-=pctechtalk freelists=- Re: locking up

A friend of mine, their computer has had episodes of locking up, crashing, 
freezing, etc.  It will go for a while just fine & then it will start up.  
It's random when it does it, they are not doing anything in particular when 
it happens, could be when they start the computer up, or getting email or 
whatever. They are not doing the same thing every time it happens.  It's a 
Celeron 533 mhz, 128mb mem. They have win 98 2nd ed in the computer.  They 
have an antivirus program, which they keep updated, we've gone through the 
file checker feature, disk cleanup, defrag, win doctor, etc. Basically, the 
only thing they use the computer for is the internet.  The only programs 
they have in the computer besides windows is printshop, which they don't use 
too often & Norton systemworks 2000.  We even formatted the harddrive & 
started fresh & it was OK for a while, then it starts crashing again. I 
tried a different video card & change memory modules. I finally disabled 
Norton's crashguard but I haven't heard back from them if that helped or 
not.  Their computer tower is right next to the frig & I was wondering if 
there could be some sort of "interference" that could be the problem.  
Grasping at straws on that one.


>From: "nightsneak" <nightsneak@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: -=pctechtalk freelists=- Re: locking up
>Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:05:05 -0500
>
>
>Jan,
>
>Are you just concerned with the heat from a refrigerator? It shouldn't hurt
>it at all as long as there is air space around the tower. It should depend
>more on how good your computer fans are, and if air is able to circulate.
>
>Unless it is a very old refrigerator, the heat should only be coming out of
>the back, and if the refrigerator is far enough away from the wall to allow
>circulation, it should not be a factor to your computer.
>
>Are you having computer problems that you think are related to this? Or 
>just
>curious?
>
>nightsneak
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jan Miller" <koryo1953@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:07 PM
>Subject: -=pctechtalk freelists=- locking up
>
>
>|
>| Does it hurt a computer to have the tower sitting right next to a
>| refrigerator?
>|
>| Jan
>
>
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