- Sep 9, 2014
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Hi everyone,
I've been having an issue for several days with my desktop where the screen freezes for a few seconds and then comes back. It only occurs when there's an update to the screen such as dragging a window around, opening a video, or switching between active windows. Everything seems to still be processing because if I play a video, the sound is unaffected and I can alt-f4 out of it to recover the constantly frozen screen with no noticeable lag to the sound. Mouse movements are also conserved when i drag around in paint, but the screen only updates when i stop moving. It freezes in safe mode as well.
The problem started when I downloaded winzip and accidently clicked the "Install Astromenda." I opened up starcraft2, played for a few hours with no problems, went to bed with the title screen on and came back to a frozen blurred title screen. I've since then re-installed Windows 7 x64 and deleted the entire Windows.old folder, but the problem still persists. I also ran malwarebytes and spybot S&D, but they didn't find anything. I've defragmented and did a disk check.
I've had my desktop for about four years with no problems. Here's my build:
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus - 550W Power Supply
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX
Western Digital WD Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ
XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
ViewSonic VX1962wm
Can anyone lend me a hand? I'm completely baffled at what's causing this. At this point, I don't care about any of my information. I'm open to do a fresh install of windows if someone will guide me through it. Let me know what information you need. Thanks in advance.
I've been having an issue for several days with my desktop where the screen freezes for a few seconds and then comes back. It only occurs when there's an update to the screen such as dragging a window around, opening a video, or switching between active windows. Everything seems to still be processing because if I play a video, the sound is unaffected and I can alt-f4 out of it to recover the constantly frozen screen with no noticeable lag to the sound. Mouse movements are also conserved when i drag around in paint, but the screen only updates when i stop moving. It freezes in safe mode as well.
The problem started when I downloaded winzip and accidently clicked the "Install Astromenda." I opened up starcraft2, played for a few hours with no problems, went to bed with the title screen on and came back to a frozen blurred title screen. I've since then re-installed Windows 7 x64 and deleted the entire Windows.old folder, but the problem still persists. I also ran malwarebytes and spybot S&D, but they didn't find anything. I've defragmented and did a disk check.
I've had my desktop for about four years with no problems. Here's my build:
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus - 550W Power Supply
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX
Western Digital WD Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ
XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
ViewSonic VX1962wm
Can anyone lend me a hand? I'm completely baffled at what's causing this. At this point, I don't care about any of my information. I'm open to do a fresh install of windows if someone will guide me through it. Let me know what information you need. Thanks in advance.
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