Does the gadget resume updating, or does it freeze and stop responding at all? Unless you are also experiencing some sort of system freeze at the same time, or a file transfer freeze for instance. I'd think you are seeing a gadget updating issue. I don't have any of the original Windows 7 gadgets installed, does it have any settings for update interval? I know some "green" hard drives go to sleep after a certain time, but I don't know if that would explain your "randomly". A Guy