tOfficial Computer/Phone/Tablet Help Thread

by **Nordic** Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:02 pm

TL;DR version: Google Chrome & IE keep locking up on my laptop. Anyone have any diagnostics, malware, etc. programs they recommend?

I know there are some techies on the board and I need some help.

Specs:
Leveno Thinkpad
Windows 10
8GB memory
i5 Intel 2.4ghz
SSD
Google Chrome Version 59.0.3071.86 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Not a super computer, but good enough for browsing tSwill and compiling spreadsheets for work. On 6/3 Windows kept bugging me about running some driver updates. I finally conceded and since then it has been running like shit.

Symptoms:
- The first few days the fan would not stop running, which is pretty rare for an SSD. I usually never hear the thing. This has stopped.
- Initially I couldn't connect to my printer (wireless). This has been fixed.
- CPU usage spikes for no apparent reason. Seems like random shit each time I checked it. A couple of days ago my wireless driver was using 30%+ CPU, yesterday something with the display was using 30%+. Neither seem like they should ever be that high.
- Google Chrome locking up. Which has rarely ever happened before. Even locked up in Incognito Mode. This is my biggest issue right now.
- IE locking up as well. I don’t use this as much. Only for worksites that need to use Java.

After several days of restarts, Norton scans, Fonzi taps and blowing on it the first two symptoms went away. CPU still spikes now and then. But it doesn’t seem to correspond to Chrome locking up, which is happening on the regular. Everything else seems OK.

I don't think it is my Wifi (Xfinity). All other devices seem to be running fine. Including my iPad, which is Wifi only. Streaming Amazon Prime/Kodi has been fine...a few spotty downloads on a few things, but that is not uncommon with Kodi.

I've run Norton scans, systems scans from Glary Utilities, ran Malware Hunter, cleared all my Chrome data, downloaded the latest version of Chrome, etc…. Chrome is still locking up. Any other suggestions to try?

by **Floyd Robertson** Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:04 pm

My favorite starting point for tracking down rogue stuff is https://www.malwarebytes.com/

If it doesn't turn anything up, my next step is task manager and see what process is consuming too many resources, then figure out what that process is.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:05 pm

I'd suggest that you get the 34e9 whirly-octoplastic Chrome-tastic kevlar iZip unit and connect with a steel-reinforced 456y0 urethranet high-beam/low-rise cable. It really cleared up my issues with my iGiG67-a-byte plasmotron unit.

by **The Pantry** Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:39 pm

Download the free version of CCleaner. I run that along with Malwarebytes and SpyBot

by **tGreenWay** Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:13 pm

Ad block. Android good. Apple bad.

That's it. That's all I've got.

by **Heat Miser** Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:51 pm

You may be having temperature issues (fan running & lockup can happen when the cpu gets too hot). Download and run Core Temp or Speedfan & monitor your cpu core temperatures under load. Anything higher than 70C is a problem.

In addition to Malwarebytes, CCleaner, & Spybot (all free) I would recommend:

1. Dump Norton for Windows Defender.
2. Do a system restore to before 6/3 if possible.
3. Run the Windows repair utilities.

by **Nordic** Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:24 pm

Thx all. I will give it all a whirl.

by **CORNER BLITZ** Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:28 pm

The Pantry wrote:Download the free version of CCleaner. I run that along with Malwarebytes and SpyBot

These

Also to HMs temperature post, my last laptop would get very hot so I bought something like this which worked wonders
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KZALIJ6/

by **tGreenWay** Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:07 pm

Nordic wrote:Thx all. I will give it all a whirl.

My pleasure, and you're welcome.

by Banks2Mason Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:10 pm

I no u guys didnt no him but 1 of my best friend's juzt died and i needed 2 expres my grief

by **InTenSity** Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:18 pm

I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:26 pm

What happened Banks? Sorry man.

by **Death Roe** Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:28 pm

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:What happened Banks? Sorry man.

(it's a joke from tCock trying to make it funny over here)

by **Nordic** Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:42 pm

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:What happened Banks? Sorry man.

gHost killed him. gHost is a murderer.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:47 pm

Just read the thread over there. I've been gone long enough to not get any of the jokes.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:54 pm

Bad thread. Won't read again.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:05 pm

If somebody wants to do me a favor and bump the thread for rcmb things, I'll go ahead and merge this.

Otherwise I don't feel like dealing with it and just won't click on this again.

by **Nordic** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:17 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:If somebody wants to do me a favor and bump the thread for rcmb things, I'll go ahead and merge this.

Otherwise I don't feel like dealing with it and just won't click on this again.

Lazy fuck

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:18 pm

Nordic wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:If somebody wants to do me a favor and bump the thread for rcmb things, I'll go ahead and merge this.

Otherwise I don't feel like dealing with it and just won't click on this again.

Lazy fuck

You know what I'm just going to merge it with the most recent thread you started. That's much easier.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:30 pm

This thread is getting worse by the minute. I broke my word by coming back here to tell everyone this. Goodbye forever.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:31 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:This thread is getting worse by the minute. I broke my word by coming back here to tell everyone this. Goodbye forever.

You want to use this thread to talk about how you banned goose?

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:33 pm

Goose got banned. Now he's not anymore. Herbie got hard when he read about it. The end.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:33 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Goose got banned. Now he's not anymore. Herbie got hard when he read about it. The end.

LEAVE THE FUCKING THREAD YOU LIAR

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:36 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Goose got banned. Now he's not anymore. Herbie got hard when he read about it. The end.

LEAVE THE FUCKING THREAD YOU LIAR

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by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:36 pm

I'm gonna delete all of your posts in this thread and there isn't a goddamn thing you can do about it

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:37 pm

Of course then it's just going to look like it is me talking to myself which will be really weird but whatever I don't even care

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:40 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Of course then it's just going to look like it is me talking to myself which will be really weird but whatever I don't even care

tOfficial Computer/Phone/Tablet Help Thread Tenor

I can't help but hear this in my head with Pacino's shitty Cuban accent.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:43 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Of course then it's just going to look like it is me talking to myself which will be really weird but whatever I don't even care

I can't help but hear this in my head with Pacino's shitty Cuban accent.

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by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:51 pm

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Is this the thread where we talk about soccer?

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:01 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Is this the thread where we talk about soccer?

We could. But there really isn't that much soccer to discuss. It's the brief off-season.

This goal the other day was amazing though. Think of it as a 40 yard field goal, except you gotta hit it in a 1 yard x 10 yard window from that distance, while running, and in a split second to decide to even try.

by **Rocinante** Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:09 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Is this the thread where we talk about soccer?

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by SawGreen Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:42 pm

Not going to tTurd. Tell me about your friend OP.

by SawGreen Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:04 pm

You know, we could use a general thread about this. I've lost messa some pretty special people outside of the message board realm, and it could be a bit cathartic and a decent way to honor good people who passed on.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:27 pm

Nordic wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:If somebody wants to do me a favor and bump the thread for rcmb things, I'll go ahead and merge this.

Otherwise I don't feel like dealing with it and just won't click on this again.

Lazy fuck

This x milly.

by **Nordic** Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:44 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
Nordic wrote:

Lazy fuck

You know what I'm just going to merge it with the most recent thread you started. That's much easier.

Lazy and a liar

by **Nordic** Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:46 pm

Nordic wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

You know what I'm just going to merge it with the most recent thread you started. That's much easier.

Lazy and a liar

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Overlords! Singularity!

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

LEAVE THE FUCKING THREAD YOU LIAR

by **Nordic** Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:58 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Is this the thread where we talk about soccer?

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I was going to bump Travis' soccer thread to merge to.

Well played Travis.

by **The Pantry** Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:35 pm

SawGreen wrote:You know, we could use a general thread about this. I've lost messa some pretty special people outside of the message board realm, and it could be a bit cathartic and a decent way to honor good people who passed on.

Omen.

by **The Pantry** Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:06 pm

Computer weirdness last night. For a while wondered if either I had been hacked or the laptop was blinking out. Rebooted it a few times along with the modem & router. After scans with crap cleaner and spybot detected nothing unusual from the outside figured had to be something hardware. Fortunately wasn't the laptop.

Use a wireless mouse instead of the touchpad. Swapped the mouse and dongle with the ones from the work laptop. All is good again...except my home mouse is dead. First experience with a Logitech product failing.

by **tGreenWay** Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:09 pm

The Pantry wrote:Computer weirdness last night. For a while wondered if either I had been hacked or the laptop was blinking out. Rebooted it a few times along with the modem & router. After scans with crap cleaner and spybot detected nothing unusual from the outside figured had to be something hardware. Fortunately wasn't the laptop.

Use a wireless mouse instead of the touchpad. Swapped the mouse and dongle with the ones from the work laptop. All is good again...except my home mouse is dead. First experience with a Logitech product failing.

Nice find on your part, though. I was going to ask how old your router and modem were. I only learned this past year those products only have a life approx. 5 years old. Mine are living on borrowed time.

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