Computer freezing when doing stuff on the internet

[Timberstone]

Computer freezing randomly

Hello,
My computer freezes when I watch videos on youtube or play games or things like that, but it doesn't freeze when I read my mails, write mails, go to this forum, or just not doing anything, ... It just occurs when I watch vids or play games like I already said.
I really don't know what cause this could have, I already checked my computer for viruses and used a registry cleaner a few times which fixed all the errors (about 1400...). This also occurs when I do those things offline. The computer doesn't freeze right away when I start a game or watch a vid. It happens between 20 seconds-10 minutes (or rarely 15 minutes max). When it happens, my screen just freezes, the sound also stops and I hear a weird noise for a fraction of a second. The only thing I can do after that is reboot... I've had this problem for like 3-4 weeks now and it's really getting annoying and it just suddenly started one day.

EDIT: It's getting worse, my computer just froze while typing in google... , seems to be freezing more random now.
Ok now it froze again and this time when it froze it began a looooooong beep, continiously. Not from my stereo but from my computer itself like when it boots up but then it's a short beep now it was continious . I think my computer is going mad!

Can someone please help me and tell me how to fix this?
Thanks!

 

[Route44]

First, we here at TechSpot do not endorse the use of Registry cleaners/fixers because they cause more harm than good.

Second, Start > Run > Chkdsk > Okay. When it gets to stage 2 does it say "Recovering Lost Files"?

Third, that Long Beep sounds like a BIOS beep code which points to the hardware cauusing problems. What BIOS does your motherboard utilize? It will be listed in your motherboard manual.

 

[Timberstone]

Ok, I runned that chkdsk and it went to 100% and then it just shut down. No recovering lost files... I'm sorry but I really don't know that much about computer hardware and I don't know where to find my motherboard manual so I don't know what BIOS my motherboard utilizes...

But: That beep code only occurred once in like hundreds of freezes!

Also, if I would use a ghost to reset all my system hard drives to before I even had internet, would the problem be gone?

Thanks for your help

Ok I found it using some program called AIDA32, it says the following about my bios:

BIOS Properties:
____BIOS Type____________________AMI
____System BIOS Date______________09/20/01
____Video BIOS Date________________07/24/01

___BIOS Manufacturer:
_____Company Name__________________American Megatrends Inc.
_____Product Information________________Can't post link :s post count to low.

Searched some more and now I THINK that the BIOS is AMI 2 Mb Flash EEPROM.

Will this help? Thanks

Ok I just got another weird freeze, the screen froze and became half blue half white (like blue-white-blue), but again, this only occurred once... Weird

 

[Route44]

How old is this system? Your BIOS is 9 years old.

 

[Timberstone]

Well, I don't know but I've never had this before :s .
I think the system is probably about 5 years old... Not sure.

 

[Route44]

Are you still getting Beeps?

 

[Timberstone]

No, that only occurred once... So did the blue screen.
Trying to search a solution elsewhere but it's still strange it only occurs during games/videos.
Could it have to do something with DirectX?

Ok. Would it work/Can I try to use system restore to go back to a date that my computer didn't have any problems? If so, I will use that and hope for the best.

 

[Route44]

Yes, go ahead and try a system restore.

 

[Timberstone]

It didn't work. I tried to restore it to 2 weeks ago, a few days before it started. I couldn't go more back in time than that, but it failed. If I would try the next point which is a few days later, I would still have this problem because then it started. Do you have any other solution?

Thanks for your help.

I'm still trying to fix this although I think there may be no solution
I downloaded Speedfan to check if my system is overheating (which I don't rly think so...) while playing games/watching movies. Also checking voltage. BUT as I don't know alot about computers, I'll just post them here and hope u'll help me and tell if there's something wrong or not.
(I don't know if it's important/related or not but before the problem, it was cold here (in belgium) at like 20°C . When it started it was around 27-30°C)

Temperatures (Idle): (1 fan - spinning at 5114 RPM)
TEMP1: 34C (blue down arrow next to it)
TEMP2: 45C (green check next to it)
TEMP3: 57C (flame next to it)
HD0: 46C (green check next to it)

Temperatures (after 3 mins gaming):
Exactly the same.
Except TEMP3 = 59C

Voltages:
VCORE1: 1,73V_______-12V: 0,39V
VCORE2: 2,46V_______-5V: -5,86V
+3.3V: 3,26V__________+5V: 4,95V
+5V: 4,97V___________VBAT: 3,38V
+12V: 11,78V

Thanks again

After searching some more I read that turning up refresh rate from 60 Hertz to 70 Hertz fixed the same problem for someone. I did it too and there is almost no difference (didn't really expect it too). My computer is also saying that there are damaged files and I have to repair them by running chkdsk. After I do that it asks me to revert the lost chains to files or something.

I think it's a virus. I already checked my computer for viruses but that was with avg 7.5 which has a database of viruses that is 3 years old... The new version won't run on my OS (Windows XP SP1 I think). Does anyone know a good virus scanner? Thanks

!!!UPDATE!: I found a trojan. Can't get rid of it. I think this is causing my problem. Now i'm making a new thread!

 

[chupacabra12]

Same problem

Hello,

I have almost exactly the same problem, except my computer also freezes when listening to music online. It does not freeze when I watch a video offline, but it sometimes does when I'm playing a game (not lately, though). The main problem is watching online videos or entering sites with lots of details. In those cases, it freezes almost instantly. Also, when it freezes, a sound can be heard from the speakers which I can only describe as firing an automatic weapon... only more irritating. Can you help me? P.S. Perhaps I should mention that my brother plays Warcraft and he hasn't encountered any problems yet regarding the above-stated