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PC freezes for 2 min, HDD light solid, mouse still moves, clock stops
just before my last HDD failed, the PC would freeze for 2 minutes or so with the HDD light solid, somtimes in a browser, somtimes watching a vid file, now that I have a replacement drive, the same thing still happens
the mouse still moves, but the clock stops and catches up when the computer un-freezes
I changed the SATA cable, updated the BIOS, loaded the recommended chipset software, also updated the vid driver
I am about to reload Win 7 from scratch, since this install is from 2010, hoping a fresh install will fix.
any ideas? could it be the M/B?
I have:
Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Biostar G31-M7 TE with a Pentium Dual Core E5200 @ 2.5 GHz
1x 2 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 512MB PCI-E
Western Digital 500 GB HDD
Plextor DVD/RW