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    Frozen computer

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sai, Feb 18, 2006.

  1. Sai

    Sai Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well when I turned on my computer it just froze

    1.Is it Bad?
    2.Does it mean my computer is gonna break?
    3.Is this normal?

    I'm currently using a Duo Core

    Havve this happened to anyone before

    Also, I plugged in my USB mouse when it was booting wil that affect it at all?
     
    Sai, Feb 18, 2006
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  2. chriscl34

    chriscl34 Notebook Geek

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    Your computer crashing is never a good or "normal" thing.... never. But that doesn't mean it's the end of the road either.

    The majority of the time (90+ %) computers crash because of software based errors or glitches. That could be the OS getting picky about when a driver can load (possible causes do include connecting peripherals while OS is booting), or corrupted software clusters being read from disk (not to be confused with it's hardware based cousin disk errors).

    But you should rest easy, computers are fairly resilient pieces of equipment when confronted with software based problems. And they can be fixed relatively easily.

    If on subsequent boots your computer doesn't crash, then it may well had been your OS balking at you connecting to the USB port while booting. If it continues to crash, we'll need a screen dump or at least an error code to give us an idea of where the problem may stem.
     
    chriscl34, Feb 18, 2006
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