to access the internet, it takes a long time to load then shows up as: Page cannot be Displayed, then i refreshed it then i'm back to home page.

is there a solution to these annoying errors?

i'm using a Blitzz Wireless adaptor

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