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Computer jamming like when a dvd has a scratch?

emmcarrt 21:54 21 Jun 2017

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This has only been a recent problem, this past week maybe. It's like a freezing/jamming for a couple of seconds. It hasn't done this before, but in the past it has had kernel power failures (which were also quite random and frustrating). For example I would be watching a video on youtube then my screen would stop and the audio would be jarred at one point. Like when a dvd with a scratch on it would get stuck. Has anyone else had this and what would you suppose I do? I'm not very tech savvy but google can help. Thanks.

Fruit Bat /\0/\ 21:59 21 Jun 2017

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