MBP hangs intermittently

I have a mid 2009 macbook pro with a 2.8 GHz Core2Duo and 4GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM. I don't understand why sometimes the laptop will hang and this happens randomly, while surfing the net or even if I'm just opening an application. I can't understand whats causing this because I think the specs are more than enough to handle normal internet browsing and a few other applications open simultaneously.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oh and I'm also using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit via bootcamp if that makes any difference.

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Sorry that your New Year is getting off to such a bad start. Freezing can have many causes, and unfortunately the logic board can be one of them. Other possibilities may be a dying hard drive and software corruption.
Unfortunately, when I had logic board problems, it was definitely heat related. It would freeze after 15-20 minutes. If I set up a fan, it would go about twice that long.
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