What To Do If Your Computer Freezes Up

You are playing a game or doing work and your Computer Freezes Up, this can be a very frustrating experience. You’re in the middle of playing a game, editing homework or preparing important documents for work when all of a sudden your computer freezes. There is nothing you can do except press the restart button, and on top of it all you lose your important work, have to start your game over or have to remember what you were doing before the crash.

Sound familiar? If this happens to you then you might be asking yourself why does my computer freeze so much? This frustrating situation can be avoided, there are some very simple solutions to the question why does my computer freeze. It might mean that you need to upgrade your systems RAM, Clean your systems registry or being smart and not running to many programs at the same time.

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Overheating

If you have a computer fan that is not working properly or not powerful enough to keep your processor cool then you will have the problem of your PC freezing or ‘hanging’.
This occurs because your processor is overheating. The solution to this problem is to buy a new more powerful fan to increase the airflow, by the way you should not attempt to install it yourself unless you know what you are doing.
Another solution is to tidy up the interior of your PC, tape the internal wires and cables together to improve the airflow, taping is the cheapest solution but it is not the best solution.

Need More RAM

The Random Access Memory, or RAM, on your PC could be the answer to your computer freezes up dilemma. If you don't have enough RAM installed it can cause your computer to run very slowly or in the worst case scenario to freeze. The obvious and simple solution is to simply buy more RAM, you will discover that your PC runs much faster when you do this. RAM prices have dropped quite a bit recently making it affordable to everyone, the installation process itself is straight forward.

Not Enough Resources

A different problem that relates to your systems RAM is the amount of system resources that your PC has available. The answer to this why does my computer freeze question is simply that when you are playing graphic intensive games or using applications such as Photoshop or Video editing software which hog allot of system resources you will notice that you experience more frequent computer crashes.
 
To free up resources and prevent this problem you need to cut back on the number of programs that are running in the background and applications that launch automatically when your computer starts.
Disable programs that you are not using with MSCONFIG before you start using large applications or games.

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Final Thoughts

Using to many large applications or having to many open windows while browsing the internet while at the same time attempting to download files could also be the answer if your computer freezes up continuously.