Two problems: probably the same problem:

1. Intermittently (but it seems more frequently lately) my mouse
freezes for 5-10 seconds and then everything is OK again. I think it's
happened when connected to the network and also when disconnected so I
don't think it's network related. It's as if a background task takes
over the computer.

2. Also intermittently (seems related) the CPU beeps at me with the
Windows XP ping sound-- at first I thought it was the sound of pop-ups
being killed or viruses zapped, but now I wonder if it is the sound of
hardware about to fail?

This is in Windows XP Home on an eMachines w/ AMD CPU 512 MB of memory.
All I ever run is Firefox, iTunes, MS Word and Outlook

Spyware, virus and adware programs haven't cleaned this out


Some clues:

* Hard drive light goes on every time the mouse freezes

* beep is sometimes frequent, other times missing altogether.

* Whole system does not freeze-- just the mouse.


What do you think, overheating? The fan on this unit has always sounded
too loud and runs too often