[jzkvx8]

Hello again all, i have a curious problem. I have recently installed a new hard drive in my computer and i have been having problems with my computer freezing. the screen either freezes or goes screwy, like the v-hold on an old tv is a bit off, and it freezes like that. when i restart, it gives me a hard disk failure.this has happened twice, and i cant seem to isolate what it is that seems to trigger it. i do notice when it freezes, the only way to correct it that i can surmise it a hard reboot. i do notice that when it freezes, the orange light on the front is stuck on. the first time it happened, i figured it was just trying to load, but after ten minutes of being frozen, i restarted it, then got the hard disk failure. i waited about a hour and tried again and it worked for a few hours, then it froze again, with same hard disk failure. again i waited awhile and turned it on again, and here i am. it seems like an overheating issue to me, but when i opened the computer, nothing seems to be hot.

my computer is a compaq presario sr2010nx
operating system is windows xp home i believe sp2, but not sure.
processor is AMD Sempron 3400+
old hard drive was 120gb
new hard drive 160gb

[frankjohn]

could be a number of things> virus>spyware> try a defrag> use ctrl-alt-delete keys at once>close programs that are running

[jzkvx8]

ive run my AVG, and my MalwareBytes, got a few registry errors, but nothing big. tried the Ctrl+Alt+Del with no success. i havent tried defrag, will give it a try. thanks for the post.

[frankjohn]

Download xpmedic & registry patrol.If your registry could be corrupted or your virtual memory is overloded

[matthew0155]

that would make it a fresh install of windows then right???

then it could also be a bad driver.

[jzkvx8]

thought about that too, so i went and updated all the drivers in the device manager, and defragged. been working now for a few hours without problem, but wanna give it a day or 2 before i mark it solved.

[frankjohn]

Good to hear that its running good. keep posted

[jzkvx8]

happened again this morning, i dont understand it. The only thing i have changed is that i put the front back on the case of the computer. this leads me to believe the HD is overheating, but i have an HDD thermometer, and i havent seen the temp go over 40 celcius.

any other suggestions would be appreciated.

[frankjohn]

Well you could make a test by removing the panel or panels & use a small house fan blowing into the case.

[jzkvx8]

i had the front of the case off for a few days, basically because i was too lazy to put it back on...lol. i put it back on last night and it was still working last night, but this morning, it froze again, hasnt happened since i originally took the case off. also, since it froze this morning, it has been working fine. my temperature has been sitting at 39 to 41 degrees celcius, which according to my research is well within temp limits.

[jzkvx8]

i should mention that this time it froze differently. i could still move my cursor, but could not click on anything, could not pull up the task manager via ctrl+Shft+Esc. Ctrl+Alt+Del also did nothing.

[jzkvx8]

still freezing, have taken the case back off, we'll see if that works, but i have noticed a new symptom of this problem. i get Delay write errors En Masse. they dont come up every time i boot, but when they do, i get about 10 boxes telling me that various writes have failed to several folders. then a little yellow icon sits in my system tray. ive seen this before, but hasnt been an issue...just an annoyance. i dont know if this is related, but i assume so.