Computer overheats and/or freezes mostly when playing Maple Story

Today, I got tired of it and finally bothered asking for help. Basically, what the title says. Is there too much stuff on the computer? Or too much going on during the time?

Alright, your computer's usage might be an affecting factor, but I'm not so certain that's the case. If you still want to resolve that part of it, go to Disk Defragmenter. It'll show you a percentage of how much space is left on that disk. If it's looking pretty low, do a Disk Cleanup and remove anything that should be dealt with and then a Disk Defragmentation after.

I'd check out the inside of your computer tower (if you're using a laptop, don't know what to tell you) and check for dust. You can vaccuum it out and not worry about damage, just be careful not to touch the cords or memory sheets. Overheating can usually occur from dust build-up, easily noticed by the fan growing annoying loud.

See if that helps. It may also help to check for malware, though it doesn't seem likely in this case. Maybe none of the above fits either. But it's not harmful or anything to look. Check out MalwareBytes if you want to peek around for viruses.

Hope some of this is resourceful. .-.

same thing happened to me on my laptop. it would get too hot and overheat. if you have a laptop, i highly advise that you buy a fan for your computer. thats what i did, and never overheated again(:

only costs $25 at target or w/e.



if your on a reg home comp or somethin, try deleting files/ defrag.

Most likely to be a CPU overheating cutoff.

I had this happened to me before. There are two things you should do, update your BIOS. Sometimes, the cutoff value for CPU overheating got set to pretty low. Also, as suggested above, get a more powerful heatsink for your CPU.

Do you have a laptop or a desktop?

same thing happened to me on my laptop. it would get too hot and overheat. if you have a laptop, i highly advise that you buy a fan for your computer. thats what i did, and never overheated again(:

only costs $25 at target or w/e.



if your on a reg home comp or somethin, try deleting files/ defrag.

My laptop was overheating like crazy (the CPU cores were reaching 90*C while playing maple..). I just had to dust it out though and the max temperature it reaches is like 70*C now.

70 celsius?! That's alot ain't IT?

both ways work just fine

I have a desktop by the way.

@ Chuey: How exactly do I check the Disk Defragmenter data thing without deleting the files at first?

I have a desktop by the way.

@ Chuey: How exactly do I check the Disk Defragmenter data thing without deleting the files at first?

I'm sure these tech-savvies now more about what they're talking about. I've never had true issues like these. Their calls to aid you may be more useful.

As for Disk Defragmenter... just open the application and next to each drive is a percentage. Nothing needs to be done before or after. But I find doing a Disk Cleanup first more helpful.

1. Open your computer
2. Check if fans are working
3. ????
4. Get new computer.

And for the record, a fan is not a heat sink.

And for the record, a fan is not a heat sink.

We over here use those two terms interchangeably, tho, CPU "fans" generally have a heatsink attached to it.

quick fix, open up the side of the case, have a fan blow right at it.