Solve : Random Windows 7 crashes?

1.	Solve : Random Windows 7 crashes?
Answer» Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. Most of the time things will run fine (as well as POSSIBLE on a pentium iv.) However, the computer is experiencing random crashes. I recently installed a WD Caviar Blue Pata/IDE 320GB HDD to replace a bad 80GB disk. Windows 7 installed successfully, however random crashes occur, especially with flash player, but sometimes when the pc is idle or near idle. I can't move the keyboard or mouse, and have to HARD reboot. This PC has gone through a lot of cord unpluggings, the cause of the faulty 80GB hdd. Specs: 1.6 GHZ Pentium 4 2 GB DDR RAM ATI Radeon HD 4650; 1 GB graphics RAM aforementioned 320 GB WD Caviar Blue IDE I know for a fact that the problem does not lie with the simple fact that I am loading win 7 on a pentium 4. The previous HDD was a dual boot between 7 and XP Pro. O/S corruption, maybe, however it was installed less than a month ago. Why unplug when it "crashes"? Just hold the POWER button in for 4 seconds. Please define what you mean by "crash". Exactly what happens? What power supply is in that computer? Quote from: soybean on December 10, 2011, 08:49:16 AM Why unplug when it "crashes"? Just hold the power button in for 4 seconds. I don't unplug, I use the hardware reboot button. What I meant was that it sometimes is accidentally unplugged due to a mediocre 3 to 2 prong converter. When it crashes, or more correctly a freeze, I cannot move the mouse, cannot open Task Manager using ctrl/alt/delete, and cannot trigger the start menu via the windows key. The power supply reads "Model LPJ2"I'm wondering you might have bumped something inside the computer when you replaced the hard drive. So, I suggest you open the computer and check all cable connections and perhaps remove RAM and re-seat it. The original hdd was bumped while the system was running, hence the damage. I hope that the other components are still OK. I haven't had a freeze since last night (and the pc was left on with photoshop running overnight), so maybe this was just something that happened for a couple days. I will assure that the cables are firm and re-seat the RAM. Thanks Soybean.Well, after an hour using a flash website (flash seems to trigger the crashes more than anything else), the machine locked up. The Ram Re-seat didn't seem to have an impact. Sometimes it takes an hour or two before a crash. Note: the CPU heatsink fan is really dusty. I don't have any more compressed air, so no go in removing the dust. Help appreciated.I'd get another can of air... Quote from: patio on December 11, 2011, 08:07:07 AM I'd get another can of air... Absolutely.I bought a new compressed air can and dusted my PC. One crash since, again using a flash intensive site. It seems that now my problems are just with flash. Should I try to uninstall then reinstall it? I am at the latest version of Flash Player.

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Windows 7 Pro 32 bit.
Most of the time things will run fine (as well as POSSIBLE on a pentium iv.)
However, the computer is experiencing random crashes. I recently installed a WD Caviar Blue Pata/IDE 320GB HDD to replace a bad 80GB disk. Windows 7 installed successfully, however random crashes occur, especially with flash player, but sometimes when the pc is idle or near idle. I can't move the keyboard or mouse, and have to HARD reboot. This PC has gone through a lot of cord unpluggings, the cause of the faulty 80GB hdd.

Specs:
1.6 GHZ Pentium 4
2 GB DDR RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4650; 1 GB graphics RAM
aforementioned 320 GB WD Caviar Blue IDE

I know for a fact that the problem does not lie with the simple fact that I am loading win 7 on a pentium 4. The previous HDD was a dual boot between 7 and XP Pro. O/S corruption, maybe, however it was installed less than a month ago.
Why unplug when it "crashes"? Just hold the POWER button in for 4 seconds.

Please define what you mean by "crash". Exactly what happens?

What power supply is in that computer? Quote from: soybean on December 10, 2011, 08:49:16 AM

Why unplug when it "crashes"? Just hold the power button in for 4 seconds.

I don't unplug, I use the hardware reboot button. What I meant was that it sometimes is accidentally unplugged due to a mediocre 3 to 2 prong converter. When it crashes, or more correctly a freeze, I cannot move the mouse, cannot open Task Manager using ctrl/alt/delete, and cannot trigger the start menu via the windows key. The power supply reads "Model LPJ2"I'm wondering you might have bumped something inside the computer when you replaced the hard drive. So, I suggest you open the computer and check all cable connections and perhaps remove RAM and re-seat it. The original hdd was bumped while the system was running, hence the damage. I hope that the other components are still OK. I haven't had a freeze since last night (and the pc was left on with photoshop running overnight), so maybe this was just something that happened for a couple days. I will assure that the cables are firm and re-seat the RAM. Thanks Soybean.Well, after an hour using a flash website (flash seems to trigger the crashes more than anything else), the machine locked up. The Ram Re-seat didn't seem to have an impact. Sometimes it takes an hour or two before a crash. Note: the CPU heatsink fan is really dusty. I don't have any more compressed air, so no go in removing the dust. Help appreciated.I'd get another can of air...
Quote from: patio on December 11, 2011, 08:07:07 AM

I'd get another can of air...

Absolutely.I bought a new compressed air can and dusted my PC. One crash since, again using a flash intensive site. It seems that now my problems are just with flash. Should I try to uninstall then reinstall it? I am at the latest version of Flash Player.

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