imported_mystro
Member
The system is freezing up in XP with two SATA drives.
I am thinking this MAY be a hardware issue. Here is what it does. I can have only a
couple of Windows apps open and everything is fine. Then I hear a
"click" noise like a solenoid or something (the system is close-by
on a desk so it's easy to hear stuff) anyway,the hard drive access light
stays on full time,the mouse will still move for a second or two then
the system "locks up..nothing moves, no keystrokes work, the mouse is
frozen in the screen. The display is still there but totally
unresponsive. The hard drive light always stays in the solid "ON"
mode.
The noise and the hard drive light staying on are what makes me suspect
hardware. But, it is quite random. No pattern of particular programs,
etc. It will even "freeze up" just left on overnight with no user
applications running. I've replaced both HDD's so now I'm suspecting something
on the mobo but I'm really at a crossroad. 🙁
I am thinking this MAY be a hardware issue. Here is what it does. I can have only a
couple of Windows apps open and everything is fine. Then I hear a
"click" noise like a solenoid or something (the system is close-by
on a desk so it's easy to hear stuff) anyway,the hard drive access light
stays on full time,the mouse will still move for a second or two then
the system "locks up..nothing moves, no keystrokes work, the mouse is
frozen in the screen. The display is still there but totally
unresponsive. The hard drive light always stays in the solid "ON"
mode.
The noise and the hard drive light staying on are what makes me suspect
hardware. But, it is quite random. No pattern of particular programs,
etc. It will even "freeze up" just left on overnight with no user
applications running. I've replaced both HDD's so now I'm suspecting something
on the mobo but I'm really at a crossroad. 🙁
