- Feb 27, 2013
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Hi everyone, i was hoping someone would be able to help me out on some annoying freezing issues i'm having on my laptop. Its only a cheap laptop but i'd rather see if i can fix it before i put money into a new one 
So here goes...
Symptoms - freezes randomly on flash videos (youtube ect). freezes on facebook at random times. freezes when i open utorrent randomly.
When the laptop freezes nothing works. its completely unresponsive and if sound is playing it drags and makes an awful noise.
Never freezes when using desktop or running media player or any other cpu intensive programs like sony acid.
System - Toshiba Satellite pro c650, intel celeron 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, windows 7 ultimate.
Things i've already tried to fix the issue - Firstly i did virus scans with kaspersky 2013 (all clear), i then removed kaspersky thinking that may be the issue and installed avast (all clear again) i still had the issue so i removed all anti virus progs and tested to see if i till got freezing and i did so i reinstalled my anti virus.
Secondly i updated all drivers in sounds and graphics. After that failed i cleaned inside of the laptop to make sure no overheating and it seems nice and cool but still had the issue.
I then removed the ram and reseated them, and after that tested each ram slot and ram module individually.
Last thing i've tried is trying a new power lead still freezing grrr.
Next i'm gonna try changing the hard drive but after that i'm all out of ideas..... (When the freezing finishes it does sound like a slight click in the hard drive as if something is stuck and being released?)
This only started happening after microsoft security essentials found a nasty virus (Alureon A) on my laptop and i had to format my hard drive to remove it.
Since then i've tried 2 fresh installs of windows because i thought the freezing may have been a corrupt OS install.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated as i'm running out of ideas fast.
Thanks in advance.
So here goes...
Symptoms - freezes randomly on flash videos (youtube ect). freezes on facebook at random times. freezes when i open utorrent randomly.
When the laptop freezes nothing works. its completely unresponsive and if sound is playing it drags and makes an awful noise.
Never freezes when using desktop or running media player or any other cpu intensive programs like sony acid.
System - Toshiba Satellite pro c650, intel celeron 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, windows 7 ultimate.
Things i've already tried to fix the issue - Firstly i did virus scans with kaspersky 2013 (all clear), i then removed kaspersky thinking that may be the issue and installed avast (all clear again) i still had the issue so i removed all anti virus progs and tested to see if i till got freezing and i did so i reinstalled my anti virus.
Secondly i updated all drivers in sounds and graphics. After that failed i cleaned inside of the laptop to make sure no overheating and it seems nice and cool but still had the issue.
I then removed the ram and reseated them, and after that tested each ram slot and ram module individually.
Last thing i've tried is trying a new power lead still freezing grrr.
Next i'm gonna try changing the hard drive but after that i'm all out of ideas..... (When the freezing finishes it does sound like a slight click in the hard drive as if something is stuck and being released?)
This only started happening after microsoft security essentials found a nasty virus (Alureon A) on my laptop and i had to format my hard drive to remove it.
Since then i've tried 2 fresh installs of windows because i thought the freezing may have been a corrupt OS install.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated as i'm running out of ideas fast.
Thanks in advance.
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