Windows 7: My computer keeps freezing and hdd led stays solid

matts6887 said:

Aalb said:

matts6887 said:

if the system freezes like that; that could also mean one or more files are possibly corrupt. Not necessairily windows files per say but the files for the game itself; something could have corrupted one or more game files causing the system to freeze. (someone correct me if i am totally off here but i am pretty sure this could be a possible cause)

Now that you mentioned, I remembered something that maybe is crucial for the problem.

When it freezes, and I instantly reset it, it says BOOTMGR image file is corrupt.

But if I let it rest for like 30 mins, it starts up normally.

Bootmgr is a windows system file and if it says its corrupt then that could be the problem all by itself. If I could tell ya how to extract that one file from the windows disc I would
But I can't recall off hand how to do that from the disk as it's been quite awhile since I've had to do that.

IT REALLY WAS THE RAM. Thank you. Take all my Rep.

Golden said:

Could you translate the sfc output please?

It's alright now, thanks anyways.

@Aalb
I had a very similar issue. I didn't have any personal data, other than game backups (which I backup to my eHDD) so I decided to re-install a clean version of Windows 7, fully updated, etc., but it still kept freezing. I replaced the HDD and hadn't had a freeze since. I would do a data backup if you have important files, use System Restore to go to a previous "working" time frame. If that doesn't work, try a clean install of Windows and if that doesn't work, pop a new/other HDD and try that.

vhernandez7 said:

@Aalb
I had a very similar issue. I didn't have any personal data, other than game backups (which I backup to my eHDD) so I decided to re-install a clean version of Windows 7, fully updated, etc., but it still kept freezing. I replaced the HDD and hadn't had a freeze since. I would do a data backup if you have important files, use System Restore to go to a previous "working" time frame. If that doesn't work, try a clean install of Windows and if that doesn't work, pop a new/other HDD and try that.

Yeah, I bought a new HDD too hoping for a solution, but it was just a broken RAM Module. It's fixed now.

@Aalb
Lucky! I wish mine was just a stick of RAM, but glad to know it's fixed!

I've experienced same issues, turned out to be bad SATA cable, replacing it fixed the issue :)