What's wrong with my computer

[Robertclive]

It will work fine than it would start going slow out of no where and I'll eventually reboot it. I'll get the Windows didn't shut down normally screen and stuff in the BIOS. Could it be google chrome crashing or something.

[Top-Tier-Tech]

I'm just going to make a stab in the dark here and suspect a memory leak. I'm going to doubt Chrome is causing it...

I could be wrong too, something vague like this requires a little 1 on 1 with the PC, or a lucky guess, or a whole lot of back and forth in this thread.

[Robertclive]

so is there anything I can do

[Top-Tier-Tech]

Keep windows task manager open and see if the physical memory is getting used up or not when your PC begins bogging down. I had a memory leak caused by the Microsoft Zune software once so any program may be the cause if this indeed were the case. If your memory is being used up then try and isolate the problem program by disabling any programs that start with windows that you installed, try using a different web browser to see if it were Chrome etc. whilst always monitoring task manager to see what program causes the leak.

If that's not it then wait for someone elses idea

Oh and when you say "and stuff in the BIOS" that would discredit my first guess as no memory leak should cause any affect on the BIOS, although "and stuff" is a rather vague description for me to make any proper guess at all.

Potentially this "and stuff in the BIOS" may mean you have a bad stick of RAM, you could download memtest86+ and run it from a CD to determine if that were the case...

You CPU could potentially be overheating I suppose, but that isn't likely unless your case is full of dust or it's fan stopped working.

[PoleCat]

It will work fine than it would start going slow out of no where and I'll eventually reboot it. I'll get the Windows didn't shut down normally screen and stuff in the BIOS. Could it be google chrome crashing or something.

Is there anything else you can tell us about this "reboot" Before the crash do you see the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)? Does the monitor do anything strange like show strange colors or large pixels?

You say the system starts to slow down and then reboot? What software are you running when this happens? Are you playing a game or just browsing the web? If you can link it to a specific software then you can help confirm T3's theory.

You're referencing the BIOS but I'm absolutely sure you're actually seeing the Windows recovery screen. What OS are you running?

We'll need more info from you if we're going to help you diagnose this problem. Good luck!

[Robertclive]

No the System starts to slow down and I just reboot to fix it. I remember there was some corrupt drive earlier last week and Windows had to do a full scan to check its consistency or something.

[PoleCat]

No the System starts to slow down and I just reboot to fix it. I remember there was some corrupt drive earlier last week and Windows had to do a full scan to check its consistency or something.

Then we have a very different problem than what we were discussing before. Have you ever run an anti-virus program on that system? When was the last time you defragged your hard drive? Good luck!

EDIT: Oops! I assume you mean checkdisk? Was there a log written that you could show us? Maybe the drive is failing?

[Robertclive]

I don't currently have an antivirus because it expired, so I've been using Malware bytes

[PoleCat]

Microsoft Security Essentials
AVG AV
Avast

All are free. Put one on your system and let it run a deep scan. Good luck!

EDIT: After you're done defrag the drive for good measure.

[Robertclive]

will defraging delete all my crap

[Crazyeyesreaper]

uh no it reorganizes files so there contiguous

think of your HDD as a puzzle

when its fragmented its a puzzle in a box thats never been finished
when the HDD is full defraged its like that puzzle finished and framed on the wall

a defragged HDD is faster overall only SSDs must not be defraged as it lowers there life span

[irishron]

Use Smart Defrag from www.iobit.com. The free version works good.

[Top-Tier-Tech]

Use Smart Defrag from www.iobit.com. The free version works good.

I'd highly recommend PerfectDisk 12 it is the most powerful defrag program I've ever used and the only such program that I found worthy of paying for beyond the trial period.

You get a 30 day trial, one run should speed up your system immensely, although I doubt the fragmented state of your hard drive is the cause of your problems based on your explanations thus far, can't hurt to try though. PerfectDisk will be able to tell you if your HDD has any performance problems or bad sectors, which actually could potentially be your problem among other things.

[Robertclive]

Alright, I'll check them out.

[Top-Tier-Tech]

Alright, I'll check them out.

Only run one or the other though (PerfectDisk )

[irishron]

Smart Defrag is free.

[Top-Tier-Tech]

Smart Defrag is free.

So is the PerfectDisk 30 day trial....

[Crazyeyesreaper]

i prefer Ultimate Defrag

let you select where files go, so for example i put windows OS files at the center of the disk ie slowest part and put my steam folder on the outside portion which is the fastest of an HDD, it allowed me to shave about 15-20 seconds of Crysis 1 load times , and other games saw and improvement as well not a huge boost but it did make a difference,

but yea ill take a customizable defragger that allows me to manually place where i want files to go that also makes sure said files remain where they are, and can be set up in archive, performance and standard modes to make sure any new data added to the drive if it installs to a directory in said options will auto put it where it belongs,

[Robertclive]

Well I ran one of them and my computer hasn't experienced any problems so thanks. Will rep tomorrow because I'm tired.