Windows 7 freezing up on idle and virus scan

sic6six · 16 Dec 2011 at 12:25

I have recently started having issues on windows 7 32 bit.

it freezes up when left idle at night. i had a program running in the background however when i wasnt using it. still did the same.

i tried a virus scan and it froze doing that.

my main thought is its a virus.

i cant see it being a RAM issue as i have been on my pc between freezes and it ran fine. i had modern warfare 3 running as well as teamspeak and skype. no issues of freezing then.

oh yes. i also tried re-installing graphics drivers too to see if it was that. did an over the top install in windows and it froze up. tried in safe mode and it worked.

leads me to believe something that is running is causing issues. Any ideas?

linktoinsanity · 16 Dec 2011 at 12:34

I'd run a memtest86+ if I were you. If you are leaving it overnight and it freezes it may be an overheating issue.

http://www.memtest.org/

Leave that going overnight and see if it has frozen when you get back.

sic6six · 16 Dec 2011 at 12:43

linktoinsanity said:
I'd run a memtest86+ if I were you. If you are leaving it overnight and it freezes it may be an overheating issue.

http://www.memtest.org/

Leave that going overnight and see if it has frozen when you get back.

will try that. not sure if it would be a heating issue. like i said ive played on games in the mean time for long periods. i figured that would be a beneficial test on the system as normally if its overheating it would be at a heavier load

Solus · 16 Dec 2011 at 14:39

Bad Sectors on HDD?

3dcandy · 16 Dec 2011 at 18:36

graphics card overheating or bad ram could do this aswell...

3dcandy · 16 Dec 2011 at 18:37

double post ignore me!

sic6six · 16 Dec 2011 at 22:16

3dcandy said:
graphics card overheating or bad ram could do this aswell...

as stated. gfx works fine as its only happening when its idle. gameplay it works fine.

it appears to only do it on idle and on virus checking. im more inclined to believe its bad sectors atm which if i remember right an incorrect shut down can cause cant it?

3dcandy · 16 Dec 2011 at 23:12

could be...do a hard drive check/repair and see how you get on

Admetos · 16 Dec 2011 at 23:19

First check if standby is enabled.

sic6six · 17 Dec 2011 at 02:26

3dcandy said:
could be...do a hard drive check/repair and see how you get on

Too late lol. Decided format and do a fresh install and chosen 64-bit this time.
no problems as of yet

JasonM said:
First check if standby is enabled.

Never have that enabled on my pc as i sometimes need access to it when im not at home.

3dcandy · 17 Dec 2011 at 09:44

64-bit is soooo much better anyway!

sic6six · 19 Dec 2011 at 18:25

3dcandy said:
64-bit is soooo much better anyway!

Youre telling me! :-)

did a fresh install of 7 64 bit. its actually fixed a couple of other issues i was having at the same time too which im impressed with. i dont know why i stuck with 32 bit now.

cheers 3D :-)

3dcandy · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:36

ahhh live and learn I guess...I'd never go back to a 32-bit OS without an SSD now...