The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Brand new Satellite M100...FREEZES all the time

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by hinese, Sep 25, 2006.

  1. hinese

    hinese Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have 2GB of RAM, a 2.0ghz core duo processor, and just every upgrade I was able to configure. Right from the start, the system freezes up during normal operation, such as when I hit Back on my internet explorer browser. It'll freeze for about 30 seconds, and then finally process my request. What's going on here!
     
    hinese, Sep 25, 2006
    #1
  2. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    464
    Messages:
    3,221
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Did your notebook come with a lot of Toshiba bloatware preinstalled on it? Check your Task Manager and see how many processes you're running.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Sep 25, 2006
    #2
  3. hinese

    hinese Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I've stopped most of those things from loading, disabling them using msconfig. The computer came with 1GB of RAM, and I upgraded with 1GB of RAM that I bought elsewhere. Could the other brand of RAM cause a problem? The specs, speed, etc. match the first one. I should mention that when I say it "freezes", my cursor still works and I can open a new browser, but the original browser stays frozen.
     
    hinese, Sep 26, 2006
    #3
  4. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    464
    Messages:
    3,221
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I would try running anti-spyware scans and also try using a different browser such as Opera and Firefox and see if they freeze on you as well.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Sep 26, 2006
    #4
  5. ejl

    ejl fudge

    Reputations:
    1,783
    Messages:
    8,254
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    are you loading pages using java? my computer often stalls for a bit when java is involved. same problem when opening pdfs.
     
    ejl, Sep 26, 2006
    #5
  6. hinese

    hinese Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I do have Java installed, and I do have a problem with pdf's. I'd uninstall Java, but don't I need it for certain things? I'm going to try Firefox as well. Thanks.
     
    hinese, Sep 27, 2006
    #6