PC keeps hanging

• dragg

  21 Jun 10, 18:26

  but i dont know why?

  any suggestion how i can find the reason?

   

• Raraken

  21 Jun 10, 22:22

  When does it happen? What are the specifications of your PC? 

   

  It may be overheating.

• charlize

  21 Jun 10, 22:44

  My lappie was also hanging and was very slow.

   

  I just downloaded all sorts of utility and optimization programs from download.com and tried to run every sort of optimization/maintenance program I could.

   

  Now my lappie is at least running slightly faster and not hanging too much as before.

• dragg

  22 Jun 10, 08:38

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  When does it happen? What are the specifications of your PC? 

   

  It may be overheating.

  you may be right.  my PC runs more than 10 hrs everyday.

   

• dragg

  17 Sep 10, 15:41

  my pc still hangs on and off.

   

  pek chek.

• dragg

  17 Sep 10, 16:11

  is it possible itunes is causing my pc to hang?

  it happened a few times while i was playing songs.

   

   

• ndmmxiaomayi

  19 Sep 10, 10:09

  1. What's the specs of your PC?

  2. When was the last maintenance done?

• dragg

  20 Sep 10, 16:28

  never mind.  the hp technician is coming tomorrow.

  thank you anway.

   

• dragg

  23 Sep 10, 10:08

  the technician replaced the video card.

  so far so good.

   

• PedoBear

  24 Sep 10, 18:03

  Originally posted by dragg:

  the technician replaced the video card.

  so far so good.

   

  
  let me guess

  nvidia video card

• Call4ljw

  24 Sep 10, 20:40

  Originally posted by dragg:

  the technician replaced the video card.

  so far so good.

   

  Probably the in-built fan spoilt.

  BTW, you kept mentioning PC, so is it laptop or desktop?

• dragg

  26 Sep 10, 15:16

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Probably the in-built fan spoilt.

  BTW, you kept mentioning PC, so is it laptop or desktop?

  desktop.

  no more hanging after the replacement.

   

• likeyou

  26 Sep 10, 15:24

  How much u pay for the technician to come to replace?

  I mean total cost?

   

• dragg

  26 Sep 10, 17:51

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  How much u pay for the technician to come to replace?

  I mean total cost?

   

  no cost as i have extended warranty.

  he told me without warranty the site visit itself is around 120.  replacement parts will be charged accordingly.

• Call4ljw

  27 Sep 10, 08:59

  Originally posted by dragg:

  no cost as i have extended warranty.

  he told me without warranty the site visit itself is around 120.  replacement parts will be charged accordingly.

  120 for a simple replacement lol.

  if no warranty, ownself install better.

• SBS7484P

  8 Oct 10, 22:11

  Sometimes, installing more of these 'diagnostic' softwares actually worsens the problem.

• dragg

  9 Oct 10, 13:43

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  120 for a simple replacement lol.

  if no warranty, ownself install better.

  
  but you have to know which part to replace right? thats why the site visit itself cost that much. they tell you what they believe is the problem. then again, they might be wrong. but in this instance i am glad he is right. to date my pc is still ok.
• SBS7484P

  9 Oct 10, 17:18

  Holy crap, 120 bucks just for visiting the site.

   

  I charge 80-100 for assembly of an entire new rig, from ground up.

   

  And I do cable management. I wager HP doesn't do that.

• likeyou

  9 Oct 10, 17:36

  $120...might as well top up a little bit more to get a 2nd hand pc.

• SBS7484P

  9 Oct 10, 18:10

  How much is a little bit more.

  LOL.

  $120 isn't going to fetch you much on the used PC market.

  with this budget you're looking at low-speed S775 with no discrete graphics, entry level 120GB HDD maybe, and crappy hardware.