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Recent content by trulydog

  1. trulydog

    desktop hanging up with HDD light on

    Thanks for the reply. I did see in Task Manager that Firefox (the browser I use) would use ~400Mb memory until the HDD light came on. Memory use would jump to ~800Mb and HDD use would jump to 100%. and it would stay that way for 30-45 secs, then drop back down again. Something else I noticed...
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    desktop hanging up with HDD light on

    My desktop will hang up (cursor moves but can't close out of anything, can't switch windows, can't start an app, etc.) for about 30-45 secs with the hard disc running. Does this multiple times per session but doesn't seem to be related to any operation in particular. Any suggestions for...