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hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time to
time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open but
some time it says that program is not responding. what could the problem be?
I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could anyone
help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the multimeter to
test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is plugged in
th AC current?
Thanks

if its a pentium 111, thats the problem

"Im" <> wrote in message
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> hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time to
> time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open but
> some time it says that program is not responding. what could the problem
be?
> I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could anyone
> help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the multimeter to
> test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is plugged
in
> th AC current?
> Thanks
>
>

"Im" <> wrote in message
news:8iNRc.118564$...
> hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time to
> time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open but
> some time it says that program is not responding. what could the problem
be?
> I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could anyone
> help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the multimeter to
> test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is plugged
in
> th AC current?
> Thanks




"Im" <> wrote in message
news:<8iNRc.118564$>...
> hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time to
> time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open but
> some time it says that program is not responding. what could the problem
be?
> I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could anyone
> help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the multimeter to
> test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is plugged
in
> th AC current?
> Thanks


It's extremely unlikely that the Power Supply would have anything to do with
programs taking a long time to open.

When you say "P111 hp vectra", do you mean it's an HP Vectra with a Pentium
3? Perhaps something like this computer -
http://www.bobjohnson.com/_store/Dis...rodID=HP-VL400 ?

There are several possibilities for this problem. The first thing I'd try
is to scan for viruses, adware and spyware. Then, disable any auto-starting
programs that you don't need in msconfig. It's possible that there's just a
lot of crap running in the background and not enough RAM to open more
programs.

I have a pile of about 30 pentium 133's with windows 95 that I can't even
give away to anyone!!

"Michael" <> wrote in message
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> Jamco wrote:
> > if its a pentium 111, thats the problem
>
> Must be nice to have 23rd century technology.
>
> michael

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:38:30 GMT, "Jamco" <> wrote:

>I have a pile of about 30 pentium 133's with windows 95 that I can't even
>give away to anyone!!
>
>"Michael" <> wrote in message
>news:5ARRc.14836$ link.net...
>> Jamco wrote:
>> > if its a pentium 111, thats the problem
>>
>> Must be nice to have 23rd century technology.
>>
>> michael
>

I think that Michael is referring to the Pentium 111 as being a
Pentium CXI...as opposed to Pentium 4/IV.

Tom

"Im" <> wrote in message
news:8iNRc.118564$...
> hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time to
> time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open but
> some time it says that program is not responding. what could the problem
be?
> I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could anyone
> help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the multimeter to
> test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is plugged
in
> th AC current?
> Thanks

Things to check include the phisical RAM, there are lots of memory checking
programs, the power supply and the HD. The power supply you can check with
a Volt Ohm meter, test it while the computer is on by putting the black lead
on a black wire and the red one on a yellow one then on the red one. If you
are getting a steady 5 and 12 volts you are good there.
Get the brand of the HD, the manufacturer will have a program you can
download and use to check it.
It sounds more like a program error to me though. Things to do are disable
the screen saver, I've seen lots of computers with problems there. Just
turn the monitor off when you're through if you're worried about it.
If you're using Windows XP or 2000 you can try doing a repair installation
of the OS, it might work.
One last thing you could do is boot the computer to a Knoppix CD and see if
it has problems running programs there that would pretty well eliminate
hardware except the hard drive as the problem.

AG

Great! Thanks

AG <> wrote in message
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>
> "Im" <> wrote in message
> news:8iNRc.118564$...
> > hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time
to
> > time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open
but
> > some time it says that program is not responding. what could the problem
> be?
> > I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could
anyone
> > help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the multimeter
to
> > test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is
plugged
> in
> > th AC current?
> > Thanks
>
> Things to check include the phisical RAM, there are lots of memory
checking
> programs, the power supply and the HD. The power supply you can check
with
> a Volt Ohm meter, test it while the computer is on by putting the black
lead
> on a black wire and the red one on a yellow one then on the red one. If
you
> are getting a steady 5 and 12 volts you are good there.
> Get the brand of the HD, the manufacturer will have a program you can
> download and use to check it.
> It sounds more like a program error to me though. Things to do are
disable
> the screen saver, I've seen lots of computers with problems there. Just
> turn the monitor off when you're through if you're worried about it.
> If you're using Windows XP or 2000 you can try doing a repair installation
> of the OS, it might work.
> One last thing you could do is boot the computer to a Knoppix CD and see
if
> it has problems running programs there that would pretty well eliminate
> hardware except the hard drive as the problem.
>
> AG
>
>

Check for Adware and Spyware using AD-Aware and check for viruses. Then
Defrag your drive and disable any unnecessary programs from starting up in
msconfig. Can only help!!

"Itbuz" <> wrote in message
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> Great! Thanks
>
> AG <> wrote in message
> news:4118f9a2$0$44242$...
> >
> > "Im" <> wrote in message
> > news:8iNRc.118564$...
> > > hi all, I a PC P111 hp vectra. The problem is that it blocks from time
> to
> > > time. sometimes when I try to open some programs it takes ages to open
> but
> > > some time it says that program is not responding. what could the
problem
> > be?
> > > I'm suspecting the HD is about to go bad or the power supply. could
> anyone
> > > help me out. could anyone help me out on how to position the
multimeter
> to
> > > test the power supply. can check the power supply while the it is
> plugged
> > in
> > > th AC current?
> > > Thanks
> >
> > Things to check include the phisical RAM, there are lots of memory
> checking
> > programs, the power supply and the HD. The power supply you can check
> with
> > a Volt Ohm meter, test it while the computer is on by putting the black
> lead
> > on a black wire and the red one on a yellow one then on the red one. If
> you
> > are getting a steady 5 and 12 volts you are good there.
> > Get the brand of the HD, the manufacturer will have a program you can
> > download and use to check it.
> > It sounds more like a program error to me though. Things to do are
> disable
> > the screen saver, I've seen lots of computers with problems there. Just
> > turn the monitor off when you're through if you're worried about it.
> > If you're using Windows XP or 2000 you can try doing a repair
installation
> > of the OS, it might work.
> > One last thing you could do is boot the computer to a Knoppix CD and see
> if
> > it has problems running programs there that would pretty well eliminate
> > hardware except the hard drive as the problem.
> >
> > AG
> >
> >
>
>