<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:47 AM, compdoc <<a href="mailto:compdoc@hotrodpc.com" target="_blank">compdoc@hotrodpc.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div>I would open the Disk Utility, and look at the health of the hard drive in the SMART section. A drive that is forming bad sectors will cause freezes as sectors go bad. </div></div> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> Please also check that there isn't a thermal problem. On a 5 year old machine there has been a lot of opportunity for dust to accumulate and clog cooling fins, etc. Just as a preventative take a can of pressurized air and squirt out all the vent holes. If you get very much dust coming out you need to continue the process until you are getting a clean air stream coming out. ED Monster = <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXP4tRUuqUY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXP4tRUuqUY</a> Facebook, using technology to leverage stupid. “The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted” (Psalm 12:8) “ But now, he that hath a purse, (bill fold, credit card holder) let him take it, and likewise his scrip: (dollars) and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36 (KJV) emphasis added.