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Computer freezes and restarts

Unexpected freezing and restarting can be caused by overheating, software, memory, storage or power faults. Tell us when it happens and what appears before the restart.

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Tell us about the computer freezing or restarting

When the fault occurs helps distinguish overheating, hardware instability, and software problems.

  1. 1 Device and problem
  2. 2 Location
  3. 3 Contact
Device and problem

Device and problem

What type of desktop computer is it? required
When does it usually freeze or restart? required
Does it become unusually hot or loud? required
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It can be two kind of problems causing computer to freeze and restart. First and most probable one is software problem (Window or Mac). Viruses, Trojans, rogues and other adware can cause system instability. When systems detects a problem it restarts to prevent future damage. These problems can be solved by cleaning unwanted programs and spyware, upgrading drivers or reinstalling operating system. Our computer engineers can test is it software problem and repair your computer ant you home or office straight away.

Second and more serious – hardware problem. Computer overheating is most probable cause for computer freezing and restarting. When you machine overheats it get’s unstable and sends a signal to restart. There is more hardware faults that can cause computer freezes. Faulty power supply, graphic card, processor or even hard drive can cause this kind of problem. Our PC technicians will try to test your computer on site. Sometimes it requires more serious testing. For this we do collect and return fixed computer repair service. We will take your faulty desktop PC to our repair facility and return it in fully working condition. And this with no extra charge! It depends on problem, but usually repairs take from 1 to 3 days.

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