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    Freeze question...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nu_D, Sep 7, 2010.

  1. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    Whenever I leave my system on idle for a while and come back I find it frozen. I checked the event logs and found these two:

    I checked the event viewer and these two hit:

    The Desktop Window Manager is experiencing heavy resource contention.
    Scenario : The Desktop Window Manager responsiveness has degraded.

    OpCode: Video Memory Degradation

    AND

    The Desktop Window Manager is experiencing heavy resource contention.
    Reason : CPU resources are over-utilized.
    Diagnosis : A sharp degradation in Desktop Window Manager responsiveness was observed.

    OpCode:Video Memory Responsiveness

    Both occurred at the same time...

    I think that explains that. I tried installing the latest ATI drivers from the HP site for my 5450 but that didn't help matters out.

    Anyone have any ideas as how to fix this? Thanks.
     
    nu_D, Sep 7, 2010
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  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Get something like SysInternals and use the Process Explorer and see what's using DWM and causing it to crash.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Sep 7, 2010
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