Tech question?

[TENNFOLD1974]

I just recently purchased a used pc and everytime i go on-line in about 15-20 min. my mouse freezes and i have to constantly reboot.What is causing this?Please give me some feedback so i can fix this.....it's driving me mad.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

I just recently purchased a used pc and everytime i go on-line in about 15-20 min. my mouse freezes and i have to constantly reboot.What is causing this?Please give me some feedback so i can fix this.....it's driving me mad.

I got two guesses. The processor is over heating and causing the freezes, or the memory controller is failing.

 

[DC Vol]

We'll need more analysis. Is it only the mouse that freezes or does the whole OS? Do you keep seeing your HDD Activity Indicator flash on your case?

 

[volmanbill]

I just recently purchased a used pc and everytime i go on-line in about 15-20 min. my mouse freezes and i have to constantly reboot.What is causing this?Please give me some feedback so i can fix this.....it's driving me mad.

Check to see that you have the correct driver installed for the mouse and OS.

Since you bought it used...have you run AdAware or CCleaner (or similar) on the computer? A virus scan as well.

I had an old PC that somehow got a virus that affected my old mouse. No matter what I did I couldn't get rid of it. I ended up getting a wireless keyboard and mouse and connecting by USB.

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

I purchased a brand new mouse yesterday thinking it was my old one that's screwed up.But it does the same thing.
For the most part it's just my mouse..sometimes it affects my keyboard as well.

 

[superdave1984]

If it only does it on the internet I would say maybe your NIC driver is not current or there is a conflict. If it does it at other times you may need to do a repair install of your OS. First test would be your RAM though. Download Memtest86 and run it for a few hours. If you have more than one RAM stick, run it on each one individually. Also run chkdsk on your hard drive.

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

I found out my prob.It's my ISP....it seems aol 9.1 isn't compatible with my pc.So I've got to get it cleaned out and change my provider.

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

There has got to be a way to fix this without spending more money...please help?

 

[ridethelightening]

What kind of computer is it?

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

What kind of computer is it?

Compaq Presario

 

[ridethelightening]

Compaq Presario

First mistake, JK!

Found this after doing a google search. (Always google it)

Mouse Freezes (defrag, defragment, digicam, explorer, freezes, motherboard, motherboards, pc, scan, scandisk, system, temp, )

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

First mistake, JK!

Found this after doing a google search. (Always google it)

Mouse Freezes (defrag, defragment, digicam, explorer, freezes, motherboard, motherboards, pc, scan, scandisk, system, temp, )

TY for the info..I tried putting the hard drive bar to none...so far so good.:crossfingers:

 

[ridethelightening]

Just out of curiosity, when the mouse freezes, have you closed out of IE to see if it comes back?

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

Just out of curiosity, when the mouse freezes, have you closed out of IE to see if it comes back?

Don't use it...I use Firefox as my browser.

 

[ridethelightening]

Ok, either way, are you closing the program? Are you on dial-up, DSL, or cable?

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

Ok, either way, are you closing the program? Are you on dial-up, DSL, or cable?

I use that great service called dial-up.:cray:

 

[ridethelightening]

Guess what I am asking doesn't really matter. Let's just hope the display setting resolves the issue.

I was only asking to save you from having to reboot every time, but that is not pertinent to fixing the issue.

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

Guess what I am asking doesn't really matter. Let's just hope the display setting resolves the issue.

I was only asking to save you from having to reboot every time, but that is not pertinent to fixing the issue.

Once again I thank you for the info....if what I did doesn't work I'll try something different on there.