[BNM] Problem with PC freezing

[Antony Jones]

> I have a similar problem but am not techy enough to understand ">  run
> Memtest86+a" !!

Download an Ubuntu Desktop Edition ISO from here: http://www.ubuntu.com

Stick it in your cdrom, reboot, and when the menu comes up, choose 'Run
memory test'.

That will fire off memtest86, then just leave it for 24 hours or until
you see some errors.

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 09:24 +0000, Gillian Pearce wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a similar problem but am not techy enough to understand ">  run
> Memtest86+a" !!
> 
> Sometimes it freezes for no apparent reason and other times it always
> freezes such as if I try and run bbc iplayer or copy a cd into itunes. So
> in, in words that don't require a "technical dictionary for non techies" to
> understand, what do you think my problem is and is it easily fixable? Or,
> should I just carry on, as usual, and pretend it doesn't exist - until the
> next time? :-)
> 
> Cheers
> Gillian
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Rob Beattie <rob.beattie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Martyn Fagg wrote:
> > > I've got a PC that I built from scratch about 18 months ago, running
> > > Windows XP.  It has an irritating problem where it occasionally
> > > freezes up completely. No blue screen, just locks up in whatever state
> >
> > The only time I get this these days it
> > usually turns out to be some kind of USB issue.
> >
> > rob
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