- Dec 4, 2013
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I've just built my own computer (the first time I've built a computer).
All hardware is brand spanking new, except for the hard disk drive.
I bought a new hard drive but it, unfortunately, was dead on arrival.
So I put my old 640gb WD Sata2 7200rpm drive into my new PC.
Anyway, that aside, I was installing Microsoft Office 2013 today.
During the install my computer just froze...yes, completely froze.
Couldn't move the mouse, keyboard, or anything. It just froze up!
I thought it had crashed and was like "Oh no! THIS IS A NEW PC!"
Then it just unfroze itself and carried on as if nothing had happened.
This happened 3 times over a 30 minute period, which is worrying me.
The first time it froze up for about 3-5 seconds and the second for 25-30.
The third freeze was the shortest, that only lasted for about 2-3 seconds.
I haven't noticed this issue re-occur (yet!) since Office finished installing.
But does any one have any idea why this might have happened?
What might have caused this? I mean it's a brand new computer!
I built it myself and it's only a little over a day old...was fine till now.
And since Office finished installing I haven't noticed it do it again (yet!).
Though unless I can determine the cause I live in fear of it doing it again.
I looked in Event Viewer and could find no log of an issue having occurred.
When windows unfroze itself it was almost as if nothing had happened. Odd.
I want to use my computer for gaming, you see. I bought an nVidia GTX 760.
If a simple program like office could cause that, what are my chances gaming?
All hardware is brand spanking new, except for the hard disk drive.
I bought a new hard drive but it, unfortunately, was dead on arrival.
So I put my old 640gb WD Sata2 7200rpm drive into my new PC.
Anyway, that aside, I was installing Microsoft Office 2013 today.
During the install my computer just froze...yes, completely froze.
Couldn't move the mouse, keyboard, or anything. It just froze up!
I thought it had crashed and was like "Oh no! THIS IS A NEW PC!"
Then it just unfroze itself and carried on as if nothing had happened.
This happened 3 times over a 30 minute period, which is worrying me.
The first time it froze up for about 3-5 seconds and the second for 25-30.
The third freeze was the shortest, that only lasted for about 2-3 seconds.
I haven't noticed this issue re-occur (yet!) since Office finished installing.
But does any one have any idea why this might have happened?
What might have caused this? I mean it's a brand new computer!
I built it myself and it's only a little over a day old...was fine till now.
And since Office finished installing I haven't noticed it do it again (yet!).
Though unless I can determine the cause I live in fear of it doing it again.
I looked in Event Viewer and could find no log of an issue having occurred.
When windows unfroze itself it was almost as if nothing had happened. Odd.
I want to use my computer for gaming, you see. I bought an nVidia GTX 760.
If a simple program like office could cause that, what are my chances gaming?
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