Problems of Windows Xp & Dual Core Article Abstract
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After the first 4 months, our brand new PC started to have problems. It
started showing black screens then blue screens. It was dying in such a
short time! Being under warranty, we brought it back to the shop where
we purchased it. We and the technicians thought it needed reformatting
and re-installation of the Windows XP and other softwares. The
technician said it would take at least four hours to do that. Before
leaving, the case of the CPU was opened for cleaning. To our and the
technician's surprise, the fan and heat sink of the Pentium accumulated
very thick dust compressed on the heat sink fins! In short, it did not
have enough cooling causing the computer to go bonkers!
Then again,
some time in December of 2007, the computer started to hang or just
freeze in the middle of surfing or viewing on the internet. I needed to
re-start whenever it happens. With the proliferation of viruses,
malware, spyware and adware, I always scanned the PC three or more
times a week with antivirus, anti-spyware and registry mechanic. Seeing
a good number of viruses detected by the anti-virus, it may be the
cause of those 'hanging' problems. The problems persisted though even
after scanning and defragmenting. All of us in the family using the
computer are experiencing the same thing until it became unbearable a
couple of weeks ago. I even suspected that it was the online game
downloaded by my son which had frequent trojans. The PC started to show
black screens again and warning of possible issues. The NVIDIA graphics
and video card started also to have problems. It was not able to
balance display colors, 3D and video settings any more! Re-starting the
computer almost every 30 minutes became a pain in the neck. I even
complained to some web sites that my PC hangs whenever I get to their
sites. I never realized that it was my faltering graphics and video
card that was causing it! Who would have thought that, anyway?