PC on the fritz. Random Hangs

[Nology]

My PC has been going strong for just over a year now. Just recently it will hang after about 10 minutes of use and not come back. Screen is still on but nothing is happening in the background. All my temps are normal so I don't think its an overheating issue. Where else should I look?

[Snatchback]

you should look........ into a new one :D

[Sephy]

It could be a range of things.

Do you use a wireless card on your PC? Sometimes they can cause problems. Also how much space is left on your HDD? You can try running disk cleanup and defragging it. That may be your issue. Could also be RAM or your power supply. Could also be an overheating video card. Also make sure all of your drivers are up to date. Run some anti virus programs as well. Might even be bad sectors on the HDD.

Are you using Windows?

[Nology]

Its got 4 500gb hard drives all have less than half of the max capacity. Its set to defrag ever night. I'm afraid its a hardware issue or Zone Alarm again.

[Sephy]

I was talking about the one Windows is installed on.

Also uninstall zonealarm and see if the problem continues.

[Nology]

I had this same problem when I first built this PC and installed zone alarm. An update came out.... I downloaded it and all was good for almost a year. Just now it started again. I uninstalled zone alarm and the problem is gone. Why would zone alarm cause this??

[Sephy]

Yeah it could.

[áÜß]

Do you have it hooked to a TV or a legit computer monitor? I use my TV and when it goes to sleep some times i have to switch my TV to cable then back to the computer to get the computer to recognize my TV again