My computer freezes every 5 seconds for about 1 second.

Liamgunboun

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Jul 7, 2013
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Exactly as the title says. My computer freezes briefly every 5 - 10 seconds. How can I fix this.

Specs (speccy)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 39 °C
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 R2.0 (Socket 942) 38 °C
Graphics
S24B350 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 36 °C
Hard Drives
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EZRX-00DC0B0 ATA Device (SATA)
 
Solution
First try to figure out what you did just before the problem started, added software, updated drivers, Windows updates -- something caused the problem.

You can try to restore to a point before the problem existed with a system restore point. If that doesn't do it, you can try booting from your install or repair disk and doing a startup repair.

Likely the problem is something running when you have the issue, so look at those programs and processes.

RealBeast

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First try to figure out what you did just before the problem started, added software, updated drivers, Windows updates -- something caused the problem.

You can try to restore to a point before the problem existed with a system restore point. If that doesn't do it, you can try booting from your install or repair disk and doing a startup repair.

Likely the problem is something running when you have the issue, so look at those programs and processes.
 
Solution

Liamgunboun

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Jul 7, 2013
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Welp ive been looking in resource monitor and nothing is jumping out. Had this problem 2 weeks ago. When i got it then i resocketed everything and applied new heatsink paste to the cpu. Was fine for 2 weeks now its back. Started an hour ago and its really annoying.
 

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