Just cleaned- Now random freezes

[Demokid18]

I just got back from a 1month vacation and my case was pretty dusty when I got back. I got a can of compressed air, removed the cpu heatsink, graphics card, hard drives and fans and blew everything out. When I booted it up after, I'm getting these random freezes that last at most about 2 secs. If I'm listening to music, it'll get "scratchy" when the freezes occur. Any suggestions on what might be the issue?

 

[richc46]

Welcome
This may help

Pertinent information on freezing.

Go to search type device manager and look for any yellow warning markers
Download and run malwarebytes, a full scan after you update
Run antivirus scan
Check memory with memtest86
Make sure that you are not over heating.
Try in safe mode; report back if it works properly.
Try a clean boot
Make sure PSU is working properly
If overclocking, restore to original
Test hard drive at company website.

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic...ing-memtest86/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
http://malwarebytes.org/
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

This seems like a lot, but go slow, ask questiions and you will be up and runnin

 

[Demokid18]

Thanks for those hints. Although they didn't seem to do the trick, I was still able to clean up some malware!

Anyway, I believe the issue may be hardware related. I don't notice the small freezes until I start up a program which uses a lot of memory both system and graphics. When I log in to WoW I notice it the most, they happn every 5-30 secs. Could there be some type of disruption within the RAM, Graphics Card, cpu or hd's?

 

[richc46]

Best not to guess. Try a clean boot. You may even be able to fix the problem
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

It could be that your machine does not have the capablity of running wow.
Play wow during the clean boot to see if the problem can be rectified.

 

[Demokid18]

Hate to bump this up, but just wanted to update the fact I fixed the problem. It was an overheating issue. After staring at Speedfan and my BIOS H/W monitor, I noticed my cpu running hot... Very hot, between 70 and 95 degrees celcius haha. But I couldnt figure out why it was. But after taking it apart for the fifth time today, I realized the screws holding the heatsink base plate on were loose so it wasnt making great contact. Amateur move on my part.

 

[richc46]

Glad that you got it sorted.