Kayos
Well-Known Member
I posted a few weeks ago about a slow computer I have. It is a Dell 4550 about 5 years old with 256 RAM. I followed the suggestions of the awesome HBT poster and got another 512 card. It has been blazing fast since then. Now, I have a new problem. It freezes when it is in the middle of a project. Happens about every hour or so. I have to actually power it down with the power button. The mouse arrow moves around the screen, but cannot click anything. This has happened on and offline. It has happened while running an anti-virus scan, ad-aware scan, just about anything I am doing.
It was suggested to me to run a anti-virus scan (it can't make it through one!), and to take out the new RAM and see if it still happens (it does -- I tried it first with just the new 512 crucial card, then with just the old Dell 256 card -- both times it froze). Not sure if even has anything to do with the new RAM because it worked fine for 2 weeks.
What next?
It was suggested to me to run a anti-virus scan (it can't make it through one!), and to take out the new RAM and see if it still happens (it does -- I tried it first with just the new 512 crucial card, then with just the old Dell 256 card -- both times it froze). Not sure if even has anything to do with the new RAM because it worked fine for 2 weeks.
What next?