Thread: Why does my computer freeze after leaving it alone???

As interesting as my title was...

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop, 4gigs of RAM, 500GB HD and an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor. Now my problem is that, whenever I leave my computer for a certain amount of time it freezes when I try to come back on it. For example, let's say I leave right now. Then my computer shuts off it's screen, but it's still on. Then when I come back, let's saaay about 20-30+ minutes later...it will freeze for about 2-3+ minutes. I can't do anything other than move my mouse.

Why does this happen?

If you can move your cursor, the computer is not frozen.

What operating system is your computer running?
What is on your screen when you come back? Is it completely black? How do you "unfreeze" it? What appears on your screen when the "freeze" is over?

I have a similar computer, Satellite Pro, 2 gigabyte RAM, 250GB HD and same CPU. I've never had the problem, and it sounds software related, as in a virus.

Originally Posted by Marvo

If you can move your cursor, the computer is not frozen.

Oh, ok only semi-frozen

What operating system is your computer running?

Windows 7

What is on your screen when you come back?

It's completely black, but that's the setting I set it too. After a few minutes the screen turns off to save battery power. That's normal.

Is it completely black?

Yes

How do you "unfreeze" it?

I just need to move the mouse or push a button and then wait a couple minutes for it to unfreeze.

What appears on your screen when the "freeze" is over?

My desktop, working normally.

I have a similar computer, Satellite Pro, 2 gigabyte RAM, 250GB HD and same CPU. I've never had the problem, and it sounds software related, as in a virus.

All of your answers are above ^^^

Did this problem occur ever since you got the computer, or did it recently start happening? From what I can hear this is a screen driver related issue.

Do you know what kind of graphics card is in your computer? Is it ATI, nvidia or Intel integrated graphics?

My theory is that your computer is not frozen at all, it is just having a display error. Or you have some kind of virus.

Originally Posted by Marvo

Did this problem occur ever since you got the computer, or did it recently start happening?

To be honest, I am not sure. I'm guessing it started recently, otherwise I probably would have asked this earlier on.

From what I can hear this is a screen driver related issue.

Do you know what kind of graphics card is in your computer? Is it ATI, nvidia or Intel integrated graphics?

I actually don't know what type of graphics card it is. Do you know some way I can find out?

My theory is that your computer is not frozen at all, it is just having a display error. Or you have some kind of virus.

I am running AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 now, so far it says there's 2 trojan's in my recycle bin. Maybe, I should empty it?

Update ^^

Emptying it is an okay idea, but I think the paperbin is a secure shell, so to speak. If there's a virus in there, it can't "break out".

If you can tell me what the computer is called, I can figure out what graphics card it is using. It'll probably be something along the lines of Satellite A 19-F1 or something. If you look at your receipt for it, or perhaps on the underside of the computer, you might be able to find it. If you ordered it over the internet, you should be able to find a receipt of sorts in your email inbox.